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You’re so right and the jump in the polls proved it. But Walz was not as well known to the public as Vance and criterion #1 if you’re not well known is to first appear as a nice guy, the guy you can go out and have a beer with. Walz was caught between a rock and a hard place, which is why Vance could stay cool and get normalized. What a tough game politics is, especially when it’s nothing like a game in this election. It’s mortal combat.

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I think Walz hit exactly the right notes. He made the case for electing himself and Harris. He clearly explicated the trump and GOP lies in a way most Americans can relate to. He explained how Harris and he would be better for the average person.

Everything JD VAnce said was a lie. Tim Walz is an honorable man, an excellent Governor and he will make a top-notch VP. TV debates are theater, especially when there's NO fact-checking.

However, there are TWO moments that will be given a lot of air play that will hurt Trump/Vance:

1) JD Vance lie that he NEVER supported a national ban on abortion.

2) JD Vance’s inability to answer who won the 2020 election and Walz’s response that was a non-answer.

This is how debate helps Harris/Vance. Both these issues will follow both Trump and Vance until election day ( I hope so! 🙏 )

We will beat them at the polls! Can’t wait to watch Trump and Vance lose epically to a woman of color. I can’t wait to wear this Kamala removes stubborn orange stains hoodie on November 5th! 👇

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We MUST stand firm and united, to defend our freedoms.

VOTE blue up and down the ballot!

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If I may, I will add another moment to the list: Vance’s protest that he thought the debate “wasn’t going to be fact-checked”. Ian’s another point when he was corrected by the moderator about the Springfield Haitian population. His mini hissy fit caused them to turn off the live mic. I think he doth protest too much…

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But I did read an after debate rule list published by CNN or ABC that stated that moderators could turn off the mikes especially if the debate was going off the rails. So, ??

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POTUS to dogcatcher, I’m voting blue. I always do.

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But the media, "unbiased," hammers on Walz's China date confusion.

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Exactly! Depending on any one person to turn the tide for everyone is an unreliable expectation. Each one of us gets to make our own moral choices every day. Something new is being born and it’s pretty dark in the womb before we begin to see the light. Walz plays the game with honour- Vance does not. Honour looks weak in the dark but shines in the light. The only safety is striving towards the good with each choice. We each make the light on this new path together 🕊️🫶🏼💙

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