Minnesota Governor Tim Walz appeared underprepared for his vice presidential debate against Ohio Senator JD Vance Tuesday night, according to CNN‘s anchors.
CNN anchor Abby Phillip, the network’s former senior political correspondent, said that the Democratic vice presidential nominee allowed his Republican counterpart to land “a lot of punches” against him Tuesday night, telling her colleagues Dana Bash and Jake Tapper that “Tim Walz did not seem prepared” for such attacks.
“He [Walz] didn’t respond to a lot of the criticisms and attacks that Vance put on the table,” Phillips added. “He allowed some clear falsehoods to just go completely unanswered.”
Bash chimed in later in the discussion that she agreed there was “a clear lack” of “execution” by Walz on Tuesday but said that she believes the governor “had too much preparation.”
“He had so many lines that he was clearly trying to say that he didn’t listen” to Vance, Bash told her colleagues.
“I think the lack of interviews that he has done with national media, with local media, it showed,” Bash added. “[Walz] needed more reps.”
Ohio Senator and Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance (left) and Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz shake hands at the start of the Vice Presidential debate hosted by CBS News at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City on October 1, 2024. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)
This is a developing story that will be updated as information becomes available.
