WATCH: From pets for dinner to the Exonerated 5, America reacts to the fiery Harris-Trump debate

Americans may be polarized racially, philosophically, and otherwise, but one area where they agree is that Tuesday night’s presidential campaign debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump was contentious.

The White House election rivals covered everything from race relations to Russia in their 90-minute exchange broadcast from the National Constitution in Philadelphia. Black News & Views was on the ground at the debate site as well as at a debate watch party in New Jersey to gauge reaction from elected officials such as Exonerated 5 member Yusef Salaam, now a New York City councilmember, and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, prominent political observers, and voters.

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