Tim Walz Ventures Into The Lion’s Den With Fox News Interview
Tim Walz Ventures Into The Lion’s Den With Fox News Interview

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Tim Walz Ventures Into The Lion’s Den With Fox News Interview

Tim Walz Ventures Into The Lion’s Den With Fox News Interview
Tim Walz Ventures Into The Lion’s Den With Fox News Interview
Fuck the centrist media that considers that debate a flub - he did excellent.
He certainly seemed awkward in the first couple minutes, but I’m not sure what the big deal would be outside of that.
That thing about when he was in China was a shitshow from top to bottom. I had never even heard of the "controversy" so it was probably some bullshit the moderators threw in to appease the conspiracy lunatics and appear balanced. Then his answer was a bunch of nothing and flailing around. I don't think he even answered it. The closest he got was "that's what I said" and didn't address the accuracy of the statement or an explanation in his answer. And then he stopped with a few seconds left in his allotted time and froze up and stammered for the rest of it.
Tim Walz is, by all appearances, a stand up guy and smart as a tack. But that isn't really what drives these debates. If they were won and lost on the merits, no Republican would have been elected in my lifetime. But they're not about substance and by pretty much every measure that answer and interaction was a doozy of a loser.
But that was the only answer that he flubbed like that, so the night wasn't a total disaster for Walz. It just wasn't a win.
The icebreaker question being "How can we fix the middle east" was fucking crazy and they both fumbled with it.
Hey Walz tell us about this thing from 35 years ago. What were you thinking! Vance, can you tell us about last month?
And didn't lie constantly.
They both seemed to be trying to appeal to undecided "independents" who are actually just lite conservatives. I think Vance performed slightly worse but still benefitted more because he was better able to appeal to that demo and Walz humanized him instead of staying on the attack.
He was slicker and that will always work on conservatives. If it was text based there would be no doubt Walz won.
On the other hand, the lower the expectations are kept, the better he will look if he slam dunks on Fox, which I think he likely will.