from ZeroHedge:

Cordiality amidst clashes marked the first and only vice-presidential debate of 2024 as Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz squared off on Tuesday night.

The Oct. 1 CBS News event was hosted by Norah O’Donnell, of CBS Evening News, and Margaret Brennan, of Face the Nation (and once again the moderators became part of the story too).

While both were plainspoken and civil, Vance provided a crisp defense of former President Donald Trump’s America First policies while Walz, in defending the policies of the administration co-helmed by his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris, stumbled at times.