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Vance Wins a Weirdly Normal VP Debate
Vance Wins a Weirdly Normal VP Debate
“Like the previous two debates, this one had a clear winner: J.D. Vance,” writes Oliver Wiseman. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
Watching Walz on the debate stage, it was hard to see how, exactly, he will boost Harris’s chances of victory in November.
By Oliver Wiseman
10.02.24 — U.S. Politics
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Vance Wins a Weirdly Normal VP Debate

When Kamala Harris was picking her running mate this summer, Tim Walz’s characterization of J.D. Vance and Donald Trump as “weird” in a series of TV interviews helped earn him his spot on the ticket. In the weeks that followed, Republicans turned the insult on the Minnesota governor, accusing him of being a bit of a weirdo himself. (Their pretty flimsy …

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Oliver Wiseman

Oliver Wiseman is the deputy editor of The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.

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