Nicole Wallace: JD Vance Was "Mansplaining" To Tim Walz

Posted • October 2, 2024: If you didn't get a chance to watch, you've probably heard by now that JD Vance cooked Tim Walz at Tuesday night's vice presidential debate. That wasn't necessarily surprising to anyone who has been paying attention. Vance's time on the interview circuit has shown how formidable he is in confrontational situations. The contrast with Walz, who has largely avoided questions throughout the campaign and resorted to spazzing out on stage like he's on speed, couldn't have been greater. It wasn't just that Vance won on the merits, though. It was how he did it. In an era where so many Republicans have convinced themselves the bull-in-a-china-shop approach is the only way to fight, the Ohio senator took a far more precise and effective strategy. Despite the moderators' ridiculous bias, he stayed calm and collected, systematically taking down Walz point after point. Even on the no-win issues where Vance's only hope was to get to the next topic, he stuck the landing and did just that.

The result of that was predictable in the press. While many "journalists" took to social media to give nuanced takes about the debate, a sure-fire admission Walz lost, MSNBC's hosts took the simpler path melting down on air. If you needed more proof that Vance won big, Nicole Wallace’s meltdown provides it. The hilarity of that clip is self-obvious. Wallace losing her mind is all the proof you need that Vance mopped the floor with Walz. She's claiming the moderators should have shut down the debate by flinging obscenities at the Ohio senator because of the "audacity" shown in, I don't know, actually answering the questions well. Her flailing is also educational in that it tells us a heck of a lot about how Democrats view American voters. In the eyes of the left, you are too stupid to make your own electoral decisions. Instead, you need to be saved from yourself by having news networks shut down debate and censor the other side. Nothing Vance said on stage last night warranted being asked "Are you (obscenity) kidding me?"

But again, the "threat to democracy" crowd doesn't care about the substance. They believe they are entitled to power, and any threat to that entitlement must be destroyed. Wallace couldn't care less about the will of voters being respected. She sits in her studio, living in her bubble, believing that she has the right to dictate the future of the country. That is what actual "audacity" looks like. Later in the broadcast, Wallace did her best to reassure herself, suggesting that Vance was "mansplaining" and that women wouldn't like that. In the snarky political commentary business, we call that cope. The exchange Wallace is citing is linked above, and it's worth a watch because it too is very educational. In it, one of the moderators tried to "fact-check" Vance before quickly moving on to the next topic. The Ohio senator rightly wanted to explain why that "fact-check" lacked crucial context. He did so with great skill, but toward the end of his answer, his microphone was cut.

Last time I checked, debates are for the candidates. They do not exist for moderators to exert their "authority" and shut down intellectual exchanges. It's one thing if people are shouting over each other, but that wasn't happening. Again, though, it's instructive in that it shows how the left processes politics. They truly think they should have the right to stop debate and censor information for the "greater good." (…)

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