ByAlex Seitz-Wald
CLEVELAND — Within the first five minutes, the first presidential debate on Tuesday night quickly devolved into name-calling, shouting, and personal attacks as President Donald Trump frequently interrupted and former Vice President Joe Biden declared, "Will you shut up man?"
Biden said at one point, and at another calling the president a "racist". "You're the worst president we've ever had,"
President Trump frequently interrupted Biden to accuse him of supporting socialism or attack his son, Hunter. the President "I’ve done more in 47 months than you’ve done in 47 years,"
During the debate at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, moderator Chris Wallace tried to tamp down the antagonistic president, but his efforts to keep calm were quickly stymied as Trump refused to let his opponent speak uninterrupted for more than a moment.
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