The most important takeaway from the Vice Presidential debate between Republican J.D. Vance and Democrat Tim Walz is that “Lunatics Donald Trump remains the Republican presidential nominee, and he is “He has taken the time to show the American people once again how incompetent he is to lead this country.” .
While Vance and Walz had a mostly respectful(ish) exchange that probably did nothing to sway the attention of American voters, Trump went crazy on his Truth social site. He repeatedly and childishly called Waltz a “tampon.” Tim. ”
Regarding the two CBS News hosts, Trump wrote, “Both young women were very biased anchors!”
At one point he posted: America was great when I was president, and we will make America great again after we win on November 5th! ”
and “JD is doing great things – a different level of intelligence than Tampon Tim!”
President Trump called Walz “insane” and “a complete joke!” and “IQ is low!”
The vice presidential debate was good. However, President Trump’s post about it was unconcerned.
Take a step back and think about what you just read. A 78-year-old man who wants to be president of the United States wrote about them and shared them publicly for all to see.
Hours before the vice presidential debate began, President Trump was asked whether he should have responded more forcefully to Iran’s January 2020 attack on American soldiers at an Iraqi base. More than 100 soldiers suffered brain injuries in the attack. President Trump asked, “What do you mean by injury? You mean you had a headache?”
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That is reprehensible. For a normal candidate, it would be near the end of their career. And in the same answer, he said, “No one is as tough on Iraq,” even though he was clearly referring to Iran.
Don’t let anything distract you from Trump’s crazy actions
At the same Milwaukee event, Trump spoke about the Iranian president, calling him North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
So, in a matter of hours, Mr. Vance’s top vice president was belittling the injuries sustained by U.S. troops, appearing unable to remember the names of foreign countries or leaders, and then sitting down as a sassy teenager. The media posted insults on social media like .
Vance acted normal during the vice presidential debate, but Trump certainly wasn’t
During the vice presidential debate, Vance gave an Oscar-worthy performance in the role of “a man who tries to pretend his boss is normal.” However, that fell apart near the end when the topic of certification of the 2020 election came up, and Mr. Vance was unable to accept Mr. Trump’s defeat.
Walz asked Vance, “Did he lose the 2020 election?”
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Vance didn’t respond: “Tim, I’m focused on the future. Kamala Harris censors Americans from speaking their mind in response to the 2020 coronavirus situation. Did you do that?”
To which Waltz correctly responded, “That’s a complete non-answer.”
Yeah, that’s pretty bad. And the very fact that Vance couldn’t definitively answer the simplest question ever shows that his vice president, his boss, is a lunatic.
Vance sold his soul to become President Trump’s running mate
Mr. Walz was clearly nervous during parts of the debate and wasn’t as smooth a speaker as Mr. Vance, but nothing that happened on that stage Tuesday night mattered compared to Mr. Trump’s insanity.
You quickly become numb to his babbling bombast. It’s easy to somehow seem normal because it’s from Donald Trump.
But there’s nothing normal about him, and there’s nothing normal about a guy like Vance, who is willing to sell his soul to stand next to Trump with his stinking water.
Don’t forget why Mike Pence wasn’t on the debate stage
Perhaps the most powerful moment of the night for Waltz was when he pointed out that there was no elephant in the room. “Mike Pence made the decision to certify that election, and that’s why Mike Pence is not on this stage,” Walz said of former Vice President Mike Pence.
Don’t forget that. Vance is standing there because Trump’s last vice president wants nothing to do with him. One reason is that Trump nearly had him hanged at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Anything could happen at the vice presidential debate. But the point is, before and after, Trump was as unruly, insulting, and insane as ever.
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