Pres. Trump claims Democratic-run cities are more 'troubled' than Republican ones: 'They're Democrat-run. And that's Biden.' GStephanopoulos: 'Mr. President, you're president for those cities right now.' Trump: 'I can only do what I'm allowed to do.'
ABC News offered to host a similar town hall with Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden, but ABC News and the campaign were not able to find a mutually agreeable date.Seven weeks before Election Day, ABC News hosts a town hall with President Donald Trump and uncommitted voters. ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos will anchor the event, which will take place at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Sept. 15, 2020.
"The Democrats are viewing this as a political issue, and I probably agree with them, I think it's very bad for them, because we're about law and order. We have to be about law and order otherwise you're going to see your cities burn. And that's the way it is, if we can do a plan like Tim Scott's plan which is really -- it goes far enough, but it doesn't take the dignity away from our police," Trump said.
"It's easy because I never made those statements," Trump said, defending that he wanted to visit the cemetery on his 2018 trip to Paris."As far as John McCain, I was never a fan of John McCain. I never thought he treated our vets well. He didn't do the job. I was never a fan of his. And I think that's fine and everybody knows that and I said it to his face.
Trump went on to say Americans deploying to the Middle East has been"the worst decision in the history of our country" and he's working to move more troops out.Stephanopoulos followed up on Trump's talk of a"super V" recovery amid the coronavirus pandemic noting that many economists say it looks more like a K shaped recovery -- so people at the top, who have a lot of stocks are doing pretty well, but only half of the jobs have come back.
"You take a look at the 401K's, they're in many cases better than they were before the pandemic came," he added.Jim Radeski of Erland, Pennsylvania, who voted for Trump in 2016, asked the president if he would you do anything differently in a second term to create a more unified message, as critics argue Trump can be"unpresidential."
"I always used to sort of kid on the campaign trail that I could be more presidential -- be very easy -- more presidential than any other candidate except for possibly Abraham Lincoln when he's wearing the hat, right? But the fact is being presidential is easier than what I have to do, but I get things done.
9:39 p.m. Stephanopoulos challenges Trump's criticism of Democratic-run states: 'They're American states' "Look, I'm the president of everybody. I don't want to say it, but they're Democrat-run cities. It is what it is," Trump said.President Donald Trump participates in ABC News' town hall hosted by ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Sept. 15, 2020.
"And that was solving a lot of problems, and you know what else was -- it was bringing people together," Trump said. Raising the shooting of two sheriff deputies in Los Angeles this week, Trump said the event is an example of"a lack of respect" for law enforcement. Julie Bart from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, who says she voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, asked Trump why as a leader he doesn't wear a mask more often -- when science has shown mask wearing is effective in slowing the spread of the virus.
"I've had to dodge people who don't care about social distancing and wearing face masks. I thought you were doing a good job with a pandemic response, until about May 1, then you took your foot off the gas pedal," Tubiana said."Why did you throw vulnerable people like me under the bus?""Well, we really didn't, Paul," Trump replied."We've worked very hard on the pandemic. We've worked very hard. It came all the way from China.
When Stephanopoulos pressed Trump on why the U.S. has 4% of the world's population but more than 20% of the world's coronavirus cases and 20% of its deaths, Trump attributed the high rates to more testing.President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening is taking questions from uncommitted Pennsylvania voters in person and virtually at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia with only seven weeks to go until the 2020 election.
In the span of a week, there were four campaign events in the Keystone State, and both candidates visited the Flight 93 memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 11, to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the attacks. "Well, I hope there's not a race problem," Trump said."I can tell you there's none with me because I have great respect for all races -- for everybody. This country is great because of it."
Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden holds a roundtable discussion with veterans at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Fla., Sept. 15, 2020.
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