Tim Walz's best debate moment is now a killer ad

[BeyondGeography]

Link to tweet

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[Emile]

1. Love it!

[displacedvermoter]

2. Best moment of the night,

great ad spot, the rest of the night did not matter!

[Conjuay]

3. Alright!

[Timeflyer]

4. Yup, great ad. Blast it everywhere.

[PCIntern]

5. Yep. A winner.

But I suppose it depends upon what kind of country you want to live in. 😳

[3catwoman3]

6. BAM!!!

💥 🥊

[NJCher]

7. Goosebumps

Eom

[DinahMoeHum]

8. JD Vance gave Coach "bulletin board material"

for the Harris/Walz team's locker room. Tee hee.

[BeyondGeography]

10. Waltzed right into it

[3catwoman3]

36. Or "Walzed" right into it?

[southmost]

9. Walz was quick witted and earnest

and shows Vance's very expensive education isnt always the best education

[BeyondGeography]

12. I've watched this too many times

But, speaking of earnest, Walz’s facial expressions during that exchange, combined with his words, were as authentic as it gets.

Link to tweet

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[ProudMNDemocrat]

11. Tim used his time wisely. JD? Lies were aplenty.

He was nervous at first, but soon as he settled down, Tim went to work. Tim schooled JD in a manner that went right over JD's head.

What the American people saw and heard was a man who cares about this country, its people, and its future. He spoke directly into the camera so we could hear him solidify the Harris/Walz commitment to the ideals of what this country stands for. A stark difference was drawn.

It's now up to the voters to ask themselves what kind of country they want. One where they have a shot to get ahead! Or one where the doors are closed to opportunity of any kind.

I know what kind of country I want.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

13. Watching that whole exchange during the debate, my reaction was "He yadda yadda'd Jan. 6!"

"Trump said people should protest peacefully, and (yadda yadda yadda) on Jan. 20 he turned over power."

[Beartracks]

15. Right? "Well, Jan 20th was peaceful, so... yeah."

[Mad_Machine76]

23. There was a line from the election to inauguaration that was conveniently overlooked

Trump and his minions slow walked and obstructed the ordinary and orderly transition to a new Preside (i.e. witholding funding, preventing the Biden transition team from full access), continued to spread lies about the election and promulgated conspiracy theories about the outcome, culminating in Trump fomenting a riot on January 6 that he didn't lift a finger to stop for several hours and, in fact, appeared to have even obstructed efforts to intervene earlier via the National Guard.

[Beartracks]

48. Yes, convenient. Such a far, far cry from the things Repubs used to complain about when they called Dems sore losers.

Remember when Republicans were SO incensed that Clinton staffers supposedly removed the Ws from computer keyboards on their way out of the White House? Not exactly murder and treason like January 6th.

Good times.

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[lame54]

34. Trump didn't hand over power on Jan. 20th...

He slinked away and left it for Joe to pick off the floor
He was MIA that day

[Beartracks]

46. It wasn't his to "hand over" anyway. The power is vested in the office of President, bestowed by the people.

It transfers from president to president automatically through no further action or inaction on the part of the outgoing office-holder.

I half wonder if Trump hoped that by not attending Joe Biden's inauguration, he thought he might be able to withhold "handing over" power. "I wasn't there to give it to him, so he isn't President!"

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[lame54]

47. It was a cowardly petty move on his part

[ShazzieB]

52. Maybe, but I also think he couldn't face what he would have seen as a public humiliation.

Losing ANYTHING is anathema to him. He was raised by old Fred to regard losing as the worst thing that could ever happen to a person.

He also can't stand to not be the center of attention. Attending an inauguration that wasn't his own would be both a public admission of failure AND taking a back seat to someone else. Either of those things would be intolerable to him, much less both at once!

[Beartracks]

55. I actually do think it was more this -- the humiliation and admission of the loss.

Attending Biden's inauguration would've squashed his Big Lie so he couldn't fund-raise off of it.

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[ShazzieB]

57. Good point!

I never thought of that, but it makes perfect sense!

[Beartracks]

14. When asked about accepting results of 2024 election, Vance said he didn't want to speculate on the future.

And when asked about accepting the results of the 2020 election, Vance suddenly said, uh, I'm focused on the future.



