{"id":2283008,"date":"2024-06-25T07:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T11:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-five-moments-from-biden-and-trumps-2020-presidential-debates-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T07:16:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T11:16:21","slug":"top-five-moments-from-biden-and-trumps-2020-presidential-debates-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-five-moments-from-biden-and-trumps-2020-presidential-debates-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five moments from Biden and Trump&#8217;s 2020 presidential debates &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-five-moments-from-biden-and-trumps-2020-presidential-debates-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2283008&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe \u2062Biden and former President Donald Trump\u2064 are gearing up for \u200dtheir first debate of the 2024 election cycle, set for June 27. This\u200b debate follows their previous encounters during the 2020 presidential campaign, which were marked by significant incidents. Highlights from those\u200c past debates included\u2063 Trump&#8217;s \u200bcontroversial directive to the \u2062Proud Boys to &#8220;stand back and stand\u200b by&#8221;\u2063 when asked to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/basecamp-folds-on-non-woke-workplace-policy-suspends-exec-after-employee-cries\/\" title=\"Basecamp FOLDS on Non-Woke Workplace Policy, Suspends Exec After Employee Cries\">denounce white supremacy<\/a>, \u2064which provoked reactions from the group.\u200b Biden \u200dcountered Trump&#8217;s comments on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">left-wing violence<\/a> by describing antifa\u200b as an &#8220;idea,&#8221; citing the FBI Director&#8217;s stance and distinguishing it from an organized \u2063group. Additionally, \u200cin a heated moment, Biden told Trump \u200dto &#8220;shut up, man&#8221; during a clash over whether to expand the Supreme Court. Biden also dealt with accusations concerning his son Hunter&#8217;s laptop, which Trump labeled as &#8220;the laptop \u2062from hell,&#8221; suggesting it contained compromising \u200dinformation. Biden dismissed the allegations, attributing them to Russian misinformation, although the authenticity of the laptop&#8217;s contents \u200cwas later verified, sparking further inquiries.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> and former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> are both preparing for their first faceoff of the 2024 cycle.<\/p>\n<p>The first presidential debate is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3053752\/trump-biden-debate-what-to-know-2024-presidential-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"scheduled to be held\">scheduled to be held<\/a> on Thursday, June 27, and in an important contest that could make or break both candidates\u2019 2024 bids. However, Thursday\u2019s affair is not the first time the pair have gone head-to-head, having previously debated twice during the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> has compiled some of the most memorable moments from Biden and Trump\u2019s 2020 debates below. <\/p>\n<h2>Trump tells Proud Boys to \u2018stand back and stand by\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Trump was pressed by debate moderator Chris Wallace to denounce white supremacy on the heels of violent acts in some U.S. cities at Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020. Leaders of the far-right group Proud Boys later cheered Trump\u2019s mention of them.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"r7DWXaEd2uE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trump tells Proud Boys to \u2018stand back and stand by\u2019\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r7DWXaEd2uE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen   style=\"display:none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump: \u201cWhat do you want to call them? Give me a name, give me a name. Go ahead, who would you like me to condemn?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wallace: \u201cWhite supremacists and racists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden: \u201cProud Boys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wallace: \u201cWhite supremacists and white militias.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden: \u201cProud Boys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump: \u201cProud Boys, stand back and stand by. But I\u2019ll tell you what, I\u2019ll tell you what: Somebody\u2019s got to do something about antifa and the Left because this is not a right-wing problem. This is a left-wing problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Biden calls antifa \u2018an idea\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Following Trump\u2019s message to the Proud Boys, Biden downplayed violent acts from left-wing activists attributed to the anti-fascist movement known as antifa.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"C5Co34BzJ3o\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Biden calls Antifa \u2018an idea\u2019\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C5Co34BzJ3o?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Biden: \u201cHis own FBI Director [Christopher Wray] said unlike white supremacists\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump: \u201cThis is a left-wing problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden: \u201c\u2026antifa is an idea, not an organization\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump: \u201cOh, you gotta be kidding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden: \u201c\u2026 not a militia. That\u2019s what his FBI director said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump: \u201cWell, then you know what, he\u2019s wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Biden tells Trump to \u2018shut up, man\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The debates repeatedly devolved into shouting matches featuring which candidate could better talk over the other. In one instance, a frustrated Biden told Trump to \u201cshut up\u201d as they debated whether to end the Senate\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-manchin-considering-proposal-to-lower-60-vote-filibuster-threshold\/\" title=\"Joe Manchin Considering Proposal To Lower 60-Vote Filibuster Threshold\">60-vote filibuster threshold<\/a> or expand the Supreme Court to combat its conservative majority. Many Democrats have called for action on both fronts, but Biden ultimately declined to stake out positions.