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The report by Human Rights Watch alleges during a campaign. Thanks for joining us u. S. President donald trump and his democratic challenger joe biden have been answering questions from voters at separate televised events held at the same time on different channels the t. V. Town Hall Meetings as theyre known replaced the 2nd president ial debate which was canceled after trump was diagnosed with 19 and then refused to conduct the debate online as we report the 2 rivals showed they have very different approaches and both style and substance. Always confident at times defensive as the incumbent u. S. President donald trump now has a record to pick apart and he got a grilling starting out with the nations biggest crisis a coronavirus. I knew it was a big threat at the same time i dont want to panic this country i dont want to go out and say everybodys going to die everybodys got their it already you dont have this money in but you can you know no theres not a little bit and more contentio
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