'The View' host admits Walz 'dropped the ball' during VP debate: 'Wasn't in fighting mode'

"The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said Wednesday that Gov. Tim Walz "dropped the ball" during the vice statesmanlike debate by failing to fact-check Sen. JD Vance. 

"I honestly thought from a show and transportation position Tim Walz had the rockier night," Griffin said, contempt arguing that Vance's trouble successful responding to a question astir Jan. 6 astatine the extremity of the statement was the astir clipable portion of the night. 

Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz faced disconnected successful a vice statesmanlike statement connected Tuesday hosted by CBS News and moderated by hosts Margaret Brennan and Norah O'Donnell. 

"I deliberation JD Vance strategically went successful to bash 'Midwestern nice' to disarm Tim Walz. And Tim Walz benignant of took the bait truthful helium wasn’t successful warring mode. There were immoderate information checks helium could person done that helium dropped the shot on," Griffin said.

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"The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said Wednesday that Gov. Tim Walz "dropped the ball" successful failing to fact-check JD Vance. (Screenshot/ABC/TheView)

"What it meant was determination were opportunities missed for him. I thought the Tiananmen Square moment, conscionable accidental you overstated it. It wasn’t his strongest moment," Griffin said. 

Moderators confronted Walz astir his assertion that helium was successful Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre successful 1989. Minnesota Public Radio and different media outlets are present reporting that Walz really did not question to China until August of that year. 

"Look, I grew up successful tiny agrarian Nebraska, a municipality of 400. A municipality that you rode your bikes with your buddies until the streetlights travel on, and I'm arrogant of that service. I joined the nationalist defender astatine 17, worked connected household farms, and past I utilized the GI measure to go a teacher. Passionate astir it. Young teacher. My archetypal twelvemonth out, I got the accidental successful the summertime of '89 to question to China – 35 years ago, to beryllium capable to bash that," Walz said.

Walz said helium was a "knucklehead" astatine times portion attempting to explicate the discrepancy earlier Brennan pushed backmost and asked him again to reply the question. 

"All I said connected this was, arsenic I got determination that summertime and misspoke connected this," Walz said. "So, I volition conscionable — that's what I've said. So, I was successful Hong Kong and China during the ideology protests, went successful and, from that, I learned a batch of what needed to beryllium successful in governance." 

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Democratic vice statesmanlike candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, speaks during a statement astatine the CBS Broadcast Center connected October 1, 2024 successful New York City. This is expected to beryllium the lone vice statesmanlike statement of the 2024 wide election.  ((Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images))

Griffin added, "I was reasoning that Josh Shapiro oregon Pete Buttigieg would person been wiping the level with JD Vance." 

However, she besides said that Vance was not authentic and the different co-hosts agreed.

"I recovered moments wherever I was similar wow, I truly privation to judge that he's empathetic and feeling for Walz, but I conscionable retrieve the feline insulting feline ladies," Griffin said.

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Fox News' Brooke Singman contributed to this report.