Report: Vance Gave ‘Commanding Performance’ in Debate 

Sen. JD Vance(R-Ohio) is getting rave reviews after the vice presidential debate Tuesday night against his Democratic counterpart Minnesota Gov. 👤Tim Walz.

One political pundit said Vance gave a “commanding performance,” The Hill reported.

“For Vance, it was a commanding performance. For Walz, it was a nervous ramble. For the audience, it was the most civil and substantive debate of the Trump era,” Ross Douthat, a columnist for The New York Times, wrote.

Alyssa Farah Griffin, “The View” co-host and a CNN commentator, was also impressed by Vance.

“I was struck by the fact that JD Vance is a significantly more eloquent Donald Trump,” she said. “Watching that, I don’t agree with JD Vance on quite a bit, but he speaks to MAGA in a way that he comes off as an incredibly effective communicator.”

Vance even received compliments from Democrats, including Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

“You know, JD Vance was a better debater than Donald Trump,” she said. “Donald Trump should have taken some lessons from him.”

The pair debated in New York City in what is likely their only debate. CBS News hosted the event.

While vice presidential debates rarely impact the election one way or another, Vance showed off his debating skills by appearing more comfortable and relaxed.

Vance also attempted to appear more in the political middle on such topics as abortion.

He said, “As a Republican who proudly wants to protect innocent life in this country, who proudly wants to protect the vulnerable is that my party, we’ve got to do so much better of a job at earning the American People’s trust back on this issue where they frankly just don’t trust us.”