The VP debate: The six key takeaways from the JD Vance and Tim Walz showdown

Donald Trump's moving mate J.D. Vance and Kamala Harris' moving mate Tim Walz went head-to-head successful a precocious stakes vice statesmanlike statement connected Tuesday nighttime conscionable 35 days earlier the 2024 election. 

It was the archetypal clip Vance and Walz came face-to-face connected the statement signifier arsenic immoderate voters person already formed ballots crossed the state for what could beryllium 1 of the closest statesmanlike elections successful U.S. history. 

The statement was hosted by CBS News successful New York City and moderated by anchors Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan. It lasted astir 2 hours with 2 breaks.

During the showdown, the Ohio legislator and Minnesota governor faced pugnacious questions astir wherever they basal connected the issues arsenic they could beryllium archetypal successful enactment for the presidency if elected successful November. 

They were besides pressed connected however they person flip-flopped and presented themselves successful past comments. Both nominees were besides called connected to support their moving mates Trump and Harris. 

The statement remained mostly civilian with the candidates sparring implicit argumentation alternatively than lobbing idiosyncratic attacks successful what is apt to beryllium their lone showdown. 

Here are the large takeaways from the vice statesmanlike debate:  

Walz calls himself a 'knucklehead' who 'misspoke' 

Tim Walz was pressed connected having claimed helium was successful Hong Kong during the deadly Tiananmen Square protests successful 1989 erstwhile media outlets are present reporting helium was not. It is the latest successful a bid of mendacious comments the Democratic politician has made astir his past.

First Walz pivoted to talking astir his upbringing successful agrarian Nebraska and becoming a teacher who traveled to China. 

'I person poured my bosom into my community. I've tried to bash the champion I can, but I've not been perfect, and I'm a knucklehead astatine times, but its ever been astir that,' Walz said. 

Brennan followed up and asked him to clarify the discrepancy again. 

 'I got determination that summertime and misspoke connected this,' Walz said. 'So I volition conscionable - that's what I said. So I was successful Hong Kong and China during the ideology protests.' 

Vance refuses to accidental if he'd situation predetermination results

Moderators pointed retired that J.D. Vance has antecedently said helium would not person certified the past predetermination and pressed him connected whether helium would situation the 2024 predetermination results. 

Vance sidestepped the question astatine archetypal by focusing connected issues helium wants to speech about. But helium turned backmost to the taxable and downplayed Trump's relation connected January 6. 

He said Trump believed determination were problems with the past predetermination but defended the ex-president's response. He past argued the existent menace to ideology is censorship. 

Walz called Vance's effect to the question a 'damning non-answer' and aboriginal called it troubling.

'The ideology is bigger than winning an election,' Walz said. 'You shingle hands and past you effort and bash everything you tin to assistance the different broadside win.'

Walz stumbles astatine archetypal but grows much comfortable

The Minnesota politician was visibly tense starting disconnected the statement which began with questions astir overseas argumentation arsenic the situation successful the Middle East escalates. Vance was overmuch much polished successful his responses. 

Walz repeatedly called Trump 'fickle' arsenic helium attempted to overgarment him arsenic unsteady successful his enactment and aged astatine 'nearly eighty.' He besides blasted Trump's tweeting, but helium mostly avoided addressing the situation close retired of the gross successful a focused way. 

But arsenic the statement went on, Walz grew much comfy successful his answers.  Later, his responses became much nonstop connected the issues and his gait steadied. 

He inactive faced a fewer missteps. When helium was talking astir preventing schoolhouse shootings and weapon laws, the erstwhile schoolhouse teacher appeared to misspeak erstwhile helium archetypal said helium sat with schoolhouse shooting unfortunate families but past besides said became 'friends with schoolhouse shooters.'

Trump has seized connected the remark connected societal media, truthful it is apt to proceed coming up with the GOP nominee.  

J.D. Vance gets fact-checked

Trump's moving mate ended up being fact-checked by moderators during the statement adjacent though CBS News signaled it would not beryllium information checking the candidates. 

Brennan fact-checked Vance, noting that the Haitian immigrants surviving successful Springfield, Ohio are successful the state legally. 

That prompted an aggravated effect Vance and ended with candidates' mics getting cut.

During a back-and-forth connected immigration, Vance talked astir however the Haitians were overwhelming resources successful the Ohio community.

'Thank you governor, and conscionable to clarify, for our viewers, Springfield, Ohio does person a ample fig of Haitian migrants who person ineligible status, impermanent protected status,' Brennan inserted.

'Thank you, Margaret. The rules were that you guys weren't going to fact-check and since you're fact-checking me, I deliberation it's important to accidental what's really going on,' Vance said.

When Vance and Walz kept speaking connected the subject, their mics were cut. 

Vance and Walz had a civilian debate

Vance and Walz had a mostly civilized and substantive statement astir policies ranging from migration to wellness care, the system and taxes, termination rights and more. 

Right disconnected the bat, some candidates shook hands earlier the statement adjacent started. It was antithetic from erstwhile Harris had to locomotion implicit and code Trump  astatine the apical of their statesmanlike statement past month.

During the debate, some candidates adjacent acknowledged their statement astatine times. 

After the showdown, the candidates chatted cordially with each different and their wives some took the signifier to greet each different arsenic well. 

On the issues, they sometimes spoke implicit each different and astatine different times avoided answering the questions directly, but they mostly responded astir the topics presented successful the questions.

Donald Trump makes the statement astir him

Former President Donald Trump was posting connected Truth Social passim the vice statesmanlike debate, responding to nonstop attacks and candidates' comments.

'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!),' Trump wrote successful 1 post. 

 'LIKE RONALD REAGAN BEFORE ME, I FULLY SUPPORT THE THREE EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE, INCEST, AND THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER,' helium went on.

He adjacent added 'THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!'