Americans and expatriates living in Manila and Hong Kong weigh in on the second U.S. Presidential Debate

Record ID: 84462

  • Title: Americans and expatriates living in Manila and Hong Kong weigh in on the second U.S. Presidential Debate
  • Date: 10th October 2016
  • Summary: MANILA, PHILIPPINES (OCTOBER 10, 2016) (REUTERS) AMERICAN DEMOCRATS SITTING INSIDE RESTAURANT U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HILLARY CLINTON MERCHANDISE ON DISPLAY CLINTON BUTTON PINS AMERICAN DEMOCRATS WATCHING DEBATE ON TELEVISION VARIOUS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRATS WATCHING DEMOCRATS ABROAD PHILIPPINES CHAIRPERSON, JOHN BOYD, WATCHING DEBATE (SOUNDBITE) (English) DEMOCRATS ABROAD PHILIPPINES CHAIRPERSON, JOHN BOYD, SAYING: "Personally, I think the number one issue is helping the poor, to have a decent life in America. I think that we don't hear from them and I didn't hear very much in this debate about them, although it was implied in the health programme that Obama has put in place." AMERICAN DEMOCRATS WATCHING DEBATE WOMAN REACTING TO DEBATE CROWD WATCHING DEBATE ON TELEVISION (SOUNDBITE) (English) AMERICAN DEMOCRAT, IRENE DONOHUE, SAYING: "I think some of his answers are still vague, he represents an unknown which we would be taking a chance on if he were to become president." HONG KONG, CHINA (OCTOBER 10, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS CLUB (FCC) WATCHING SECOND U.S. PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SHALEAN SEN, LAWYER FROM AUSTRALIA, WATCHING DEBATE WITH HIS FRIENDS (SOUNDBITE) (English) LAWYER FROM AUSTRALIA, SHALEAN SEN, SAYING: "He is the man that he is and everything he says and everything he does, whether in the locker room, or in the public, or in TV or closed doors, everything a person says and does defines that person. And people should know that he is who is because what he does. So backtracking and what he says, trying to get the black voters' support now after all he said and did against blacks, I think everyone will see through it." VARIOUS FCC MEMBERS WATCHING SECOND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
  • Embargoed: 25th October 2016 08:07
  • Keywords: Hillary Clinton Donald Trump American Democrats reax Hong Kong Manila GOP
  • Location: MANILA, PHILIPPINES/HONG KONG, CHINA
  • City: MANILA, PHILIPPINES/HONG KONG, CHINA
  • Country: Philippines
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA00153F8JLX
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: American democrats in Manila and expatriates in Hong Kong on Monday (October 10) weighed in on the second U.S. Presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
    Democratic Party's Hillary Clinton and Republican's Donald Trump squared off on a 90-minute televised debate on Monday.
    Democrats Abroad Philippines, a group of American and Filipino-American democrats, watched the debate live inside a restaurant.
    John Boyd, the group's chairperson, found the debate informative, but hoped for more discourse.
    "Personally, I think the number one issue is helping the poor, to have a decent life in America. I think that we don't hear from them and I didn't hear very much in this debate about them, although it was implied in the health programme that Obama has put in place," he said.
    Others remained sceptical about the GOP candidate.
    "I think some of his answers are still vague, he represents an unknown which we would be taking a chance on if he were to become president," said Irene Donohue.
    At the Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondents' Club, expatriates watched the debate in which both candidates spent most of the time insulting each other.
    The debate quickly turned into an acrimonious discussion of a 2005 video that emerged on Friday (October 7) in which Trump was heard using vulgar language and talking about groping women.
    "He is the man that he is and everything he says and everything he does, whether in the locker room, or in the public, or in TV or closed doors, everything a person says and does defines that person. And people should know that he is who is because what he does. So backtracking and what he says, trying to get the black voters' support now after all he said and did against blacks, I think everyone will see through it," said Australian lawyer living in Hong Kong Shalean Sen.
    The third and last presidential debate is scheduled on October 19 ahead of the November 8 elections.
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