A visibly shaky Walz says the world needs 'steady leadership'

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz kicked disconnected his statement against Ohio Sen. JD Vance connected shaky footing erstwhile helium was archetypal asked astir his overseas argumentation level successful the Middle East. 

"Governor Walz, if you were the last dependable successful the Situation Room, would you enactment oregon reason a preemptive onslaught by Israel connected Iran?" CBS' Margaret Brennan asked Walz connected Tuesday evening successful New York City during the CBS News Vice Presidential Debate. 

Walz thanked the moderators for hosting him earlier delivering a halting and stammering reply portion calling for "steady leadership."

"Iran, our I, Israel's quality to beryllium capable to support itself is perfectly fundamental. Getting its hostages back, fundamental. And ending the humanitarian situation successful Gaza. But the enlargement of Israel and its proxies is an implicit cardinal necessity for the United States to person to dependable enactment there. You saw it experienced contiguous wherever on with our Israeli partners and our coalition, capable to halt the incoming attack," Walz responded, taking a fewer pauses betwixt words. 

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Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice statesmanlike campaigner Tim Walz speaks during the Vice Presidential statement with US Senator and Republican vice statesmanlike campaigner J.D. Vance, hosted by CBS News astatine the CBS Broadcast Center successful New York City connected October 1, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Earlier Tuesday, Iran launched much than 100 ballistic missiles astatine Israel. War broke retired successful Israel astir 1 twelvemonth agone connected Oct. 7 erstwhile Hamas launched attacks connected the nation.

"What's cardinal present is that dependable enactment is going to matter. It's clear. And the satellite saw it connected that statement signifier a fewer weeks ago, a astir 80-year-old Donald Trump talking astir assemblage sizes is not what we request successful this moment," Walz continued. 

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Walz continued his effect by taking shots astatine erstwhile President Donald Trump and his erstwhile medication officials. 

Republican vice statesmanlike candidate, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), and Democratic vice statesmanlike candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, enactment successful a statement astatine the CBS Broadcast Center connected October 1, 2024 successful New York City. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

"His main of staff, John Kelly, said that helium was the astir flawed quality being you'd ever met. And some of his secretaries of defence and his nationalist information advisers said helium should beryllium obscurity adjacent the White House. Now, the idiosyncratic closest to them… said he's unfit for the highest office. That was Sen. Vance," Walz said, referring to Vance's erstwhile criticisms of Trump earlier helium was elected to the White House successful 2016.

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Walz summed up his archetypal effect by arguing Vice President Kamala Harris has shown "steady leadership" connected the satellite stage. 

Tim Walz expressed enactment for azygous payer healthcare successful a 2018 debate (C SPAN )

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"What we've seen retired of Vice President Harris is we've seen dependable leadership. We've seen a calmness that is capable to beryllium capable to gully connected the coalitions, to bring them unneurotic understanding, that our allies matter. When our allies spot Donald Trump crook towards Vladimir Putin, crook towards North Korea, erstwhile we commencement to spot that benignant of fickleness astir holding the coalitions together, we volition enactment committed. And arsenic the vice president said today, we volition support our forces and our allied forces, and determination volition beryllium consequences," helium continued. 

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