Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris spared Tuesday night over rally sizes, race and their visions for the country in their first – and likely only – prime-time, televised debate before November’s election.Throughout the debate, Harris appeared to get under Trump’s skin, needling him about the size of his rallies and saying his crowds are leaving “early out of exhaustion and boredom.”Trump leaned on illegal immigration through much of the showdown, accusing Democrats of abetting large numbers of unauthorized crossings.But as he often does in his rallies and on his social media account, Trump reeled off a series of falsehoods or unproven claims about migrants.One of those claims was a debunked rumour that Trump and his allies have spread online in recent days, alleging Haitian immigrants in an Ohio town are hunting and eating pets. Officials in Springfield, Ohio, say they have no evidence of that happening.“Talk about extreme,” Harris said after Trump talked about dogs and cats being eaten.Harris responded to Trump’s claims about crime rates by reminding the former president that he is a convicted criminal with several other pending criminal cases.“I think this is so rich coming from someone who has been prosecuted for national security crimes, economic crimes, election interference, has been found liable for sexual assault,” Harris said. “And his next big court appearance is in November at his own criminal sentencing.”
