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Vance, Walz Face Off in Policy-Focused VP Debate

Vance, Walz Face Off in Policy-Focused VP Debate

    Above: CBS News hosts a vice-presidential debate between Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz moderated by Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City. Image copyright: Michele Crowe/CBS via Getty Images

    The Facts

    • Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. Vance faced off in a mostly cordial, policy-heavy vice-presidential matchup at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York on Tuesday.Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance faced off in a mostly cordial, policy-heavy vice-presidential matchup at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York on Tuesday.

    • The 90-minute debate touched on many key election issues, including abortion, climate change, the economy and taxes, gun control, housing, immigration, and the war in the Middle East.


    The Spin

    Far-right extremist J.DJD Vance has the lowest vice presidential candidate favorability in decades, so this debate was Tim Walz's to lose — and he lost as his Minnesota Nice style backfired and made Vance soundssound aslike a moderate. The outcome could have been very different if Walz had spent some time dealing with hostile questions in one-on-one interviews.

    Liberal media and the Harris campaign had sought to portray Vance as weird since Trump picked him as running mate, only for him to deliver a masterclass and defeat Walz in a polite vice-presidential debate despite the questions being loaded with progressive assumptions and narratives. Now, it's up to the people to vote wisely.


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