{"id":2348402,"date":"2024-10-02T00:01:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T04:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grading-the-candidates-vance-wins-walz-survives-substantive-vp-debate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-02T00:02:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T04:02:05","slug":"grading-the-candidates-vance-wins-walz-survives-substantive-vp-debate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grading-the-candidates-vance-wins-walz-survives-substantive-vp-debate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Grading the candidates: Vance wins, Walz survives substantive VP debate- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgrading-the-candidates-vance-wins-walz-survives-substantive-vp-debate-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2348402&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ut for some minor\u2063 inconsistencies in\u200b his responses.<\/p>\n<p>Ed Lee was similarly \u200cimpressed, giving Vance a B+ for \u2064executing\u2062 a strong performance that capitalized \u200bon the weaknesses of \u200dhis opponent while highlighting the perceived failures of the Harris administration.<\/p>\n<p>both candidates faced the unenviable task of navigating a \u200cdebate in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-awarded-1-million-prize-for-speaking-truth-to-power-in-apparent-trump-slight\/\" title=\"Fauci Awarded  Million Prize For \u2018Speaking Truth To Power\u2019 In Apparent Trump Slight\">highly charged political environment<\/a>. While Vance \u200dmanaged to \u200delevate\u2064 his standing with a composed performance,\u200c Walz struggled with \u2063nerves and inconsistency, ultimately affecting\u200b their respective \u2062receptions following the debate. As\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-trump-at-rigged-premiere-it-shouldnt-be-allowed-for-mark-zuckerberg-to-privately-finance-election-operations\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Trump at \u2018Rigged\u2019 Premiere: \u2018It Shouldn\u2019t Be Allowed\u2019 for Mark Zuckerberg to Privately Finance Election Operations\">vice presidential nominees<\/a>, their fates \u2064are intricately tied to the wider \u200celectoral \u2063contest, with many observers\u200d noting the importance of their messaging in influencing\u2064 undecided voters.<\/p>\n<p>This debate may have\u200b a lasting impact as both parties head into \u2063the final stretch of the\u2064 election campaign, and the stakes continue to rise as the clock ticks down to election day.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Grading the candidates: Vance wins, Walz survives substantive VP debate<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1774081\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice presidential nominees Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN) and Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance <\/a>(R-OH) had one responsibility during their first and only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate<\/a>, and potentially the last head-to-head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>That responsibility was to &ldquo;do no harm&rdquo; to Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> and former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> one month before voters cast their final ballots when the two presidential nominees are within the margin of error nationally and the cycle&rsquo;s seven battleground states.<\/p>\n<p>Pollster Berwood&nbsp;Yost underscored how vice presidents try to help the top of the ticket during their debate, while putting down their opponents, with their success measured against how well they communicated their campaign&rsquo;s messaging and priorities, in addition to any new concerns they raise about their opponent&rsquo;s policies or capacity to lead the country.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But the main rule for both candidates is &lsquo;do no harm,&#8217;&rdquo; Yost, director of Franklin &amp; Marshall College&rsquo;s Center for Opinion Research in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a>, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how experts graded Walz and Vance&rsquo;s 90-minute, more substantive debate on CBS in New York City:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Walz: B-<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Walz, a two-term governor, six-term congressman, former social studies teacher, and one-time football coach plucked from relative political obscurity by Harris to become her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-backed-bail-fund-freed-alleged-domestic-abuser-now-accused-of-murder\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris-Backed Bail Fund Freed Alleged Domestic Abuser Now Accused Of Murder\">vice presidential nominee<\/a>, in part, because of his Midwest &ldquo;aw shucks&rdquo; folksy persona and appeal, attempted to temper expectations before the debate, with the Harris campaign pushing stories about his inexperience and nerves ahead of this match-up against Vance.<\/p>\n<p>But although Walz has a reputation for his plainspoken &ldquo;Minnesota nice&rdquo; responses in TV interviews, from &ldquo;mind your own damn business&rdquo; to describing Trump and Vance as &ldquo;weird,&rdquo; the governor appeared out of practice at the start of the debate after being protected by the campaign since his nomination. <\/p>\n<p>During the first question about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Iran<\/a>&lsquo;s missile attack on Israel, Walz had difficulty with the word &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a>&rdquo; before criticizing Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;fickle&rdquo; leadership and lack of endorsements from his former aides, including his comments earlier in the day downplaying troop injuries caused by Iran&rsquo;s strike on Al-Asad Airbase in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Iraq<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>immigration<\/a>, Walz said: &ldquo;Most of us want to solve this &hellip; that&rsquo;s why we had the fairest and toughest bill on immigration that this nation has seen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump said no, told them to vote against it because it gives him a campaign issue,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;What would Donald Trump talk about if we did these things?