The Biggest Moments From the VP Debate Between Tim Walz and J.D. Vance

TIME

Vice presidential candidates Tim Walz and J.D. Vance faced off in their first and possibly only debate Tuesday night, just five weeks ahead of Election Day in a closely contested race.

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00:00I'm Margaret Brennan.

00:02In order to have Iran or Israel's ability

00:07to be able to defend itself is absolutely fundamental.

00:09But what's fundamental here is that steady leadership is going to matter.

00:13Donald Trump actually delivered stability in the world

00:16and he did it by establishing effective deterrence.

00:19People were afraid of stepping out of line.

00:21It is up to Israel what they think they need to do to keep their country safe.

00:25So if we actually care about getting cleaner air and cleaner water,

00:29the best thing to do is to double down and invest in American workers and the American people

00:34and unfortunately Kamala Harris has done exactly the opposite.

00:37Donald Trump called it a hoax

00:39and then joked that these things would make more beachfront property to be able to invest in.

00:43Climate change is real.

00:45Reducing our impact is absolutely critical.

00:47But this is not a false choice.

00:49Springfield, Ohio does have a large number of Haitian migrants who have legal status.

00:56Margaret, the rules were that you guys weren't going to fact-check

00:59and since you're fact-checking me, I think it's important to say what's actually going on.

01:03The CBD app has not been on the books since 1990.

01:07It's something that Kamala Harris created, Margaret.

01:09Gentlemen, the audience can't hear you because your mics are cut.

01:13You're going to hear a lot from Tim Walz this evening

01:15and you just heard it in the answer, a lot of what Kamala Harris proposes to do

01:19and some of it, I'll be honest with you, it even sounds pretty good.

01:22Here's what you won't hear, is that Kamala Harris has already done it

01:25because she's been the vice president for three and a half years.

01:28She had the opportunity.

01:30If you're listening tonight and you want billionaires to get tax cuts,

01:33you heard what the numbers were.

01:35I got there that summer and misspoke on this.

01:37So I will just, that's what I've said.

01:41So I was in Hong Kong and China during the democracy protest went in

01:47and from that I learned a lot of what needed to be in governance.

01:51But I've also been extremely open about the fact that I was wrong about Donald Trump.

01:55But most importantly, Donald Trump delivered for the American people.

01:59My party, we've got to do so much better of a job

02:02at earning the American people's trust back on this issue

02:06where they frankly just don't trust us.

02:08I want us as a Republican party to be pro-family in the fullest sense of the word.

02:13He is still saying he didn't lose the election.

02:15I would just ask that, did he lose the 2020 election?

02:18Tim, I'm focused on the future.

02:20Did Kamala Harris censor Americans from speaking their mind

02:24in the wake of the 2020 COVID situation?

02:27That is a damning non-answer.

02:30This coalition that Kamala Harris has built,

02:32from Bernie Sanders to Dick Cheney to Taylor Swift.

02:35But there's one that Senator Vance said that does resonate with me.

02:39He said, Donald Trump makes the people I care about afraid.

02:43A lot of America feels that way.

02:45She's been the vice president for three and a half years.

02:48Day one was 1,400 days ago,

02:51and her policies have made these problems worse.

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