Top 5 Moments from Only VP Debate Between Vance and Walz Before Election
JD Vance and Tim Walz argued several topics with just weeks until the election on Tuesday night. The event covered a variety of subjects ranging from immigration to climate change to abortion as the two lesser-known politicians sought to make their introductions to American voters before election day.
Here are the top moments from the debate:
1. **Fact-Checking Controversy**: After CBS News’ Margaret Brennan offered an impromptu fact-check in response to Vance describing cities being overwhelmed by illegal immigration, noting that many Haitians in Springfield, Ohio have been granted a legal status, Vance hit back at her for violating the terms of the debate. “Margaret, the rules were that you are not going to fact-check. And since you’re fact-checking me, I think it’s important to say what’s actually going on,” he said. “So there’s an application called the CBP one app where you can go on as an illegal migrant, apply for asylum or apply for parole and be granted legal status at the wave of a Kamala Harris open border wand.”
2. **Moment of Civility**: Vance told Walz that he was sorry to hear that his son had been witness to a shooting, in a moment of civility that was particularly frequent during the vice presidential debate. This civility has also been less and less common during presidential debates, which have proven contentious in recent election cycles. “I didn’t know that your 17-year-old witnessed a shooting, and I’m sorry about that,” the senator told Walz. “I appreciate it,” Walz said. “Christ have mercy,” Vance remarked.
3. **Immigration Debate**: The American citizens have had their lives destroyed by Kamala Harris’s open border, it is a disgrace, Tim,” Vance said during the debate. “And I actually think I agree with you,” the Ohio senator said, adding, “I think you want to solve this problem. But I don’t think that Kamala Harris does.”
4. **Project 2025 Controversy**: Walz claimed there would be “a registry of pregnancies” under what he said was Trump and Vance’s Project 2025. The Project 2025 is an endeavor of conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation. “It’s going to make it more difficult, if not impossible, to get contraception and limit access, if not eliminate access, to infertility treatments,” he said. But Vance denied this claim. “No, certainly we won’t,” he pushed back at the statement.
5. **Note-Taking Scrutiny**: Walz frequently scribbled down observations during the debate, which led to Trump poking fun at the noticeable amount of notes that the Minnesota governor was taking. “Walz is taking so many notes – Never seen a Candidate take more He needs the notes to keep his brain intact,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
