Thoughts on the VP Debate

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Thoughts on the VP Debate - Lemmy.World

Honestly it was more civilized than I expected. Vance still lied through his teeth, but that was bound to happen.

Vance over performed slightly. I’d say Walz underperformed slightly. Walz was too nice.

In the end, I think Walz wins by a fair margin. Plus Walz got the biggest two soundbites that will be played for the next week ad nauseum.

Vance had absolute shit to work with. Walz could have given the Independence Day speech.

I actually appreciate the part where Walz went off script and responded directly to Vance and the question asked. It was about Congress making the laws, and not the Vice President. They’ll likely use that to attack Walz and Harris, but I appreciated him dropping a bit of the show and just conveying reality.

The changes they were talking about require a vote from Congress. Vance dismissing that and saying it can be done through executive action should be concerning. Technically, it might be true, considering the President can just start shooting/jailing congresspeople until they vote his way. But I don’t think that’s what they wanted to express.

“Pass the bill!”
I really wanted Walz to push why Vance voted against the border bill. You have the hypocrite standing right there, time for some explaining.

I agree to an extent, but I think we all know it would have been fruitless. I like that he pointed it out, more than once, but still spent his time discussing actual policy.

“Sign the bill!”