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Voters react to JD Vance claiming he and Donald Trump support ‘clean air, clean water’

Voters react to JD Vance claiming he and Donald Trump support ‘clean air, clean water’

Republican, Democrat and independent voters reacted differently when Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, stated that he and former President Trump support “clean air, clean water” while responding to a question on the CBS News Vice Presidential Debate stage about climate change, the Fox News Debate Dial showed.  “Look, a lot of people are justifiably worried about all these crazy weather patterns. I think it’s important for us, first of all, to say, Donald Trump and I support clean air, clean water. We want the environment to be cleaner and safer,” Vance said. The Fox News Debate Dial showed support among independents and Democrats dipping downward when Vance made that statement. Support among Republicans remained fairly consistent.  But support among independent viewers began to rise again when Vance referenced how Democrats bring up carbon emissions when discussing climate change.  “This idea that carbon emissions drives all of the climate change. Well, let’s just say that’s true just for the sake of argument. So we’re not arguing about weird science. Let’s just say that’s true,” Vance said. “Well, if you believe that, what would you — would you want to do? The answer is that you’d want to reshore as much American manufacturing as possible, and you’d want to produce as much energy as possible in the United States of America, because we’re the cleanest economy in the entire world.”  TIM WALZ: THE SOLUTION IS TO ‘MOVE FORWARD’ WITH IDEA THAT ‘CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL’ The dial for independents remained flat as Vance moved into criticizing Kamala Harris on energy policy. Support among Democrats took a dive by contrast.  “What have Kamala Harris policies actually lead to more energy production in China, more manufacturing overseas, more doing business in some of the dirtiest parts of the entire world,” Vance said. “When I say that, I mean the amount of carbon emissions they’re doing per unit of economic output. So, if we actually care about getting cleaner air and cleaner water, the best thing to do is to double down and invest in American workers and the American people. And unfortunately, Kamala Harris has done exactly the opposite.”  CBS News host Nora O’Donnell began her question by noting how more than 160 were dead and hundreds more were missing in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.  MAST DEMANDS VA FIRE STAFFERS OVER VANCE, WALZ MEDICAL RECORD BREACH, FBI PROBE POSSIBLE FOREIGN INTERFERENCE “Scientists say climate change makes these hurricanes larger, stronger and more deadly because of the historic rainfall,” she said. “Senator Vance, according to CBS news polling, 7 in 10 Americans and more than 60% of Republicans under the age of 45 favor the U.S. taking steps to try and reduce climate change. Senator, what responsibility would the Trump administration have to try and reduce the impact of climate change?”  Vance began his response by recognizing the hurricane as “an unbelievable, unspeakable human tragedy” and recalling a photograph of grandparents and a six-year-old child on a roof that later collapsed, causing those people to lose their lives. “I’m sure Governor Waltz joins me and saying, our hearts go out to those innocent people, our prayers go out to them,” Vance said. “And we want as robust and aggressive as a federal response as we can get to save as many lives as possible. And then, of course, afterwards to help the people in those communities rebuild.”  When the Republican vice presidential nominee referenced Appalachia and said he knew impacted people personally across the Southeast who “need their government to do their job,” the Fox News Debate Dial showed support spiked drastically among Republican viewers, and also rose for independents. For Democrats, the dial seemed to dip down, especially when Vance added, “I commit that when Donald Trump is president again, the government will put the citizens of this country first when they suffer from a disaster.” 

Voters react to Gov Tim Walz dodging Tiananmen Square question: ‘I’m a knucklehead at times’

Voters react to Gov Tim Walz dodging Tiananmen Square question: ‘I’m a knucklehead at times’