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Walz appeared rattled when asked about his contradictory statements regarding his time in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>China<\/a>, amid other scrutiny over his misstatements related to his military record, as well as liberal policies he supported as governor, such as his reaction to riots over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/george-floyd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>George Floyd<\/a>&lsquo;s death in police custody in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m a knucklehead at times,&rdquo; Walz said about saying he was in China during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tiananmen-square\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tiananmen Square<\/a> protests and massacre when he was in Nebraska. &ldquo;All I said on this was as I got there that summer and misspoke on this, so I will just, that&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;ve said. So I was in Hong Kong and China during the democracy protests.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>University of Michigan debate director Aaron Kall graded Walz with a B- because he &ldquo;did a good job of trying to divide Trump and Vance by putting a lot of distance between them and talking about places where they disagree and criticize each other,&rdquo; particularly concerning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/january-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jan. 6<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Like Harris, [he] was very strong on the issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>abortion<\/a>,&rdquo; Kall told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;Talked about a lot of specific heartwarming&nbsp;examples and tied the issue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ivf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>IVF<\/a>, which impacts him personally.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Spent much more time attacking Trump at the top of the ticket, as opposed to Vance,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;He actually had a lot of positive things to say against his opponent, which helps his bipartisan bonafides he stressed from his time in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress<\/a>. Started out very nervous while furiously scribbling a lot of notes. There were several awkward pauses during the debate and the split-screen shot was unfavorable as he directly stared at Vance for extended periods of time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ed&nbsp;Lee, director of&nbsp;Emory University&rsquo;s Alben W. Barkley Forum for Debate, Deliberation, and Dialogue, was harsher, giving Walz a C+.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was not good for the debate to start off with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/foreign-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>foreign policy<\/a> question,&rdquo; Lee told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;He was shaky for several questions. This is not the best medium for Walz&rsquo;s to communicate his ideas. He is not doing a good job creating a space between Harris and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>[President Joe]  Biden <\/a>so she can be seen as an agent of change. That should be his primary objective.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I thought he was good on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>climate change<\/a> and great on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>abortion<\/a>,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Reproductive rights is where he needed to be great and he was. Walz framing of the issue as a &lsquo;right&rsquo; that should not be undermined by geography was powerful and compelling.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democratic strategist Stefan Hankin conceded Vance performed &ldquo;better than expected,&rdquo; but that he had a &ldquo;low bar.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Walz fine but not great,&rdquo; Hankin told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;Overall nothing that is likely to change minds.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Republican strategist Cesar Conda thought Walz deserved a &ldquo;D-minus&rdquo; for being nervous at the start and struggling to regain his ground.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;CBS called him out for lying about being at Tiananmen Square and he could only say he &lsquo;misspoke,&#8217;&rdquo; Conda told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;Lame.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vance: A-<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Vance, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ivy-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ivy League<\/a>-educated first-term senator, best-selling <em>Hillbilly Elegy<\/em> author, former venture capitalist, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marine-corps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Marine Corps<\/a> veteran, had higher expectations and pressure as Trump&rsquo;s campaign continues to be eclipsed by Harris&rsquo;s with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fundraising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>fundraising<\/a> and volunteers &mdash; and after Trump&rsquo;s own debate against Harris on ABC in Philadelphia earlier last month, including his claim that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/haiti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Haitian<\/a> migrants were eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Vance, who could be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-matt-gaetz-suggests-potential-desantis-2024-presidential-run\/\" title=\"Rep. Matt Gaetz Suggests Potential DeSantis 2024 Presidential Run\">potential presidential candidate<\/a>, also had to overcome his historic vice presidential nominee unpopularity after his nomination coincided with the recirculation of 2021 comments in which he said the Democratic Party was led by &ldquo;a bunch of childless cat ladies.