J.D. Vance was calm and controlled as was Tim Walz when the debate began. That’s the good news. If he had just kept things rolling along that way, he would have been better off. But he could not. The big lie of the night was that more familes are being separated “under Kamala Harris’ administration than under Donald Trump.” (Pro tip: It’s Joe Biden’s administration, still. Harris is the VP and not as all powerful as described. If she is, should we blame Gerald Ford for the high gas prices in 1973 when the Arab-Israeli crisis happened.) This is what PolitiFact says:
- The Trump administration had a 2018 policy that led to the separation of more than 5,500 children from their parents by immigration officials at the border when they crossed into the U.S. illegally.
- The Biden-Harris administration rescinded that policy.
- The Trump campaign pointed to data about children who came to the U.S. alone without a parent or guardian. Those children were not separated from their parents by U.S. border officials.
Where the meltdown happened is that one of the moderators mentioned Vances lies about illegal Haitans. Vance got miffed and said, “You weren’t supposed to fact check,” and would not shut up when he was told that the debate was going to move onto the economy.
It should be pointed out that Tim Walz pointed out that opioid deaths were down this year and also that the only reason James Lankford’s border bill wasn’t passed which is because Trump needs it as a talking point. Crickets from Vance, mic on or off.
More coming up soon.
Not to mention that Shady Vance again used his Mommy’s addiction problem to attack Dems on fentanyl and the border. Total bullshit! His Mommy was a nurse who stole narcotics from her own patients and that’s not the fault of the Dems!!
Thanks, Cleora, for the first new thing I learned today.