Gage Johnson
Editor-in-Chief
As the general election on Nov. 3 approaches, the citizens of Murray voiced their opinions on the first 2020 Presidential Debate on a Facebook post from The News.
The debate garnered national attention, as Democratic candidate and former Sen. Joe Biden and while Republican candidate and current President Donald Trump went back forth throwing jabs at one another and tackling major issues such as election integrity, climate change, racial justice, taxes, job creation, COVID-19, healthcare and the Supreme Court.
Multiple people across the Murray, Kentucky, community showed their appreciation for Biden, including Robert Duncan who made it clear that he’s for the democratic candidate.
“Biden had some speech difficulties, which we already knew about,” Duncan said. “Overall, I think he did well. Trump was his usual nasty self, a bully. Biden by a long shot in what amounted to a middle school debate on the playground. Vote blue.”
However, Jason Cummings—who studied psychology at Murray State—feels that Trump is much more qualified to run the country after the first debate.
“Biden blamed Trump for COVID’s racism against black people,” Cummings said. “Perhaps misstated, he’s incoherent and he and his sons are national traitors. As well as Bernie, Clinton, and Obama. Biden has no clue how to run anything, much less a country.”
Some felt as though the moderator—Fox’s Chris Wallace—did a less than adequate job handling the debate.
“President Trump had to debate Biden and Wallace,” said Debbie Vance. “Wallace was very biased.”
Murray resident Vanessa Lyons was impartial when referring to a favorite candidate in her eyes after the debate and was quite frank that there was no real winner in the debate
“I don’t know who won, but America lost,” Lyons said.
The two candidates will meet in Miami, Florida, for the next presidential debate, set for 8 p.m. CT on Oct. 15. Mike Pence and Kamala Harris will face off in the vice-presidential debate a week prior on Oct. 7 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
