JD Vance Spent The VP Debate Whitewashing Donald Trump's Most Extreme Plans

WASHINGTON — Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) spent Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate downplaying former President Donald Trump’s most extreme plans for a second term, on issues including abortion, immigration and health care.

But one of Vance’s most egregious attempts at rewriting reality came when Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, asked him directly if Trump lost the 2020 election, which he very much did .

“[Trump] is still saying he didn’t lose the 2020 election,” Walz said, turning to the Ohio Republican. “Did he lose the 2020 election?”

“Tim, I’m focused on the future,” Vance replied. “Did Kamala Harris censor Americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020 COVID situation?”

“That is a damning non-answer,” Walz said.

Vance, who once called Trump “America’s Hitler,” also defended his running mate as having overseen a peaceful transfer of presidential power to Joe Biden — despite fueling a violent attack at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, that resulted in more than 140 police officers injured (and several dead by suicide) and nearly got Trump’s vice president, Mike Pence, killed.

“He peacefully gave over power on Jan. 20,” Vance said.

The debate, the first and only meeting of the vice presidential candidates — and most likely the final presidential debate of this year’s election cycle — was fairly uneventful, however. There were no fireworks or petty squabbles like during debates featuring Trump. Vance and Walz stuck to defending and deferring to the candidates at the top of their tickets. They even said some nice things to each other, including when Vance was sympathetic to Walz sharing that his son had witnessed a shooting at a community center.

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