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Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance defended their candidates while avoiding personal attacks.
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The running mates of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris confronted their positions, particularly on immigration and climate change, avoiding personal attacks and taking care to defend their candidates.
Traditionally, American voters do not vote based on the vice president. The historical role of the vice-presidential candidate is to serve as an attack dog for his running mates.
No further debates are scheduled in the political calendar until Election Day. Tuesday’s confrontation took place in a difficult global context with fears of a regional war in the Middle East.
Different approaches to escalation in the Middle East
The Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel on Tuesday highlighted the contrast between the Democratic and Republican candidates on foreign policy: M. Walz a promis un “leadership stable“under the presidency of Mr. Harris, while Mr. Vance pledged to return to the “peace through strength” if Mr. Trump were returned to the White House.
“What is fundamental here is that stable leadership will count” said Mr. Walz, before referring to the “nearly 80-year-old Donald Trump who talks about crowd sizes” and who responds to global crises with a tweet.
Mr. Vance, for his part, promised a return to “effective deterrence“against Iran under the presidency of Mr. Trump. He responded to Mr Walz’s criticism of Mr Trump by attacking Ms Harris and her role in Mr Biden’s administration.
Hurricane Helene opened a conversation about climate change
After the damage caused by Hurricane Helene, Mr. Vance responded to a question about climate change by talking about jobs and manufacturing, detouring to Mr. Trump’s past statements that global warming planet is a “prank”.
Mr. Vance said the best way to combat climate change was to move more manufacturing to the United States because the country has the cleanest energy economy in the world. It was a distinctly national take on a global crisis, particularly after Mr. Trump withdrew the United States from the international Paris climate accords during his administration.
Mr. Walz also focused on climate change, touting the Biden administration’s investments in renewable energy as well as record levels of oil and natural gas production. “You can see us becoming an energy superpower in the future,” Mr. Walz said.
Immigration and abortion
On the subject of immigration, Tim Walz accused his Republican rival of “dehumanize“migrants. The Democrat was referring to the theory launched by D. Trump according to which migrants ate dogs and cats in Springfield.
From the side, JD Vance accused the Democratic camp of defending “radical pro-abortion” positions. “We are pro-women” replied Tim Walz.
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