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Harris and Walz exploit a tragedy to further a political narrative about ‘Trump abortion bans.’ Gov. Tim Walz dodged a question about Minnesota’s permissive abortion statute at last week’s debate by repeating a story about Georgia’s restrictive one. He brought up the case of Amber Thurman, 28, of Atlanta, who “had to travel a long distance to North Carolina to try and get her care” because Georgia prohibits abortion after six weeks. “Amber Thurman died in that journey back and forth,” Mr. Walz said. His source was an article by Kavitha Surana of ProPublica. Ms. Surana reports that in August...

I am a very big fan of the podcasters at the Daily Wire: Matt Walsh, Ben Shapiro, Michael Knowles, and Andrew Klavan. I don’t agree with them on everything, but I enjoy their intelligent takes and humor. They and I agree that JD Vance did a wonderful job during the vice-presidential debate, but they all missed how well he did on the abortion issue.When Walz was asked about abortion, he launched easily into the shtick that it’s all about women’s healthcare while boasting about what a wonderful state Minnesota is for abortion. He had to lie, of course, about the...

Former Bush-Cheney political strategist Matthew Dowd said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that former President Donald Trump and his running mate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) lie so much during debates that there should be commentators watching who fact-check live, like in sports. (snip) Wallace said, “Every single sporting event, which is the most watched live in the content that exists anywhere in the world, every sporting event is covered live by realtime commentators while the game is going on.”

While taking questions from reporters Thursday, Democrat Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz said, “David Hogg is a good friend of mine.” Hogg is well-known as a gun control activist and Walz supports numerous gun controls, including an “assault weapons” ban, universal background checks, and red flag laws. During Tuesday’s Vice Presidential debate, Walz pushed for more gun control and, following a moderator’s question, admitted he supports an “assault weapons” ban.

Mark Halperin used to be a top political journalist at ABC, MSNBC, and Bloomberg News. Now his "Morning Meetings" and 2Ways on Zoom and YouTube are the best source I've discovered for intelligent, well-sourced, fair takes on the election. [snip] The YouTube of his post-debate 2Way is available here. Excerpts of Halperin's comments: "Without a doubt, a total mismatch [in favor of Vance.]" Abortion and J6 are tough issues for Republicans, but Vance "handled them as well as I've heard any Republican handle them." "[Vance] was obviously extremely well prepared, but didn't seem rehearsed." Walz' answer about lying about being...

Social media marveled at JD Vance's 'pretty eyes' as Google searches for eyeliner exploded during his VP debate against Tim Walz. The high-stakes showdown between GOP Sen. J.D. Vance and Democratic Gov. Tim Walz comes with just 35 days left until the election and with polls showing it could be one of the closest races in decades. However, some on X getting a first look at Vance seemed entranced by the Ohio Senator's eyes. Even Democrats seemed taken with Vance, one writing: 'I don't know much about Vance, but I'm entranced by his icy blue eyes,' before clarifying she wasn't...

Predator vs Prey

Minnesota nice ran headlong into Ohio smart on Tuesday night, as Governor Tim Walz faced off against Senator JD Vance in a CBS News vice presidential debate in New York City. The best Democrats can hope for is that voters were watching 'Dancing With The Stars' instead. Walz was exposed as a stuttering lightweight with no business being a heartbeat away from the Oval Office and Vance delivered the most persuasive case for 'America First' Trumpism yet, in what may be the last debate of the 2024 election.

Democratic pundits were left scratching their heads in disbelief Tuesday night after the at time stumbling performance of Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, MInnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Walz started off shaky, often mixing up his words and appeared anxious and unable to answer when pressed on his own misstatements about his past and experience. 'I was missing the magic and the organic spontaneity of Tim Walz,' said former Biden press secretary Jen Psaki.

Pundits and commentators online were not all pleased with the CBS News moderators' performance during Tuesday night's vice presidential debate. The most jarring moment came when Margaret Brennan fact-checked Republican VP nominee, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance over comments he made about Haitian migrants. That led to a back-and-forth that ended with Brennan and Norah O'Donnell cutting off the candidates' mics.

Tim Walz and J.D. Vance debated Wednesday night. The debate was gracious on both sides. The moderators of the debate asked a number of policy questions, and each candidate answered giving some deference to the other candidate and in most cases suggesting there was some room for compromise on specific laws/policies that would need to be enacted during the next four years. Yet the tone of good will and compromise that each tried to establish to some degree was false and misleading. The differences between the two candidates and the presidential candidates with whom each is running could not be...

Near the close of the vice-presidential debate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio was on the verge of capping off a fantastic night for a Republican ticket that has been lost in a news cycle of its own making over false claims about Haitian migrants eating people's pets in Springfield, Ohio. And then January 6, 2021, and the 2020 election came up.

VIDEOAs soon as President Donald Trump chose J.D. Vance to be his running mate the media predictably attacked Vance for for being a terrible choice destined to harm the Republican ticket. In fact, Nicole Wallace labeled Vance as a "gift" for the Democrats. So how's that "gift" for the Democrats working out now in the wake of the BRILLIANT Vance performance during his debate with "Knucklehead" Tim Walz?

Top political anchors at liberal news outlets panned Democratic vice presidential hopeful Tim Walz’s debate performance Tuesday, with one journalist likening it to President Biden’s disastrous June showdown with former President Donald Trump. “It kind of reminded me of the June 27 debate, when Kamala Harris that night said of Joe Biden, ‘It was a slow start, but a strong finish,’” ABC News anchor Linsey Davis said of the Minnesota governor’s matchup against Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio). “And that’s how I felt Tim Walz kind of did tonight,” she added. *** Davis, who alongside David Muir moderated the Sept. 10...

SOMERSET – About 25 Republicans from this rural coal-mining community gathered at a sports tavern Tuesday night for the political showdown between vice presidential candidates. Amid tables filled with beer, pizza and wings, the GOP faithful expected a heaping serving of political red meat as tart-tongued Republican JD Vance took on homespun Minnesota Democrat Tim Walz. Only, they largely didn’t get it. Instead of confrontational fireworks between the candidates, a polite, reasoned policy discussion broke out. “It was a lot calmer than a Trump debate,” said Guy Berkebile, the Somerset County GOP chairman who organized the event. “You know, I...

Sen. JD Vance refused to acknowledge that former president Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, setting off one of the most contentious exchanges in Tuesday night’s vice-presidential debate with Gov. Tim Walz. Walz vigorously pressed Vance on the issue near the end of a debate that had otherwise been marked by unusual comity. “I would just ask, did he lose the 2020 election?” Walz asked. “Tim, I’m focused on the future,” Vance said, without addressing the question. “That is a damning non-answer,” Walz responded. The Republican senator from Ohio and the Democratic governor of Minnesota offered sharply different perspectives on...

Here we go… The far-left CBS hacks moderating the debate on Tuesday took time to “fact-check” JD Vance on the 20,000 Haitian migrants that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris flew into Springfield, Ohio in the past three years. Senator Vance then interrupted and corrected Margaret Brennan about the Biden plan to fly in illegals to American cities. That’s when CBS cut his mic! They wouldn’t let him speak!

(Programming note: My colleagues and I will be liveblogging the debate. We always have a lot of fun with these things and would love to have you join us! Check the Page a few minutes before go-time for the link.) Jump in a time machine with me my friends as I write a review of the 2024 vice presidential debate 24 1/2 hours before it even begins. There is a very real possibility that this is going on a lot in American media tonight, I'm just the only one who is being honest about it. The Democrats' flying monkeys in...