This civil but furious debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence gives the idea how a debate should be like- accusing with FACTS, and asking for explaination. She charged Mr. Pence and the president with dissembling about the cost of the disease as it was first hitting the country. “They knew, and they covered it up,” Ms. Harris said. “The president said it was a hoax. They minimized the seriousness of it.”