What Went Down During The First Presidential Debate

Well, I think Biden isn’t in love with the idea of getting rid of the filibuster, Nathaniel — he’s a Senate traditionalist! And even if he opposed court-packing before this, it’s not a sideshow issue in the primary anymore, so maybe he’s reluctant to repeat that stand. Although I agree with Perry it will be hard for him to keep avoiding the question.

Trump likes to tout his move to “ban China” (travel) early in the pandemic. He certainly did this early (announced on January 31), but it’s really hard to say what impact, if any, this had on curbing the spread. For one thing, American citizens were (understandably) still allowed to travel, and some 27,000 did so from mainland China in February. Meanwhile, more than 8,000 Chinese and foreign nationals were able to travel out of Hong Kong and Macao.

I’m surprised he didn’t answer that question more directly, Perry. He opposes court-packing (or at least he did before this!), so that seems like a simple answer. And I don’t think any rank-and-file voter cares about the filibuster.