Tag: Presidential Debates
Iran and Israel lead off vice-presidential debate
The U.S. vice-presidential debate on Tuesday night between Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, kicked off with a question about Iran’s ballistic-missile attack on Israel earlier that day.
The moderator,...
Democracy suffers when the media can’t be trusted
Believe it or not, journalists are not at the bottom of the barrel when it comes to being trusted the least by the American public. According to the most recent annual Gallup poll of attitudes towards...
Mixed reactions to Trump, Harris comments on Iran, Israel during debate
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump referred to Iran a few times each during their televised debate on Tuesday night. “I will always give Israel the ability to defend itself,...
Trump says Harris hates Israel as vice president calls for two states
Former President Donald Trump repeated his charge that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris hates Israel and that if she is elected president, Israel won't exist in two years, speaking during the debate at the...
In second Republican debate, candidates talk crime, education, immigration, drugs
In the first Republican candidate debate on Aug. 24, Israel became the center of a heated exchange between two of those vying for the presidency in 2024. The Jewish state did not come up at all...
In vice-presidential debate, Pence and Harris spar over Iran, other Mideast issues
In Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City—in the one and only vice-presidential debate for the 2020 election cycle—U.S. foreign policy regarding Iran was touched upon between U.S. Vice President...
Following first debate, Jewish groups slam Trump’s responses on white supremacism
Jewish groups reacted immediately against U.S. President Donald Trump’s refusal to condemn white supremacism during the first 2020 presidential debate on Tuesday in Cleveland.
“Are you willing tonight to condemn white supremacists and militia groups,...
After third Democratic debate, pundits ask: Where was debate on Iranian threat?
In the third Democratic primary debate on Thursday night, unlike the previous ones where foreign policy was discussed at least somewhat, there were neither questions nor answers on the U.S. policy surrounding the Iranian...
At first Democratic presidential debate, Mideast issues take backseat to domestic concerns
At the first of several expected Democratic primary debates for the 2020 presidential elections, issues pertaining to the Middle East took a backseat to domestic concerns.
The Iran deal was the only issue related to...