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"zbLUMPIcfIA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Biden tells Trump to \u2018shut up\u2019\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zbLUMPIcfIA?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Biden: \u201cWhatever position I take on that, that\u2019ll become the issue. The issue is the American people should speak. You should go out and vote. You\u2019re voting now. Vote and let your senators know how strongly you feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump: \u201cAre you going to pack the court?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden: \u201cVote now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump: \u201cAre you going to pack the court?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden: \u201cMake sure you, in fact, let people know, your senators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump: \u201cHe doesn\u2019t want to answer the question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden: \u201cI\u2019m not going to answer the question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump: \u201cWhy wouldn\u2019t you answer that question? You want to put a lot of new Supreme Court justices. Radical Left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden: \u201cWill you shut up, man?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump: \u201cListen, who is on your list, Joe? Who\u2019s on your list?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wallace: \u201cGentlemen, I think we\u2019ve ended this\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden: \u201cThis is so un-presidential.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Biden says Hunter Biden laptop is a \u2018Russian plant\u2019<br \/><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Biden accused Trump of spreading Russian misinformation by referencing a laptop owned by his son, Hunter Biden, and his business dealings with Ukraine that were major subjects of reporting by the <em>New York Post<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>The laptop, which contained business emails from Hunter Biden, was initially written off by many as potential Russian propaganda but was later confirmed to be authentic and fueled investigations by congressional Republicans into the Bidens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"8WSDP-COMP8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Biden says Hunter laptop is a \u2018Russian plant\u2019\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8WSDP-COMP8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump: \u201cIt\u2019s the laptop from hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NBC\u2019s Kristen Welker: \u201cPresident Trump, we\u2019re talking about race right now and I do want to stay on the issue of race. President Trump\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden: \u201cNobody \u2014 Kristen, I have to respond to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Welker: \u201cPlease, very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden: \u201cLook, there are 50 former national intelligence folks who said that what this he\u2019s accusing me of is a Russian plant. They have said that this has all the characteristics \u2014 four \u2014 five former heads of the CIA, both parties, say what he\u2019s saying is a bunch of garbage. Nobody believes it except him and his good friend Rudy Giuliani.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump: \u201cYou mean, the laptop is now another Russia, Russia, Russia hoax? You gotta be\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden: \u201cThat\u2019s exactly what \u2014 that\u2019s exactly what\u2014\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Trump: \u201cIs this where you\u2019re going? This is where he\u2019s going. The laptop is Russia, Russia, Russia?\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Trump tells Biden he\u2019s lost the \u2018radical Left\u2019 for opposing Green New Deal<\/h2>\n<p>Biden refused to endorse the Green New Deal, the sweeping climate change package championed by progressives like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) that would overhaul the U.S. economy and its energy usage. It also included social justice priorities. Biden instead touted his dueling $2 trillion proposal that was not as far-reaching.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"OLk1PGDi8FM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trump tells Biden he\u2019s lost the \u2018radical left\u2019 for opposing Green New Deal\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OLk1PGDi8FM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Wallace: \u201cDo you support the Green New Deal?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden: \u201cNo, I don\u2019t support the Green New Deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump: \u201cOh, you don\u2019t? Oh, well, that\u2019s a big statement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden: \u201cI support\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump: \u201cYou just lost the radical Left. It\u2019s done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden: \u201c\u2026I support the Biden plan that I put forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are gearing up for their initial 2024 debate on Thursday, June 27. This pivotal event could significantly impact their presidential campaigns. 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