Vice President Mike Pence and California Sen. Kamala Harris both sidestepped a question during Wednesday’s vice presidential debate on whether they have spoken to their running mates about creating a succession plan if President Trump or former Vice President Joe Biden become disabled while serving as president.
Pence chose to lambaste Harris over a comment she made earlier in the debate that she would not get a coronavirus vaccine if Trump endorsed it and not the medical community.
“I just ask you to stop playing politics with people’s lives,” he said.
Harris, meanwhile, opted to reminisce about the day Biden called her via Zoom to ask her to be his running mate.
“It was probably one of the most memorable days of my life,” she said.
She went on to tout her prosecutor credentials and becoming a senator as giving her the experience needed to become vice president.
No matter who will be the vice president in January, they will both be serving under the oldest president that the nation has ever had. On Inauguration Day, Trump will be 74 years old, and Biden will be 78 years old.
The vice presidential debate took place Wednesday just days after Trump was diagnosed with COVID-19 and had to head to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment.
