Trump and Biden spoke nearly same amount of time at first debate: Analysis

Published September 30, 2020 5:29pm ET



President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden received almost the same amount of speaking time, according to an analysis of the first 2020 general election debate.

Reporting from CNN shows that Trump spoke for 39 minutes and 6 seconds during the hour-and-a-half debate. Biden spoke for 37 minutes and 56 seconds.

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