{"id":2348729,"date":"2024-10-02T14:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T18:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-vance-walz-said-at-vp-debate-on-abortion-the-economy-and-more-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-02T14:09:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T18:09:04","slug":"during-the-vp-debate-vance-and-walz-discussed-key-issues-including-abortion-and-the-economy-vance-emphasized-his-stance-on-protecting-life-while-walz-focused-on-economic-growth-and-support-for-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/during-the-vp-debate-vance-and-walz-discussed-key-issues-including-abortion-and-the-economy-vance-emphasized-his-stance-on-protecting-life-while-walz-focused-on-economic-growth-and-support-for-work\/","title":{"rendered":"During the VP debate, Vance and Walz discussed key issues including abortion and the economy. Vance emphasized his stance on protecting life, while Walz focused on economic growth and support for working families. Both candidates presented contrasting vie"},"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\">76<\/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%2Fduring-the-vp-debate-vance-and-walz-discussed-key-issues-including-abortion-and-the-economy-vance-emphasized-his-stance-on-protecting-life-while-walz-focused-on-economic-growth-and-support-for-work%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=2348729&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>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-confronts-moderators-after-they-repeatedly-break-their-own-rules\/\" title=\"JD Vance Confronts Moderators After They Repeatedly Break Their Own Rules\">recent vice presidential debate<\/a> between\u2064 Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), key issues such as\u200c abortion, the economy, healthcare, and immigration took center stage, reflecting the concerns \u200cof American voters as captured by Google Trends. <\/p>\n<p>On the topic of **abortion**, Walz criticized former \u2064President Trump for \u2064appointing justices\u200c who overturned Roe v. \u200cWade, stating\u2062 that Minnesota\u2063 has enacted laws to ensure \u200daccess to \u2063abortion. He \u2064claimed that a potential Trump-Vance \u2064administration would \u200dthreaten women&#8217;s\u200c healthcare rights. \u2062Vance acknowledged\u2062 a need\u200b for the Republican Party to rebuild trust on abortion but emphasized that decisions should be made at the state level.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the **economy**, Walz promoted initiatives like down payment\u200c assistance for first-time buyers\u2063 and \u2062tax credits for families, suggesting these could be funded by higher taxes on wealthy individuals. Vance\u2064 challenged the effectiveness of these plans, urging that such claims should \u2062be realized during Harris&#8217;s current tenure rather than deferred to\u200d future promises, while also defending the success of Trump-era tax cuts.<\/p>\n<p>In discussions\u200c about **immigration**, \u2062Vance linked illegal immigration to \u200dthe opioid crisis and promised to reinstate \u200dstrict border policies.\u200d Walz countered\u200d that Trump\u2019s actions undermined bipartisan \u200bsolutions aimed at improving border security and criticized \u200dVance for spreading misinformation about legal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>related to **healthcare**, Vance claimed a straightforward \u2064approach to maintaining protections for \u2063pre-existing conditions under Trump\u2019s policies, while \u2064also addressing\u2064 the challenges posed by the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n<p>the debate highlighted\u2062 the contrasting visions of the candidates regarding pivotal national issues, providing insight into their respective party platforms as they approach the upcoming elections.  <\/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\">What Vance and Walz said at the VP debate on abortion, the economy, and more<\/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_1774681\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3174039\/wake-up-washington-examiner-vp-debate-takeaways-dockworkers-strike-hits-harris-senate-democrats-stray-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"first and likely only debate\">first and likely only debate<\/a> between Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) Tuesday night offered a far greater window into how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-sows-doubt-about-top-contenders-to-be-his-vice-president\/\" title=\"Trump casts uncertainty on leading VP candidates\">vice presidential hopefuls<\/a> would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3173967\/vice-president-debate-fact-check-springfield-project-2025-amber-thurman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"first and likely only debate\">tackle voters&rsquo; top concerns<\/a> than when their running mates went head-to-head.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Some of the most searched<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/election-results-2024\/google-trends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> topics<\/a> on the Google Trends list included those that were discussed, such as abortion, the economy, healthcare, and immigration.<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s where Vance and Walz landed on each of the subjects during their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3173931\/walz-vance-midwestern-nice-vp-debate-reaction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Midwestern-nice showdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Issues searched on Google by state prior to the vice presidential debate on Oct. 1, 2024. (Source: Google Trends)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abortion<\/h2>\n<p>Walz highlighted Trump taking credit for installing Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> and mentioned several women who had near-death experiences due to pregnancy complications after struggling to obtain an abortion in states with restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In Minnesota, what we did was restore <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>,&rdquo; Walz said. &ldquo;We made sure that we put women in charge of their healthcare.