In the first presidential debate, the Capitol riot and Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election weren't center stageJan. 6 shadows the 2024 campaign, but not on the debate stage. “We could have a Jan. 6, 2.0,” Thompson said Friday outside the Capitol. ... And the man responsible for that — Donald Trump — is currently the leading candidate,” said Ian Bassin, executive director of the advocacy group Protect Democracy, which works to counter authoritarianism. “Look, he encouraged those folks to go up on Capitol Hill,” Biden said on the debate stage. Donald Trump will destroy our democracy.

Source: ABC News June 29, 2024 19:43 UTC