Moving the Needle: The Vance v Walz Debate Firmly Established that Trump is Full of $#IT

Historically, vice-presidential debates have had little impact on the outcome of an election. They serve mainly as an opportunity to showcase the judgment of the presidential candidate in choosing a competent, qualified partner, and potential successor. And on that scale, Kamala Harris hit one out of the park.

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Donald Trump, JD Vance, Dr. Evil, Mini-Me

The much anticipated face-off between Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance provided an excellent display of the personnel decision making capabilities of their respective bosses. Harris chose someone with experience, honesty, and moral character. And Donald Trump chose a cheap replica of himself, with the same shameless facility for disseminating falsehoods as his master, who has made a career of it.

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The likelihood that this debate will defy history and change the course of the campaign is minimal. But it is not nonexistent. There is a possibility that the needle could be moved a point or two, which is all that’s needed to affect the result of a close race. And Vance seemed to be doing his best to achieve that movement, but in favor of his opponent, Gov. Walz.

In a debate where there was little that would be remembered afterward, Vance managed to come away with most of the memorable moments. For instance…

Walz directly asked Vance whether Trump had lost the election in 2020. A simple question that Vance was unable to answer.

Vance brought up the Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare), saying that Trump had “salvaged” it when it was “doing disastrously.” In reality, Trump had repeatedly tried to repeal the broadly popular plan and, having failed to do so, reduced its promotion budget and shortened the open enrollment period in an attempt to sabotage it. He never had an alternative proposal despite numerous promises to deliver one.

Vance claimed to have never supported a national abortion ban, despite being on record saying literally that “I certainly would like abortion to be illegal nationally.”

Vance tried to erase his now infamous comments about legal Haitian migrants eating cats and dogs. Then he whined about being fact-checked and, in an effort to redeem himself, he lied some more about an immigration statute that had nothing to do with the Haitian migrants.

Vance engaged in some flagrant revisionist history, asserting that Trump respected the traditional peaceful transfer of power after his loss in 2020. Apparently Vance forgot about the deadly January 6th insurrection that was incited by Trump, who still praises those convicted as patriots and promises to pardon them.

There was quite a bit more that Vance distorted, such as his silence on Trump labeling climate change a hoax, and Trump’s pledge to have legally and economically destabilizing mass deportations of immigrants, and Trump’s neglect to respond to Iranian attacks on U.S. soldiers.

For his part, Trump’s live “truthing” of the debate consisted entirely of insults, allegations of bias, and empty declarations of imaginary victory, but not a single fact. Meanwhile, the primary surrogate for his campaign, Vance, was pitifully inept and even counterproductive. That might cause a rational candidate to reconsider offers to engage in further debates. However, Trump is standing firm on his cowardly refusal to debate Harris again. He posted a fear drenched rant on his floundering social media scam, Truth Social, saying that…

“Lyin’ Kamala just put out a request for another Debate because they lost so badly tonight…and I’m not looking to do it again, too far down the line. Votes are already cast — And I’m leading BIG in the Polls.”

Of course, Walz did not lose the debate with Vance. And it is hardly to late for Trump to debate Harris again. Trump debated in late October in both his 2016 and 2020 races. And finally, Trump is not “leading BIG in the polls.” In fact, he isn’t leading at all. He is trailing Harris in nearly every recent poll. Which is just another blatant lie that certifies him as the master of mendacity and misinformation. It’s a distinction that he will likely retain for many years to come.

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