HOT TAKES: Democrats, Media Seethe As Republicans Cheer After JD Vance Dominates VP Debate

Posted • October 1, 2024: I don't know what the viewership numbers were on the vice presidential debate between Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, but if they're not high they should have been because that was one of the best debates I've ever watched in my time as a political junkie (which goes back a looong time). Vance wiped the floor not just with Walz but also the CBS News debate moderators, who did what they weren't supposed to do at least twice in "fact-checking" Vance, only to have him refuse to be silenced by fact-checking them right back. There is no question here who won the debate, with pollsters and even some in the media saying in so many words that Vance was the victor: CNN: “JD Vance came to land a bunch of punches, and he DID!” - “Tim Walz did NOT seem prepared for it!”

ABC's Jonathan Karl: "I've got to say…Walz did seem unsteady and, frankly, what I saw in Walz is somebody who has not faced questions on…He was simply out of practice…JD Vance was very smooth. He took the arguments…to Kamala Harris. Overall, a tone of civility." (…)

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