Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance wouldn’t acknowledge that former President Donald Trump misplaced the 2020 presidential election during the vice presidential debate with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday, Oct. 1.
Close to the tip of the talk on the CBS Broadcast Heart in New York Metropolis, Vance, 40, was requested concerning the occasions of Jan. 6, 2021, and Trump’s refusal to just accept the 2020 election outcomes. Trump’s operating mate stated the previous president “peacefully gave over energy” on Jan. 20, 2021, though Trump grew to become the primary president since Richard Nixon to not attend his successor’s inauguration.
Later, Walz, 60, requested Vance straight, “Did Donald Trump win the 2020 election?”
“I’m targeted on the long run,” Vance stated as he tried to debate social media censorship as an alternative.
“That’s a damning non-answer,” Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris’ operating mate, stated. “He misplaced the election. This isn’t a debate.”
“When Mike Pence made that call to certify that election, that is why Mike Pence is not on this stage,” Walz later stated, referring to Trump’s 2016 and 2020 operating mate, who licensed the 2020 election outcomes on Jan. 6 in his position as vice chairman. “What I am involved about is, the place is the firewall with Donald Trump?”
“That is what we’re asking you, America: Will you arise?” Walz continued. “America, I believe you’ve got bought a extremely clear selection on this election: Who’s going to honor democracy, and who’s going to honor Donald Trump?”
Tuesday night time’s debate, moderated by CBS journalists Margaret Brennan and Norah O’Donnell, is the one debate between the vice presidential candidates. It is usually probably the final one between anybody on the foremost celebration tickets, as Trump, 78, has declined to debate Harris, 59, for a second time. Their debate came about on Sept. 10, following a June debate between Trump and President Joe Biden.
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Harris selected Walz as her running mate in early August. He was elected governor of Minnesota in 2018, after serving in Congress for 10 years.
Trump named Vance as his running mate in early July. Vance gained nationwide consideration for writing the 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy and has been Ohio’s junior U.S. Senator since 2023.