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    Presidential debate a verbal slap-fight

    Oct 04, 2020 4 minutes
    AP

    THE best moment of Tuesday’s debate was also the least scripted. Fed-up with President Donald Trump’s constant interruptions only 18 minutes in, former vice-president Joe Biden turned to him, exasperated, and said: “Will you shut up, man?”

    It didn’t work; Trump kept interrupting and talking over Biden the rest of the night. But the Democrat spoke for every viewer who wanted to see a rational exchange of ideas and policy proposals, and instead got two elderly men engaged in a verbal slap-fight.

    It was a frustrated plea that only a man could have made. Hillary Clinton, who four years ago was also treated to interruptions, contempt and rank disrespect from Trump in three debates, surely would have loved to tell him to stuff

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