A majority of the 13 columnists and contributors surveyed by The New York Times agreed that J.D. Vance won Tuesday night's debate against Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
Multiple New York Times columnists, including Binyamin Appelbaum, said Vance was overall effective. Presentation on the debate stage. Seven of the columnists and contributors said Vance defeated Walz in the debate, two said the showdown was a draw, and three writers concluded that Walz won.
“He made Trumpism sound civil, calm and consistent,” Appelbaum said of Vance.
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“Especially in the first half of the debate, Vance was much more agile than the nervous Tim Waltz. However, as the debate progressed, Vance stumbled on two issues, abortion and the 2020 election, and his oratorical could not salvage the extremely unappealing content he had worked with,'' wrote Josh Barro, author of the newsletter Very Serious.
“The waltz won,” wrote Times columnist Charles M. Blow. “You could tell he was a teacher because he had clearly done his homework. Anyone who was afraid of Vance rolling on them could breathe easy.”
“Nobody was really in control,” said Matt Labash, a writer for the newsletter.
“But I have a slight advantage over Walz because Vance embarrassingly soft-pedaled on January 6th and Trump posted the following on Truth Social during the debate: ” Be more careful! Why can't Waltz remember what he has to say? “Low IQ!'' Vance's boss reminds us that we should be watching more Hallmark Channel instead of Newsmax He gave it to me. ”
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Jane Corston, writing for the Times Opinion, wrote that Vance looked “smooth” but did not perform strong enough to guarantee a clear victory. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Other authors said the outcome of the debate was more equal.
Jane Causton, writing for the Times Opinion, wrote, “Vance seemed smoother and more practiced, but 'won' is a very strong word here.”
Times columnist Gail Collins said the debate was a “tie,” adding: “Many of Walz's comments were so damning that Vance criticized everything from abortion to Biden's foreign policy. “He gave a far more powerful speech while lying about this.”
Times opinion writer Peter Wehner said Vance “proved himself astute, commanding and an excellent debater.”
“Sometimes he tried too hard to be likable. When I came back, I found him to be a vacuous man, radioactive and inflammatory one day, conciliatory and affable the next.” “I became more convinced that he was a good man,” he said. “But 'Good Vance' has done a lot to repair his tattered image.”
“Senator J.D. Vance completely dominated the debate and demonstrated why we need President Trump back in the White House,” Trump campaign spokesman Stephen Chan told Fox News Digital. he said. Additionally, Trump's running mate said: “We are clear on how the Trump-Vance ticket will turn our economy around, secure our southern border, make our streets safe again, and restore peace in the Middle East.” “I gave a clear answer,” he added.
Chan went on to say that Vance “exposed Kamala Harris and Tim Walz as failed radical leftists full of empty slogans.”
“He accused Kamala Harris of destroying the southern border. He accused Harris of causing record inflation and making millions of Americans unaffordable. And he accused Harris of enabling Iran. , accused Harris of leading to the current attack on Israel,” the spokesperson added. .
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Harris-Waltz's campaign did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
