UPDATE 12:04 a.m. ET:
CNN’s instant poll found an even split of who won the debate–51 percent Vance, 49 percent Walz.David Chalian, CNN’s political director, said before introducing it that it was about 5 percent more Democratic in the sample size than a normal national poll.
UPDATE 11:38 p.m. ET:
Donald Trump Jr. is on CNN right now saying Vance’s debate win was a “master class,” and that Vance handled himself extremely well even on issues Republicans have struggled on.
UPDATE 11:35 p.m. ET:
On MSNBC, a visibly reddening Rachel Maddow was laughing maniacally about what she claimed was a “lie” by Vance she has tape to prove was a “lie.” Then MSNBC cut to commercial.
Meanwhile, on CNN, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) had what appeared to be tears streaming down her face as she defended Walz’s disastrous performance.
UPDATE 10:57 p.m. ET:
CNN and MSNBC are both melting down as Walz’s disastrous performance now threatens to tank Harris’s already slim chances of winning the election.
UPDATE 10:55 p.m. ET:
People on the right are capitalizing on Walz claiming he’s become friends with school shooters:Trump shared a similar image on his Truth Social page.
UPDATE 10:54 p.m. ET:
Rave reviews are streaming in for Vance tonight, even from previous critics:
UPDATE 10:48 p.m. ET:
The debate has finished, and the betting markets show most believe Vance crushed Walz:
UPDATE 10:47 p.m. ET:
Vance’s closing statement begins with energy policy, and he tells a story about his grandmother not being able to turn on the heat at night because he grew up poor and how Harris’s administration is making it harder to afford energy.Vance focusing his entire closing statement on affordability–then he goes into how Harris has failed as vice president of the United States to address these major issues facing the nation.
Liberals are spoiled children, miserable, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic & useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats ~O'Rourke
The Democratic Party seems intransigent on their position of keeping the party ‘woke,’ detached, exclusionary, and totally insane.