As I write this, the vice presidential debate between Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is living up to the hype as Vance is wiping the floor with Walz, leaving him stammering and staring as though he can't remember anything from his script except "But Trump!"
Walz at the VP debate: pic.twitter.com/0a2J79LmDS
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 2, 2024
I think Walz is going to vote for Vance. 😂 #VPDebate2024 pic.twitter.com/3EfxGxBDKt
— under construction! (@PHX_LC) October 2, 2024
The best part of the night so far, in my opinion, was when the CBS News moderators tried to "fact check" Vance on the issue of the Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, even though the rules of the debate were that the moderators weren't going to fact check each other but the candidates could.
After Vance used the word "illegal immigrants" to describe the Haitian migrants, the moderators tried to make a big deal out of the fact that they were technically here "legally." But Vance was having none of it and proceeded to explain the "technical" reason why. They tried to force him to move on to the next question but he continued on. In fact, he smoked them so bad that they ended up cutting his mic.
Watch:
JD Vance just TOOK COMMAND of this debate by fact-checking these debate "moderators" who tried to fact-check him!
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 2, 2024
This is how it's DONE.
🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/X2ONBCNOo3
All that was missing was a literal mic drop.
Both Walz and the moderators were also fact-checked on the Twitter machine by Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin, who has spent years at the border reporting on the crisis. Here's what he had to say:
"CBS cuts Vance’s mic while he’s explaining how the Biden/Harris admin has allowed over 800,000 migrants to enter the U.S. via the CBP One App “lawfully”. It then sounded like Walz claimed the CBP One app has been used since the 90s, which is completely false. The Biden/Harris admin started using it in winter 2023 to begin mass paroling migrants into the country by the hundreds of thousands, typically between 1,300-1,500 every single day."
In other words, the moderators falsely fact-checked Vance but not Walz, who was the one actually not telling the truth.
Go figure. I mean, total shocker, right?
In any event, good on Vance for not letting the mods roll all over him and in the process creating another infuriating Romney/Crowley debate moment. Not happening on Vance's watch!
Once again, Vance is rising to the occasion:
For anyone who thinks VP debates don't matter, I made the case a couple of weeks ago that this year's will - read my explainer here -->> https://t.co/z1Po7uZZzy #VPdebate
— Sister Toldjah 💙 (@sistertoldjah) October 2, 2024
Make sure to stay tuned in to RedState for more coverage of the VP debate, and check out our liveblog as well.
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