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Oct 8, 2020

Coronavirus looms over vice presidential debate as Pence and Harris clash over Trump's response

(CNN)Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris presented two sharply different representations of the administration's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in Wednesday's debate, as the California senator accused the Trump administration of misleading Americans and framed the election as a referendum on trust.

The two vice presidential candidates met in Salt Lake City for a civil and substantive debate that stood in sharp contrast with last week's fiasco that was driven by President Donald Trump's impetuous interruptions. Though Pence would have preferred to talk about other topics, the President's Covid-19 diagnosis and the widening circle of infected aides in the White House made the administration's handling of the pandemic the central issue in the campaign and Wednesday night's debate.