October 2, 2024

The Damning Non-Answer

ABCNews has some context:

As the debate winded down, Vance was asked if he would seek to challenge the 2024 election even if every governor certified the results. However, the senator sidestepped the question and pivoted to what he claimed was Harris and tech companies censoring people. He also brought up the endorsements of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard.

And then there's this from The NYTimes:

“What President Trump has said is that there were problems,” Mr. Vance said when asked about his own past assertion that he would not have certified the 2020 election. “We should fight about those issues, debate those issues, peacefully in the public square. And that’s all I’ve said. And that’s all that Donald Trump has said.”

His debate opponent, Tim Walz, stared at him, unblinking, and then looked down at his lectern.

“Remember,” Mr. Vance said of Mr. Trump, “he said that on January the 6th, the protesters ought to protest peacefully. And on January the 20th, what happened? Joe Biden became the president. Donald Trump left the White House.”

Yea, he left out a lot of stuff, didn't he?  But it's basically, this:

“We need to tell the story,” Mr. Walz said. “I mean, [Donald Trump] lost this election and he said he didn’t.”

 That's when the above happened:

Mr. Walz had a question for his counterpart.

“He is still saying he didn’t lose the election,” Mr. Walz said of Mr. Trump, turning grandly to Mr. Vance. “Did he lose the 2020 election?”

“Tim,” Mr. Vance replied, “I’m focused on the future.” He swerved to a point about Covid and censorship.

“That,” Mr. Walz said, “is a damning non-answer.”

A damning non-answer.


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