Vice President Harris had a strong night in her big clash with former President Trump on Tuesday in Philadelphia.

A poised and focused Harris seemed to get the better of Trump in numerous exchanges at the debate, which was hosted by ABC News. At times, she baited him into an irritated or peevish tone. Frequently, he was pushed onto the defensive.

ABC’s moderators, David Muir and Linsey Davis, were far more aggressive in fact-checking Trump than their counterparts, CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, had been in the now-infamous debate between Trump and President Biden in June.

Trump’s bad night got worse just moments after the debate ended, when music megastar Taylor Swift endorsed Harris.

“I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos,” Swift wrote in an Instagram post.

But even in a debate that looked like a lop-sided victory for Harris, each candidate had their good and bad moments. Here are some of the biggest ones.

Kamala Harris’s Best Moments

Reproductive rights

Abortion could be the single best political issue for Harris and her party. Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, the GOP has struggled on the topic as voters have recoiled from hardline bans.

Harris pressed the point home in an extended exchange on the subject, where Trump meandered, his meaning often opaque.

“Now in over 20 states, there are Trump abortion bans,” Harris asserted, tying Trump to the kind of restrictive policies he wants to distance himself from.

“The government, and Donald Trump certainly, should not be telling a woman what to do with her body,” she added.

January 6

The Capitol riot is another obvious centerpiece of Harris’s election campaign. Trump was impeached, and later criminally charged, over a dark day that left more than 100 law enforcement officers injured.

But Harris was particularly deft in speaking about those events in a way that characterized Trump as, simultaneously, authoritarian and deeply insecure.

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