Trump-Biden Debate Slips Into Chaos as Insults Drown Out Issues
- Biden calls Trump ‘clown,’ ‘racist’ and ‘worst president’ ever
- Trump refuses to condemn White supremacists like Proud Boys
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President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden hurled insults and repeatedly interrupted each other in their first debate Tuesday, sparring over topics that included the coronavirus, the economy and their families as moderator Chris Wallace tried mostly in vain to control the conversation.
The chaotic debate left commentators across cable television stunned and groping for adjectives, in some cases settling on profanities. The exchanges made clear -- if nothing else -- the level of disdain the two men vying for the most powerful office in the world hold for each other.