The one and only Vice-Presidential Debate happened Tuesday, October 1, 2024, leaving the right confident Vance won while the Democrats express concerns at what they call Walz’ weakness. Polling indicates Vance won the debate across multiple demographic groups, including independent voters in swing states, but not by a wide margin.
The key moment in the debate came when Walz declared “I am friends with school shooters.” The second key moment came when CBS moderators appear to have run interference for Walz by “fact checking” Vance with fake news that, when Vance tried to rebut it, led to them cutting off Vance’s mic. The debate most likely has not significantly moved the needle in the polls, though we will soon find out if that’s the case.
‘Knucklehead’ Tim Walz Bumbles Through Primetime Debate with a Smooth J.D. Vance– freebeacon.com Source Link Excerpt:
Gov. Tim Walz (D., Minn.) made several dubious claims during the vice presidential debate against Sen. J.D. Vance (R., Ohio) on Tuesday, but insisting he “enjoyed” the evening was easily the most far-fetched.
Ever since Vice President Kamala Harris picked Walz as her running mate in August, journalists and other Harris supporters have fawned over his “folksy” charm and “cuddly” demeanor. Some questioned why the Harris campaign has been so reluctant to make “someone billed as Mr. Likable” available for interviews with national outlets. Walz’s bumbling performance on Tuesday answered that question once and for all.
Walz appeared nervous throughout and spoke too fast, tripping over his words. His facial expressions conveyed a mixture of confusion and sheer terror, especially when asked to explain why he repeatedly lied—as recently as 2019—about being in China during the Tiananmen Square massacre in June 1989 when he was actually home in Nebraska until August of that year. Walz proceeded to give one of the most baffling answers ever recorded in the history of American politics.
“Look, I grew up in small rural Nebraska, town of 400, town that you rode your bike with your buddies till the streetlights come on, and I’m proud of that service,” Walz said in response to the question about his China falsehoods. “Now, look, my community knows who I am. They saw where I was at. They, look, I will be the first to tell you, I have poured my heart into my community. I have tried to do the best I can, but I’ve not been perfect, and I’m a knucklehead at times, but it’s always been about that.”
VP debate: Walz ‘misspoke’ over Tiananmen Square protests– www.ctvnews.ca Source Link Excerpt:
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said on Tuesday he “misspoke” when he previously said he’d visited Hong Kong in the spring of 1989 during protests in China’s Tiananmen Square but insisted he “was in Hong Kong and China” during the pro-democracy protests.
His comments during Tuesday night’s vice-presidential debate followed the unearthing of reports that contradict previous claims he made about his travel to China, including a claim that the Democratic vice-presidential nominee was in Hong Kong preparing for a teaching position in 1989 during the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests that ended in hundreds of protesters killed by the Chinese government.
“My community knows who I am. They saw where I was at,” Walz said during the debate. “Look, I will be the first to tell you, I have poured my heart into my community. I’ve tried to do the best I can, but I’ve not been perfect, and I’m a knucklehead at times, but it’s always been about that. Those same people elected me to Congress for 12 years.”
Tim Walz Commits One of the Biggest Debate Blunders in Recent Memory, Says ‘I’ve Become Friends with School Shooters’– www.westernjournal.com Source Link Excerpt:
Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz had every candidate’s nightmare come true on a debate stage on Tuesday night, and in perhaps the most macabre way possible: He committed a bad gaffe that everyone will remember — and on school shootings, no less.
During the midst of a question about mass shootings and why Walz flip-flopped on a ban regarding so-called “assault weapons,” the governor told America, “I’ve become friends with school shooters” — a sound bite that immediately set social media ablaze.
Walz made the remarks after saying he changed his position after meeting with parents of the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting.
“I’ve become friends with school shooters,” he said.
“I was an NRA guy for a long time,” Walz added. “They used to teach gun safety. I’m of an age where my shotgun was in my car, so I could pheasant hunt after football practice. That’s not where we live today.”
