Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance was asked Tuesday about former President Trump's denial that he lost the 2020 election and said he wanted to focus on the future, according to Fox News Debate Dial. It is said to have caused negative reactions from some voters.
Vance was asked by Democratic candidate Gov. Tim Walz whether Trump lost the 2020 election, which Trump has repeatedly denied, which led to the protests on January 6, 2021. Ta.
“This is a threat to our democracy in a way we've never seen before, and it's manifested in Donald Trump's inability to say anything. He continues to say he hasn't lost the election yet. “There are,” Walz said. “Did he lose the 2020 election?”
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Sen. J.D. Vance speaks during the vice presidential debate at CBS Studios in New York on October 1, 2024. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Vance tried to put the ball back in Walz's court.
“Tim, I'm focused on the future. Given the coronavirus situation in 2020, has Kamala Harris censored Americans from speaking their mind?” he replied. .
Walz called this a “terrible non-response.”
“Not talking about censorship is a complete non-answer,” Vance said, adding that 2020 had “problems.”
Republicans on the Fox News debate dial were unimpressed with Walz's questions, and the approval remained largely the same as Vance's answers, moving the dial down, but as Vance brushed off the question, independents The dial for lawmakers and Democrats plummeted. It rose the fastest among independent stocks.
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“But you're attacking us because you don't believe in democracy,” Vance said. “The most sacred right under American democracy is the First Amendment. You yourself say there is no First Amendment right to misinformation. They want to use the power of Big Tech to silence people from speaking their minds.The threat to democracy will last long beyond this current political moment.”
“I want Democrats and Republicans to reject censorship. Let's persuade each other. Let's discuss ideas. And let's come together.”
Senator J.D. Vance and Governor Tim Walz debate at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City on October 1, 2024. (Getty Images)
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While he was speaking, Republican approval ratings rose significantly, independent approval ratings improved slightly, while Democratic approval ratings remained largely unchanged.
Walz responded by referring to the alleged restriction of free speech.
“You can't scream fire in a crowded theater. That's the test, the test of the Supreme Court.”
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