I think we shouldn't lose track of the fact that JD Vance came to this debate to land a bunch of punches, and he did, he landed a lot of punches in between all the niceties and all of that. And the thing that really stood out to me was that Tim Walz did not seem prepared for it. He didn't respond to a lot of the criticisms and attacks that Vance put on the table.
He allowed some clear falsehoods to just go completely unanswered. He allowed JD Vance essentially to dodge on a whole host of issues on climate change, on the issue of his flip flopping on Donald Trump.
I think actually it's the opposite. I think he had too much preparation. He had so many lines that he was clearly trying to say that he didn't listen.
The debate, while civil compared to earlier presidential showdowns, saw sharp exchanges on immigration, the economy, and the 2020 election.
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