Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was not requested about a number of extremely talked about information tales within the first and solely vice presidential debate on Tuesday, together with his army service, which Walz didn’t strongly invoke both.
The CBS Vice Presidential Debate in New York Metropolis showcased the Republican and Democrat candidates answering questions on a wide range of points, however Walz’s army service, which he has confronted sharp criticism from Republicans and a few veterans for allegedly embellishing, was not requested about.
Walz solely briefly talked about his army service throughout the debate when he was compelled to appropriate the file on whether or not he was in China for the Tiananmen Sq. protests.
At one other level within the debate, Walz referred to himself as a “good soldier.”
Walz was additionally not requested throughout the debate about what number of occasions he has visited China.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz baffled the web on Tuesday when he by chance declared he had “change into pals with faculty shooters” throughout the CBS Information Vice Presidential Debate in opposition to Sen. JD Vance. (Getty Photos)
Up to now, Walz has claimed he went “dozens of occasions” and as soon as claimed he went “about 30 occasions.” This week, the Harris-Walz marketing campaign walked that again and mentioned the precise quantity is “nearer to fifteen occasions.”
Different questions Walz was not requested throughout the debate embrace his disputed claims about his spouse’s IVF therapy and his declare that he carried weapons “in battle.”
Regardless of CBS saying that it will not enable dwell fact-checking throughout the debate, moderator Margaret Brennan interjected to appropriate Vance after he recommended that unlawful immigrants are overwhelming sources in Springfield, Ohio.
“Simply to make clear for our viewers, Springfield, Ohio, does have a lot of Haitian migrants who’ve authorized standing, short-term protected standing,” Brennan mentioned.
When Vance tried to push again on the fact-check, Brennan and her co-moderator Norah O’Donnell tried to talk over Vance, insisting that they needed to transfer on to the subsequent query.
“The principles have been that you simply guys weren’t going to fact-check,” Vance reminded them. “And since you’re fact-checking me, I feel it is vital to say what’s really occurring.”
Whereas explaining the method of acquiring authorized standing and tying it to a Harris-backed immigration coverage, the moderators once more spoke over Vance, thanking him for “describing the authorized course of” earlier than they minimize off his microphone as Walz tried to argue with him.
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Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) participates in a debate on the CBS Broadcast Middle on Oct. 1, 2024 in New York Metropolis. That is anticipated to be the one vice presidential debate of the 2024 common election. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
Democrats rapidly got here out in help of Walz’s debate efficiency because it was unfolding, together with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who mentioned Walz was “laying down information.”
“Gov Walz dominating JD Vance on the immigration trade with undecided voters in a western battleground state,” David Plouffe, marketing campaign supervisor and White Home Senior Advisor for Barack Obama and Senior Advisor for Kamala Harris for President, posted on X. “Reminding these voters Donald Trump constructed solely 2 % of the wall and Mexico didn’t pay a dime strongest second of the controversy.”
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Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, proper, speaks throughout a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS Information, with Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in New York. (AP Photograph/Matt Rourke)
Many high Republicans took the other place and expressed help for Vance’s efficiency.
“JD knocks it out of the park with first query!!! Tim Walz implodes on first query in presentation, communication, and substance,” Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., wrote on X.
“Senator JD Vance spitting the chilly onerous TRUTH on the controversy stage,” Trump 2024 nationwide press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote on X.
