Walz and Vance's 'Midwestern nice' debate gives US voters a break

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00:00Tuesday night's debate in New York between JD Vance and Tim Walz was mostly a cordial

00:05affair.

00:07The evening started off with a handshake and a discussion on the latest tensions in the

00:11Middle East, with both candidates agreeing on the threat to Israel posed from Iran.

00:16Shots, however, were fired soon by the Democratic nominee when it came to who's going to uphold

00:21the constitution.

00:24He is still saying he didn't lose the election.

00:26I would just add to that.

00:27Did he lose the 2020 election?

00:29Tim, I'm focused on the future.

00:31Did Kamala Harris censor Americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020 COVID situation?

00:39That is a damning non-answer.

00:41Immigration and the Ohio town of Springfield made its way into Tuesday's debate after Donald

00:46Trump's assertion during his face-off with Kamala Harris that immigrants there were eating

00:51pets.

00:53In Springfield, Ohio, and in communities all across this country, you've got schools that

00:58are overwhelmed.

00:59You've got hospitals that are overwhelmed.

01:01You have got housing that is totally unaffordable because we brought in millions of illegal

01:06immigrants.

01:07I believe Senator Vance wants to solve this.

01:09But by standing with Donald Trump and not working together to find a solution, it becomes

01:14a talking point.

01:15And when it becomes a talking point like this, we dehumanize and villainize other human beings.

01:20JD Vance's claim Haitian migrants were illegal was fact-checked as false by moderators.

01:27And as he continued to speak, his mic was eventually cut.

01:30Donald Trump's running mate sought to use his time on the debate stage to soften his

01:35image after coming under fire for his extreme views on abortion.

01:39First of all, I never supported a national ban.

01:41I did during when I was running for Senate in 2022 talk about setting some minimum national

01:45standard.

01:46Kamala Harris's running mate was eager to brush off misstatements he'd made in the past

01:51on whether he was in China during the Tiananmen Square massacre.

01:55The recent reports he got there later.

01:57Can you explain the discrepancy?

02:00All I said on this was I got there that summer and misspoke.

02:03Tuesday's debate comes nearly a month before November's election.

02:07And despite the civility seen on stage, the performance is unlikely to make an impact.

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