A focus group of Democrats, independents and Republicans reacted to the moment when Gov. Tim Walz called himself a “knucklehead” for claiming to have been in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre. Moderators confronted Walz on the claim during the CBS News Vice Presidential Debate Tuesday night. Walz admitted that he only traveled to Asia in August 1989, several months after the April 15 massacre. The focus group found that voters were initially skeptical of Walz’s answer, but he eventually recovered. “Can you explain that discrepancy?” a moderator asked, as the focus group remained neutral. “Look, I grew up in small rural Nebraska, a town of 400. A town that you rode your bikes with your buddies until the streetlights come on, and I’m proud of that service. I joined the national guard at 17, worked on family farms, and then I used the GI bill to become a teacher. Passionate about it. Young teacher. My first year out, I got the opportunity in the summer of ’89 to travel to China–35 years ago, to be able to do that,” Walz said. ABC DEBATE MODERATORS SPARK FURY FOR AGGRESSIVE FACT-CHECKING OF TRUMP, EASY TREATMENT OF HARRIS “I came back home and started a program to take young people there. We would take basketball teams, we would take baseball teams, we would take dancers, and we would go back and forth to China,” he added. JD VANCE REMINDS CBS MODERATORS OF DEBATE RULES AFTER THEY TRY TO FACT-CHECK HIM The focus group showed support from Republicans, independents and Democrats all going down for Walz during the first portion of his response. However, Walz recovered among independents and Democrats when he went on to admit that he can be “a knucklehead at times.” “Many times I will talk a lot. I will get caught up in the rhetoric,” he said, as support from independents rose above 50% in the focus group. WATCH: TOP 5 MOMENTS FROM THE DEBATE: Walz’s support among Republicans dipped to its lowest point – under 10% – when he said former President Donald Trump would have benefited from participating in one of his China trips, arguing Trump would never have befriended Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Several questions about Walz’s record not asked about during vice presidential debate

Several questions about Walz’s record not asked about during vice presidential debate

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was not asked about several highly talked about news stories in the first and only vice presidential debate on Tuesday, including his military service, which Walz did not strongly invoke either.  The CBS Vice Presidential Debate in New York City showcased the Republican and Democrat candidates answering questions on a variety of issues, but Walz’s military service, which he has faced sharp criticism from Republicans and some veterans for allegedly embellishing, was not asked about. Walz only briefly mentioned his military service during the debate when he was forced to correct the record on whether he was in China for the Tiananmen Square protests. At another point in the debate, Walz referred to himself as a “good soldier.” Walz was also not asked during the debate about how many times he has visited China. A VISIBLY SHAKY WALZ SAYS THE WORLD NEEDS ‘STEADY LEADERSHIP’ In the past, Walz has claimed he went “dozens of times” and once claimed he went “about 30 times.” This week, the Harris-Walz campaign walked that back and said the actual number is “closer to 15 times.” Other questions Walz was not asked during the debate include his disputed claims about his wife’s IVF treatment and his claim that he carried weapons “in war.” Despite CBS announcing that it would not allow live fact-checking during the debate, moderator Margaret Brennan interjected to correct Vance after he suggested that illegal immigrants are overwhelming resources in Springfield, Ohio. “Just to clarify for our viewers, Springfield, Ohio, does have a large number of Haitian migrants who have legal status, temporary protected status,” Brennan said. When Vance tried to push back on the fact-check, Brennan and her co-moderator Norah O’Donnell attempted to speak over Vance, insisting that they had to move on to the next question. “The rules were that you guys weren’t going to fact-check,” Vance reminded them. “And since you are fact-checking me, I think it’s important to say what’s actually going on.” While explaining the process of obtaining legal status and tying it to a Harris-backed immigration policy, the moderators again spoke over Vance, thanking him for “describing the legal process” before they cut off his microphone as Walz attempted to argue with him. VANCE, WALZ SPAR ON IMMIGRATION DURING VP DEBATE: BEEN TO THE BORDER ‘MORE THAN OUR BORDER CZAR’ Democrats quickly came out in support of Walz’s debate performance as it was unfolding, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who said Walz was “laying down facts.” “Gov Walz dominating JD Vance on the immigration exchange with undecided voters in a western battleground state,” David Plouffe, campaign manager and White House Senior Advisor for Barack Obama and Senior Advisor for Kamala Harris for President, posted on X. “Reminding these voters Donald Trump built only 2 percent of the wall and Mexico didn’t pay a dime strongest moment of the debate.” Many top Republicans took the opposite position and expressed support for Vance’s performance.  “JD knocks it out of the park with first question!!! Tim Walz implodes on first question in presentation, communication, and substance,” Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., wrote on X.  “Senator JD Vance spitting the cold hard TRUTH on the debate stage,” Trump 2024 national press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote on X.