JD Vance Backs Tim Walz Into A Corner On Free Speech, Walz Snaps Out Of Turn– trendingpoliticsnews.com Source Link Excerpt:
An unsteady Tim Walz on Tuesday night became boxed in by Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) after the Trump running mate challenged his rival to denounce the Democrats’ habit of criminalizing “hate speech and misinformation,” an encounter that quickly went viral in the hours after their first and only debate.
Vance’s assertion that conservatives are being silenced online certainly has merit. Federal courts have found that the Biden-Harris administration erred in 2021 when authorities pressured social media companies to censor users who spoke out about the efficacy of Covid-19 shots, masks, and other mandates. In another high-profile example during the 2020 election, many users were shadow-banned or booted from various platforms for sharing stories about Hunter Biden’s laptop which then-candidate Joe Biden claimed at the time was a product of Russian disinformation. To Vance, both examples are examples where Walz and Harris opposed free speech.
JD Vance Calls Out Tim Walz For Signing Bill Allowing Infanticide: “That is Fundamentally Barbaric”– www.lifenews.com Source Link Excerpt:
During last night’s debate, JD Vance called out Tim Walz for signing a bill that allows infanticide in Minnesota.
Walz signed a bill to allows abortions up to birth. But he also put his signature on allowing infanticide, letting babies die who survive abortions. Babies survive abortions every year, including five in 2021 just in Minnesota. But the state no longer protects their lives.
“As I read the Minnesota law that you signed … the doctor is under no obligation to provide life-saving care to a baby who survives a botched late-term abortion.”
Walz claimed “That’s not true,” and falsely accused Vance of trying to “distort” the “way the law was written.”
“That is fundamentally barbaric,” Vance said. “Do you want to force Catholic hospitals to perform abortions against their will? Because Kamala Harris has supported suing Catholic nuns to violate their freedom of conscience.”
Tim Walz Defends Signing Bill for Abortions Up to Birth– www.lifenews.com Source Link Excerpt:
During last night’s debate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz defended signing a bill in his state to allow killing babies in abortions up to birth.
When it comes to abortion, Walz claimed: “This issue is on everyone’s mind.”
Yet polling data shows fewer voters said abortion was an important issue to them than those who named the economy and immigration as key issues for the presidential election.
Asked about the radical bill to allow killing babies for any reason any time, Walz falsely claimed “In Minnesota what we did was restore Roe v. Wade.”
Then Walz falsely claimed Donald Trump wants to create a “registry of pregnancies,” to keep track of pregnant women – an absurd idea no one is suggesting.
Vance corrected Walz, confirming that he and Trump would never create such a registry.
Tim Walz Called Out for Hypocritical Debate Attempt to Twist the Bible to Fit His Agenda– www.westernjournal.com Source Link Excerpt:
Tim Walz says he doesn’t talk about his faith “a lot.”
Given the reaction to his attempt to quote scripture during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate with Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, that’s probably a smart move.
The Minnesota governor’s attempt to cite a biblical verse to justify the Democratic Party’s destruction of the country’s borders ended up only highlighting its hypocrisy — and lighting up social media with users calling Walz out on it.
Walz’s Big Book-thumping moment came on a question about the illegal immigration the Biden-Harris administration has inflicted on the United States since 2021 — and it didn’t go over well.
WALZ: “I don’t talk about my faith a lot, but Matthew 25:40 talks about, ‘to the least among us, you do unto me.’”
CBS Moderators Memory Hole Tim Walz’s Stolen Valor Controversy– thefederalist.com Source Link Excerpt:
To nobody’s surprise, CBS News’ hack-tivist debate moderators allowed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s myriad lies about his military service to go unaddressed during Tuesday’s 2024 vice-presidential debate.
While finding time to ask dishonest questions about baby-killing and Jan. 6, neither Norah O’Donnell nor Margaret Brennan bothered to ask Walz about how he regularly inflated his rank and lied about details surrounding his time in the Army National Guard to boost his political career.
For example, on numerousoccasions the Minnesota Democrat portrayed himself as a retired command sergeant major. While it’s true that Walz was promoted to command sergeant major during the waning years of his service, he did not complete the minimum number of years required to retain the rank when he abandoned his unit before it deployed to Iraq and is actually a lesser-ranked master sergeant.
