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Three things that could win or lose the most important US presidential debate in years

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But he’ll also go after Ms Harris’s record as prosecutor in San Francisco and changing her positions on fracking and electric vehicle mandates among others. Ms Harris says her “values have not changed”. .

Trump will also look to make hay of the migrant crisis on the border, pinning as much of it on Ms Harris as possible. Since she became the Democratic presidential nominee, the Harris campaign has attempted to refute that she was ever appointed “border czar” but was instead assigned the job of getting to the root causes of mass migration from central America.

Trump will also attempt to tie Ms Harris to “Bidenomics” and the inflation that saw the cost of living rise by 20 per cent over four years. 

But Ms Harris has been attempting to distance herself from Mr Biden’s economic record, including by floating price controls, tax credits for first time home buyers, and more tax support for families.

Trump and his allies will dismiss some of these as socialist from a candidate they called “Comrade Kamala”.

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