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[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. That perked up my ears too. . . . . . nt

[KS Toronado]

33. Voters are speculating on the future also

and Vance gave them more reasons to vote for Kamala/Tim last night.

[Beartracks]

45. Vance kept saying "the Harris administration," so let's make that happen.

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[DFW]

16. Vance handed us this on a silver platter

We'd be foolish not to use it.

All Vance had to say was, "yes, Joe Biden won the 2020 election," and the whole subject would have been a non-issue.
Biden has been president for almost four years and he's not running for re-election. Vance had nothing to lose at this
point. What does he think he's going to do? Initiate six more months' worth of lawsuits to end a presidency that ends in four months?

But, no, he just couldn't bring himself to say the words. Fine. We'll take it from here, thank you very much.

[spooky3]

28. I think he and TFG believe that their base will be upset

If they admit 2020 was lost. So that would be a big cost.

[DFW]

43. I'm not so sure.

Even their base is aware that Biden has been in the White House since January 20th, 2021.

On second thought, I may be a bit optimistic with that assumption.

[spooky3]

44. They are aware of that but believe Biden's not legitimate,

That he “stole” the election. That propaganda has been catapulted for four years , and they want to believe it.

[FakeNoose]

17. I'm looking forward to the day JD Vance's political career crashes and burns

[onetexan]

62. Good for when vile, vapid vance's reelection comes up too

Play this ad over & over till it's seared into the minds of Ohioans the wretched guy is a traitor.

[FakeNoose]

63. There's always the chance that Ohio voters will get smart and have him recalled

That doesn't happen often though, it takes about 2 years to get it done.

[malaise]

18. Best meme from the debate

Rec

[Pinback]

19. Superb. (nt)

[OverBurn]

21. Vance is such a lying little weasel.

[DownriverDem]

22. Wish I

could copy and post the ad.

[anamnua]

24. Vance was probably edging it on points

Until this knockout blow.

[kentuck]

25. Winner!

[usonian]

26. Famous "I'm focused on the future" events.

And there are others.

[NH Ethylene]

27. Excellent!!

Walz was perfect in that exchange.

[marble falls]

29. DOH! That's going to leave a scar.

[lindysalsagal]

30. You really can't get better material than that.

[kentuck]

31. All it takes is one punch for a knockout.

They should run this ad from now to election day, in my opinion.

[TommieMommy]

32. Excellent 👍💙💙💙💙

[yorkster]

35. "A damning non-answer".

Powerful words....

Down goes Frazier.

[FakeNoose]

42. I'm thinking Tim knew that Vance would give a weaselly answer

... but this was like a birthday gift. Tim knew exactly how to respond.

[anamnua]

51. Tim played this very cool

Being soft-spoken and non-confrontational all along in order to lure his opponent into this sucker punch.

[MattBaggins]

37. Also, didn't he try to obfuscate with a lie

Didn't the "censorship" occur mainly under Trump

[Demovictory9]

38. Excellent

[amb123]

39. At least JD didn't call us the "Democrat" Party.

[Martin68]

40. Wow! "America, I think you've got choice between who's going to honor democracy, and who's going to honor

Donald Trump."

[Roc2020]

41. That answer by Vance

rendered everything else he said in the debate irrelevant.

[ReRe]

49. Perfecto!

All they have to do is act naturally and Kamala's team makes ads out of every word. I love it!

Harris/Walz 2024!

[sarge43]

50. Vance sold his soul to Trump

There's no coming back from that.

[Cha]

53. TY "That answer negates anything and everything Vance said. trump lost 2020. Vance lost tonight."

Link to tweet

[orangecrush]

54. Kick

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

56. Vance was owned at that point.

[jmowreader]

58. This could have been an interesting exchange

"It's really rich for Democratic leaders to claim that Donald Trump is a unique threat to democracy when he peacefully gave over power..."

"JD, what in hell are you talking about? On January 6, 2021, he launched an insurrection with the goal of throwing the election into the House of Representatives where it would be decided in his favor. We will probably be arresting and locking up Trump supporters for the next ten years over that, and we'll probably never catch them all. There was nothing peaceful about the transfer of power in 2021."

[SupportSanity]

59. Great ad! Run it up to the election!

[lindysalsagal]

60. I saw it!

[calimary]

61. Boy, that sure brings back memories of an awful day.

We can’t get rid of the donald soon enough!