What Went Down During The Vice Presidential Debate

Harris’s prosecutorial style is on full display so far tonight. It also served her well in the Democratic primary debates — most famously, when she attacked her now-running mate on busing.

Pence says he respects the freedom of the American people and that the Biden campaign wants mandates for handling the coronavirus, connecting that — reaching — to a supposed government takeover of health care.

I do think Pence’s line of defense here — “we trust Americans to make their own choices,” “we don’t want to tell people to do” — is maybe their best argument on COVID-19? It’s at least philosophically Republican.