VP debate 2020: Kamala Harris and Mike Pence go head to head – live updates

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2.19am BST

“Mr. Vice President, I’m speaking. I’m speaking,” Harris asserted when Pence tries to interrupt her.

Although the night is decidedly less chaotic and cacophonic than the first presidential debate – during which Trump consistently interrupted and talked over his opponent – there are some tense dynamics tonight.

2.16am BST

Pence claims Biden plagiarized the Trump administration’s Covid-19 response.

The vice president also touted travel restrictions that epidemiologists have said were implemented too late – after the virus was already circulating within the US – to be especially effective.

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