Tough job: You’ve got to pretend Trump didn’t deliver; Vance’s closing statement

“You’ve got a tough job here. You’ve got to pretend that Donald Trump didn’t deliver rising take home pay, which of course he did. You’ve got to pretend that Donald Trump didn’t deliver lower inflation, which of course he did. And then you’ve got to defend Kamala Harris’s atrocious economic record, which has made gas, groceries, and housing unaffordable for American citizens.” - Senator JD Vance

Tim: “The thing I’m most concerned about is, the idea that… imprisoning your political opponents.”

JD Vance’s closing statement

JD Vance: “Something these guys do is they make a lot of claims about if Donald Trump becomes president, all of these terrible consequences will ensue. But in reality, Donald Trump was president. Inflation was low, take home pay was higher.”

On 10/1/2024, Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance took the same stage for their first and only vice presidential debate this election cycle, when the pair had a handful of fiery clashes over top voter concerns. The CBS News Vice Presidential Debate showcased the two vice presidential candidates’ platforms on issues such as the ongoing war raging in the Middle East and their respective tickets’ economic records. Amid the 90-minute debate, Vance and Walz had a handful of clashes, including moderators turning off Vance’s microphone.

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Tough job: You’ve got to pretend Trump didn’t deliver; Vance’s closing statement

Key Points

“You’ve got a tough job here

• You’ve got to pretend that Donald Trump didn’t deliver rising take home pay, which of course he did
• You’ve got to pretend that Donald Trump didn’t deliver lower inflation, which of course he did
• And then you’ve got to defend Kamala Harris’s atrocious economic record, which has made gas, groceries, and housing unaffordable for American citizens

Transcript Highlights

The following is transcribed from the video audio:

• Honestly, Tim, I think you got a tough job here because you’ve got to play whack-a-mole
• You’ve got to pretend that Donald Trump didn’t deliver rising take-home pay, which of course he did
• You’ve got to pretend that Donald Trump didn’t deliver lower inflation, which of course he did
• And then you simultaneously got to defend Kamala Harris’s atrocious economic record, which has made gas, groceries, and housing unaffordable for American citizens
• I was raised by a woman who would sometimes go into medical debt so that she could put food on the table in our household
• I know what it’s like to not be able to afford the things that you need to afford
• To all of you watching, we can get back to an America that’s affordable again
• We just got to get back to common sense economic principles
• Now, the thing I’m most concerned about is the idea that imprisoning your political opponents
• You focus at CBS and of course the American people for tuning in this evening

Full transcript: 700 words transcribed via Whisper AI.