&rdquo; Vance, a former Trump critic who has occasionally been out of step with the one-time president on policy, has defended himself against the criticism, contending Democrats are &ldquo;anti-family and anti-child.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But Vance, who has been proactive in speaking with reporters, appeared more composed during the debate, seeming concerned with improving his favorability-unfavorability rating by reiterating his biographical information and repeatedly mentioning his children. He, too, was able to use his answers to make comparisons between Trump and Harris in a manner the former president could not do for himself.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Iran is as close to a nuclear weapon today as they&rsquo;ve ever been,&rdquo; Vance said. &ldquo;Gov. Walz, you blamed Donald Trump. Who has been the vice president for the last three-and-a-half years? The answer is your running mate. Not mine. Donald Trump consistently made the world more secure.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But the senator did disagree with the moderators over the legal status of Haitian migrants in Springfield, ending with the moderators muting his microphone after he spoke over them.<\/p>\n<p>Pollster Frank Luntz held a focus group with voters throughout the debate who by a 12-2 margin were in favor of Vance at the conclusion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Final focus group vote tonight after the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VPDebate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VPDebate<\/a>: 12-2 in favor of JD Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LgahO2za7C\">pic.twitter.com\/LgahO2za7C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankLuntz\/status\/1841310671281197280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>On abortion, Vance conceded Republicans needed &ldquo;to do so much better of a job at earning the American people&rsquo;s trust back on this issue where they, frankly, just don&rsquo;t trust us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s one of the things that Donald Trump and I are endeavoring to do,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kall graded Vance with a B+ after he started the debate acknowledging both nominees are not well known nationwide and used the opportunity to introduce himself, with early topics, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Middle East<\/a>, the Iran deal, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>economy<\/a>, advantaging Trump and the senator.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Did a much better job than Trump of defining Kamala Harris as the incumbent and blaming her for not doing enough on immigration for the first three-plus years of the administration &mdash; even referred to it as the Harris administration,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Would probably have earned an A-, but thought it was a mistake to criticize the female moderators for fact-checking on the Springfield, Ohio issue. Especially given his previous comments on childless cat ladies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But Lee did give Vance an A-, describing him as &ldquo;smooth and quite eloquent&rdquo; and praising him for &ldquo;his ability and willingness to point out places where he agrees with Walz in order to focus the debate.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He sounds reasonable and empathic,&rdquo; Lee said. &ldquo;He is successfully refuting the argument that he is &lsquo;weird&rsquo; and can&rsquo;t be trusted. I thought he was great on immigration and defending Trump&rsquo;s economic record. So good on acknowledging Walz&rsquo;s son being impacted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>gun violence<\/a>. While the pivot on abortion to family support is strategic and wise, it does indicate that Trump and Vance know that they are way behind on this issue and it could cost them the election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Conda, the Republican strategist, was more generous, with an A+ for Vance for debating Walz and the two moderators &ldquo;and winning.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was especially effective in describing Harris&rsquo;s total failure at securing the border,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1774081\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1774081\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grading the candidates: Vance excels, Walz endures VP debate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2348403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Vance-walz-debate.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7064,3896,5894,15469],"class_list":["post-2348402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-candidates","tag-debate","tag-politics","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Vance-walz-debate.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2348402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2348403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2348402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2348402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2348402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}