Plexiglass barriers will separate Vice President Mike Pence, Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, and the moderator of their one and only debate amid a White House coronavirus outbreak.

The Commission on Presidential Debates approved the use of barriers, a measure debuted during South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham’s debate against Democrat Jaime Harrison last weekend when the challenger brought his own plexiglass to their meeting.

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