JD Vance's 'Chilling' Answer To 1 Very Simple Question Causes Jaws To Drop
Critics are calling out Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), the GOP vice presidential candidate, for a single moment during Tuesday night’s debate that many are calling disqualifying.
That came when his Democratic rival, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, asked a simple question about Donald Trump and the 2020 election.
“He is still saying he didn’t lose the election,” Walz said, then asked Vance straight-up: “Did he lose the 2020 election?”
Vance deflected.
“Tim, I’m focused on the future,” he replied, then tried to change the subject completely. “Did Kamala Harris censor Americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020 COVID situation?”
Walz called that response a “damning non-answer,” and many of Vance’s critics agreed on X:
This is the defining moment of the VP debate. Vance disqualified himself by being an election denier. If you can’t honor the will of the voters, you have no business being Vice President.
And the reason Vance is even here is because Trump egged on his supporters to harm Pence. https://t.co/VqPWa8idlL— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) October 2, 2024
This was not a gotcha question, America.#VPDebate2024https://t.co/KUkp9KBEqR
— James DeSarno (@j_desarno) October 2, 2024
There will be a lot of spinning about tonight’s debate but to cut through the BS this chilling non-answer from Vance is perhaps the most poignant moment for our democracy. https://t.co/KUGlnRmkcF
— Murshed Zaheed (@murshedz) October 2, 2024
Damning, disqualifying and cowardly that @JDVance has to keep up the Jan 6 election lies even after 60 court cases, including the Supreme Court, said Trump lost. Vance got the VP nod because he promised to continue the lie. #TrumpSoreLoserhttps://t.co/uomYNe3Obo
— Barbara Comstock (@BarbaraComstock) October 2, 2024
Disqualifying. https://t.co/S9RLXOH11j
— THE Bruce St. James (@TheBruceStJames) October 2, 2024
Devastating for Walz to ask Vance if Trump lost in 2020 and Vance outright refusing to answer. Disqualifying alone.
— Joey Politano 🏳️🌈 (@JosephPolitano) October 2, 2024
This was the most memorable and impactful moment of tonight's debate https://t.co/uQkWjt77hH
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) October 2, 2024
OK, this was a big moment. Vance cannot answer this because of Donald Trump. And that's pretty much all you need to know about this election. https://t.co/PIKD87yAMq
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) October 2, 2024
The most consequential part of the debate ⤵️ https://t.co/sFP5G9ucTL
— Jennifer Schulze (@NewsJennifer) October 2, 2024
This is the clip that will likely get millions of views -> https://t.co/AIvXPjykLF
— David Clinch (@DavidClinchNews) October 2, 2024
This is the defining moment of the VP debate.
Great finish here by Walz. https://t.co/WtEjzeKhcR— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) October 2, 2024
Former RNC Chair: I don't care where you are on policy. If you cannot answer whether Trump lost the 2020 election, you are unfit for office pic.twitter.com/uJ109QfjmU
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 2, 2024
Wallace: JD Vance was still unable to say that Trump lost the election in 2020. And in that moment, I think everything that he did for 88 minutes was lost and wiped out by that inability to tell the truth pic.twitter.com/hgbbDDY9W9
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 2, 2024
Nobody will remember anything about this debate but this. Nor should they. Smug, smarmy lying from a smug, smarmy liar. https://t.co/GXbGkxz5Pu
— Mike Rothschild (no relation) (@rothschildmd) October 2, 2024
I wouldn’t vote for Mother Theresa if she couldn’t say Trump lost the 2020 election, and Vance is no Mother Theresa.
We have a democracy to preserve. Vote like this election depends on it because it very well may. #VPDebate2024https://t.co/1siq95lAtP— William Meservy (@WilliamMeservy) October 2, 2024
The most revealing exchange of the night. #VPDebate2024#HarrisWalz2024https://t.co/S24aEgceuV
— Texas Organizing Project (@OrganizeTexas) October 2, 2024
This was the moment of the night. It perfectly illustrates why Donald Trump is way too dangerous and deceitful to ever be President again. This election should not be even remotely close.#VPDebate2024https://t.co/xEmfdNp0sS
— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) October 2, 2024
The only moment that mattered in the VP debate. https://t.co/uwb2LFWfvq
— Mark Trachtenberg (@marktrach) October 2, 2024
This is what will be remembered; even if Vance was smooth and Walz was nervous. It will likely be replayed more than anything. https://t.co/TRlJi7gLI5
— Michael Shure (@michaelshure) October 2, 2024
J.D. Vance thinks we should have nullified the results of the last election.
Tonight he still (?!) couldn’t say if Trump lost in 2020.
Maybe he feels a little bit nervous because his running mate tried to have the last guy hung by an angry mob. https://t.co/0lZdgyCGLO— Jim McGovern (@McGovernMA) October 2, 2024