Democrats Argue That JD’s Beatdown of Walz Was Actually Bad for Trump-Vance – RedState– redstate.com Source Link Excerpt:
… Despite JD Vance’s obvious beatdown of bumbling Tim Walz in Tuesday’s vice presidential debate, leave it to CNN to find (make up) a very thin silver lining behind a very dark cloud.
And that was before the debate even started.
CNN’s simp Democrat contributors absurdly argued that if Vance mopped the floor with the ill-prepared, serially-lying Minnesota governor, it would actually be bad for Vance. No, really.
Irrational rationalization at its “best”? Of course. After all, the self-proclaimed Most Trusted Name in News™ never fails to amuse the rational and objective among us.
Veteran Democrat hack and CNN regular David Axelrod kicked off the festivities.
Look, I think that he was hired basically as Donald Trump’s designated hitter. Donald Trump is a casting director, and he was convinced he would be good on TV for him, and this debate is obviously the most important television appearance there is.
And, you know, he comes in, we all know having worked with (CNN Democrat contributor) Van Jones, how these Yale-educated lawyers, very slick –
CNN Focus Group Praises Vance, Gives Him ‘Overwhelming’ Debate Victory– trendingpoliticsnews.com Source Link Excerpt:
An “overwhelming majority” of focus group members told CNN that they thought Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) won Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, telling reporters that the Ohio Republican’s confidence and swagger was evident in a much-hyped debate that took the wind out of Tim Walz’s sails.
The virtual panel of 15 swing state voters largely agreed that Vance commanded the two-hour debate. One participant called the Trump running mate “battle tested and very ready” to serve as the next vice president. “You can just see that he went to Yale,” the man told the CNN host. “He’s very intelligent, and he reassured a lot of people.” The panel, convened by pollster Frank Luntz, served as vindication that Sen. Vance’s preparations heading into Tuesday night paid off.
HILAROUS! Nicolle Wallace LOSES HER MIND and Cries During Post Debate Analysis – MSNBC Panel Cheers Moderators Breaking Rules With BS “Fact Check” (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com Source Link Excerpt:
MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace LOSES IT during VP debate analysis – October 1, 2024
As expected, the MSNBC panel reacting to last night’s Vice Presidential debate was absolutely gushing over Tim Walz’s sloppy performance while condemning J.D. Vance, claiming he lied repeatedly and cheering the moderators for fact-checking and even cutting his microphone.
All in all, it was a pretty boring debate with no noteworthy zingers, except for the ones that Tim Walz did to himself. Still, that didn’t stop the leftists on MSDNC from parading around, lying, and creaming in their pants over Walz’s performance.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, the most noteworthy event by far was Tim Walz bizarrely telling the American people he’s “become friends with school shooters”–TWICE!
Focus Groups and Snap Polls About VP Debate Are Going to Make Dems Tear Their Hair Out – RedState– redstate.com Source Link Excerpt:
But by all the metrics, people were saying Vance came out on top.
The WaPo focus group had 14-8 for Vance with swing state voters.
WaPo asked swing state voter focus group who won the VP debate
JD Vance Correctly Says Kids Are Being ‘Used as Drug Trafficking Mules’– www.breitbart.com Source Link Excerpt:
CLAIM: Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) said some migrant children are “used as drug trafficking mules” during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate.
VERDICT: TRUE. A law enforcement official explained to Vance at an event last month that drug traffickers, when traveling by vehicle, make children play roles in their “story” in case authorities engage them.
Early on in the debate, Vance said that some migrant children “have been used as drug trafficking mules,” drawing one from the many indirect fact checks of the evening from the CBS News moderators, who served up a response for Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) to falsely claim Vance was lying.
“Governor, do you care to respond to any of those specific allegations, including that the Vice President is ‘letting in fentanyl’ and ‘using kids as drug mules,’ among other things,” Margaret Brennan asked Walz.
“Yeah, well, the drug mules is not true,” Walz claimed.
The one and only Vice-Presidential Debate happened Tuesday, October 1, 2024, leaving the right confident Vance won while the Democrats express concerns at what they call Walz’ weakness. Polling indicates Vance won the debate across multiple demographic groups, including independent voters in swing states, but not by a wide margin.
