Trump fires off tirade of more than 40 posts on Truth Social during VP debate
Donald Trump offered his own minute-by-minute takes of Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, with multiple typical all-caps statements and scathing, personal attacks on Governor Tim Walz.
The former president made several posts on his platform Truth Social in quick succession, responding to answers from Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, which he branded as “all TOTAL BS!”
During the CBS debate, both Walz and Trump’s running mate JD Vance were quizzed on hot-button issues including abortion, economy, immigration and gun control.
“Why isn’t Walz answering the question about his LIES?” Trump fumed around 45 minutes in. “He does ‘talk a lot,’ but it’s all TOTAL BS!”
Later, hyping up his running mate he added: “JD Vance just CRUSHED Tampon Tim with the FACTS. America was GREAT when I was President, and we will Make America Great Again after we win on November 5th!”
“Tampon Tim” is Trump’s vulgar nickname for Walz, which references his stance in favor of access to female reproductive healthcare.
After Vance came under fire for Trump’s stance on abortion, the former president wrote: “EVERYONE KNOWS I WOULD NOT SUPPORT A FEDERAL ABORTION BAN, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, AND WOULD, IN FACT, VETO IT, BECAUSE IT IS UP TO THE STATES TO DECIDE BASED ON THE WILL OF THEIR VOTERS (THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE!).”
At one point, Vance himself appeared to become irate after being corrected on statements about Haitian migrants, leading to the debate microphones to be cut.
Trump and Vance have both previously made baseless claims that Haitian migrants in the city of Springfield were eating residents’ pets.
CBS moderator Margaret Brennan said: “Just to clarify for our viewers, Springfield, Ohio, does have a large number of Haitian