Former President Donald Trump feverishly posted on social media as his running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance, faced off against Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz for the first and only time in the 2024 election season.
Vance and Walz met in New York City Tuesday night and battled over the issues top of voters’ minds ahead of November, including the economy, immigration and escalations overseas. The 90-minute debate, which started at 9 p.m. ET, was hosted by CBS News and took place without a live audience.
Trump promised ahead of the debate to react live over his Truth Social account, a similar method he used during Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris‘ keynote speech at the Democratic National Committee back in August. The former president wasted no time on Tuesday, posting within the first few minutes of Walz answering the moderators’ first question that the governor has “been indoctrinated with LIES, thinking he can override his own INCOMPETENCE.”
“He’s as nervous as you can get!” Trump added in the post.
Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. Sen. JD Vance speaks to supporters during a campaign event at the Northwestern Michigan Fair grounds on September 25, 2024, in Traverse City, Michigan. Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump is scheduled to host two campaign events in the state on Friday. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Trump later said that Vance was providing “a great defense of me and the Administration of fake charges made by an obviously not very bright Governor,” an apparent reaction to Walz noting how Trump pulled out of a nuclear deal between Iran and other major powers in 2018.
Trump also repeated Republicans‘ favorite nickname for Walz in several posts early into the debate, including calling the governor “Tampon Tim.”
“JD is steady and strong, Tampon Tim is sweating bullets, he is nervous and ‘weird,'” Trump posted.
Newsweek has reached out to both Trump and Harris’ campaign for comment Tuesday night.
This is a developing article and will be updated with additional information.
