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In recent weeks, Tim Walz’s team tried to play down expectations of his debate with his opponent. JD VanceNow we know why.
Democratic Vice Presidential nominee and Minnesota Governor Walz did not have a disastrous performance on the debate stage, but was clearly outclassed by Ohio Senator Vance. Trump supporters who have questioned the young Ohio senator’s qualifications for the nation’s second-highest office, or asked why the former president chose him as his running mate, slept better Tuesday night. He was sharp, charming and policy-loving. Most importantly, Vance completely overturned the media’s unflattering characterization of him by being sympathetic, respectable, and likable.
Vance had the benefit of conducting dozens of press interviews in recent weeks; He was ready and tested. In contrast, Walz has had almost no unscripted encounters with the media since becoming the Democrat vice-presidential nominee; His inability to go beyond talk and delve into policy was not surprising.
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Walz spent most of the debate talking about programs he claimed to have successfully implemented in Minnesota, such as paid family leave. All he had to do on Tuesday night was make the case for Running Mate Vice President Kamala Harris,
During the nearly two-hour debate, Vance asked the most prominent question, which Trump also asked during his debate. Harris has been in the White House for three and a half years – why hasn’t she moved forward on the policies she now claims will solve the country’s problems?
As with the presidential debates between ABC donald trump And kamala harrisThe CBS News moderator embarrassed himself by apparently siding with the Democrat contestant. Furthermore, CBS’s Margaret Brennan and Norah O’Donnell affected a hard-school-marmish tone, overly eager to lead an extremely orderly debate.
His questions covered well-worn Democrat priorities (climate change, abortion) and largely avoided topics that might have been good for Vance, such as crime. O’Donnell challenged the senator on Trump before calling climate change a “hoax” and then bluntly stating that “the overwhelming consensus is that the climate is changing.”
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Additionally, while stating that they would not fact-check the candidates, both women intervened more than once to question Vance’s response, while Walz did so only once.
Unfortunately for the Minnesota governor, one probing question was disastrous. When asked why he had falsely claimed to be in Hong Kong during 1989 tiananmen square massacreWalz, talking about her experiences traveling in China, launched into a word salad that would have made Kamala Harris proud. Asked again why he lied, Walz became frustrated and stunned. In fact, his lie was caught. Since he has a history of lying about his past and especially his military rank, this was not helpful.
Vance, like Walz, was there to argue his running mate’s case, and he did so. When moderators and Walz ridiculed Trump’s claim during the presidential debate that he had “the concept of a plan” on health care, Vance said that Trump did not have a plan – he had a record. More than once during the evening he reminded the audience that during Trump’s presidency inflation was low, the border was closed and the world was at peace.
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When moderator Margaret Brennan pressed Vance to explain why Trump left the Iran nuclear deal, thus allegedly allowing the terrorist state to accelerate its efforts to build nuclear weapons, Vance said that Harris and Biden have been involved in this for more than three years. charge. He rightly pointed out that he helped rebuild Iran’s ability to wage war By not implementing Trump’s sanctions, the mullahs were thus allowed to increase their income by $100 billion. Since Iran had just attacked Israel with 180 missiles, Vance’s reference to the Reagan-Trump doctrine of peace through strength resonated.
While Walz repeated Harris’s vague promises about making life better for middle-class families, Vance reminded the audience that under Trump take home pay had increased and inflation was lower, whereas under Harris, The prices of everything from food to housing were higher than ever. 20%. When Walz claimed that economists favored Harris’s plan more than Trump’s, Vance responded that while Trump’s team did not have PhDs, they had common sense.
When Walz accused Trump of wanting to impose tariffs on imports that would serve as a new tax on Americans, Vance congratulated President Joe Biden for keeping it in place. Former President’s tariffs on China Putting the issue to rest, in places.
During the nearly two-hour debate, Vance asked the most prominent question, which Trump also asked during his debate. Harris has been in the White House for three and a half years – why hasn’t she moved forward on the policies she now claims will solve the country’s problems?
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Vance won clearly border disputeNoting that Harris had bragged for three years about lifting all the sanctions imposed by Trump. When Brennan challenged Vance on how Trump would handle separating families when carrying out deportations, Vance cited the alarming report that the Department of Homeland Security has lost track of more than 320,000 children brought across the border illegally — which Harris’s open border has resulted in a devastating and heartbreaking situation.
Not surprisingly, the debate raged on this topic of abortionVance criticized a Minnesota law signed by Walz that does not require a doctor to take every necessary step to care for a baby who survives after a late-term abortion. Walz disputes the characterization, but Vance is right. Meanwhile, Walz accused Vance of supporting a national abortion ban past 15 weeks. Vance said he agreed with Trump’s view that states are now charged with setting the rules.
The candidates debated other topics, and took the expected digs at each other’s running mates, but both maintained their composure and even agreed on some issues, such as school safetyThey can probably find some common ground. Especially given the Harris-Walz strategy of avoiding scrutiny and hiding their progressive agenda, this was an unusually useful event for America’s voters.
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Of course, the winner of the night was JD Vance. Will it make any difference? After all, many argue that no one votes for the Vice President but pollsters tell pollsters they can’t get enough of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
Now they know more, and based on Tuesday night’s performance, Vance may have won some hearts. With the heat in the race, everything matters.
