The civility between the candidates at Tuesday's CBS News vice presidential debate may have been a “mistake” for Democrats, according to a CBS contributor.
Former BET anchor Ed Gordon joins a CBS News panel discussing the first and only debate between vice presidential candidates Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio and Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota did. Immediately after the debate ended, the entire panel remarked on how “friendly” and “surprisingly friendly” the debate had been.
Mr. Gordon suggested Mr. Walz's mildness could backfire on Democrats, who are counting on him to hit back at Mr. Vance.
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J.D. Vance and Tim Walz debated in New York City on Tuesday night, just weeks before the election. (Reuters)
“Frankly, I think the civility we saw tonight may be a mistake on the part of the Democratic Party. “Democrats were outraged by what was going on in Springfield,” Gordon said. Said.
He continued, “I think Waltz missed an opportunity to really push racial insensitivity. There was a desire to be nice…What we're going to see is civility set aside.'' And as we've always done, we said, “From this point on, I think the gloves are off.''
A dispute broke out between Vance and CBS News hosts Margaret Brennan and Norah O'Donnell after they tried to fact-check Vance's comments about illegal immigration in Springfield, Ohio.
“I want to be clear to our viewers: Springfield, Ohio has a large population of Haitian immigrants with legal status and temporary protected status,” Brennan said.
A CBS News panel after the debate commented on the friendly demeanor between Vance and Walz. (Getty Images)
This was despite CBS previously announcing that it would not allow hosts to participate in live fact-checking or corrections during debates.
“The rules were you don't fact check,” Vance reminded them. “And since you're fact-checking me, I think it's important to say what's actually going on.”
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Moderators Margaret Brennan and Norah O'Donnell tried to fact-check Vance during the debate. (Screenshot: FOX News simulcast of CBS News vice presidential debate)
The hosts ended up muting their microphones before moving on to other topics.
“Senator, we have a lot of work to do. Thank you very much for explaining the legal process,” Brennan said.
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