The numbers 2 of the United States presidential campaignJD Vance, Republican senator from Ohio, Donald Trump’s candidate, and Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota, Kamala Harris candidatefaced each other on Tuesday, early Wednesday morning, in the CBS vice presidential debate, moderated by Margaret Brennan and Norah O’Donnell. His work has been closely followed after the treatment that the moderators of the ABC network gave to Trump in the presidential debate on September 10, in which they corrected the Republican in different ways. On the other hand, the ABC moderators, whose CEO, Almin Karamehmedovic, is a friend of Barack Obama, did not correct Kamala Harris even once. Norah O’Donnell, whose husband is a friend of Michelle Obama, had a more low-key role during the debate. There was a moment when the microphones were silenced to silence the two candidates.
Vance won the debate over Walz: articulate, confident and approachable, he presented the Republicans’ policies convincingly and with ease. During the pfirst half of the vice presidential debate made it clear why Donald Trump has chosen him as his partner ticket of these presidential elections. The Ohio senator starred in one of the best debates of a Republican presidential or vice presidential candidate in recent times. He defended Trump’s record with great effectiveness and presented Republican policies on the economy.security and immigration. Vance had a clear goal: to attract the attention of independent voters and women. He even acknowledged that his party needs to work more on abortion policies with some comments in reference to the vote of women, who support Kamala Harris in a higher percentage than Trump.
He Ohio senator introduced himself during the first minutes. He remembered his working-class origins and his personal history. But above all, it was effective in reminding viewers of the country’s good economic times during the Trump administration. He also highlighted the relative calm in foreign policy.
Tim Walz came across as an affable, well-intentioned man. But, less prepared than Vance. He even agreed at times with the Ohio senator and criticized Trump in a more disorderly way than the arguments Vance made against Kamala Harris.
Key moments between Vance and Walz
- “I’m a knucklehead.” When Walz tries to justify his lie about having been in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square protests.
- Vance calls out the moderators for breaking the rules and corrects him during the debate.
- “I’m a friend of the school gunmen.” Walz gets nervous when he starts to explain his position on assault rifles.
- Vance explains his mistake in calling Trump “America’s Hitler.”
- Walz complains that Trump has only built 2% of the border wall with Mexico.
Iran in the debate
The first question was about Iranwhich had attacked Israel hours before. Walz, trembling, He had a rocky start to the debate, pausing and barely getting his words out when he tried to talk about the need for “strong leadership” from the White House.. Instead of answering the question, Walz attacked Trump: “The bottom line here is that strong leadership is going to matter. It’s clear, and the world saw it on the debate stage a few weeks ago. “An almost 80-year-old Donald Trump talking about crowd sizes is not what we need right now.”
Vance, in his first response, defended Trump, saying that Trump “provided stability to the world, and he did so by establishing effective deterrence.”. “People were afraid of going too far,” Vance explained. «Donald Trump recognized that in order for people to fear the United States, peace through strength was needed. “They needed to recognize that if they stepped outside the lines, America’s global leadership would return stability and peace to the world.”