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As governor, Walz signed into law a broad abortion bill that enshrined access into law that opponents said would virtually allow the procedure to occur at nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3111929\/walz-signed-law-allowing-abortion-any-stage-defunded-crisis-pregnancy-centers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>any time during pregnancy with few restrictions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Walz claimed a Trump-Vance White House would create a &ldquo;registry of pregnancies&rdquo; modeled after the conservative Project 2025 policy blueprint the pair have distanced themselves from. Walz also said contraception and fertility treatments would be threatened.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Abortion was the No. 1 issue searched in all states during the vice presidential debate on Oct. 1, 2024. (Source: Google Trends)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vance denied the accusations and described himself &ldquo;as a Republican who proudly wants to protect innocent life in this country&rdquo; but who also realizes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/GOP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>GOP<\/a> has a trust issue on the subject.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got 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; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Vance reaffirmed support for fertility treatments while emphasizing Trump&rsquo;s belief that abortion restrictions should be left to the states.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The proper way to handle this, as messy as democracy sometimes is, is to let voters make these decisions, let the individual states make their abortion policy,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The economy<\/h2>\n<p>Walz touted Harris&rsquo;s proposals for down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers, a one-time $6,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>child<\/a> tax credit for parents with a newborn, and $50,000 small-business tax credits. He offered few details on how the measures would be paid for other than raising taxes on higher-income individuals.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll just ask the wealthiest to pay their fair share,&rdquo; Walz said. &ldquo;When you do that, our system works best. More people are participating in it, and folks have the things that they need.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance questioned the authenticity of Harris&rsquo;s plan for having not accomplished them as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Vice-President\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vice president<\/a> and said a strong economy under Trump was evidence that Trump-era tax cuts Democrats oppose extending were successful.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Kamala Harris has such great plans for how to address middle-class problems, then she ought to do them now, not when asking for a promotion, but in the job the American people gave her three and a half years ago,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Vance also questioned economists who say Trump&rsquo;s desire to propose across-the-board 20% tariff increases on imported goods would supercharge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Inflation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>inflation<\/a> with higher prices for consumers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They were wrong about the idea that if we made America less self-reliant, less productive in our own nation, that it would somehow make us better off. And they were wrong about it,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;For the first time in a generation, Donald Trump had the wisdom and the courage to say to that bipartisan consensus, &lsquo;We&rsquo;re not doing it anymore.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Immigration<\/h2>\n<p>Vance reflected on his mother&rsquo;s past opioid addiction to accentuate the flow of deadly drugs like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fentanyl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>fentanyl<\/a> into the U.S. that comes with illegal immigration and vowed Trump will re-implement his border policies, construction of the wall, and greater deportations with a priority on those with criminal records.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now that she&rsquo;s running for president, or a few months before, she says that somehow she got religion and cared a lot about a piece of legislation,&rdquo; Vance said in reference to Democrats&rsquo; support for a failed bipartisan Senate border bill. &ldquo;This problem is leading to massive problems in the United States of America. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Parents<\/a> who can&rsquo;t afford healthcare, schools that are overwhelmed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Walz spotlighted Trump&rsquo;s hand in tanking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-says-senate-not-anywhere-close-to-reaching-ukraine-border-deal\/\" title=\"Lindsey Graham: Senate far from Ukraine-border agreement\">bipartisan border deal<\/a>, which would have increased funding for border security, made it harder to claim asylum, ended so-called catch and release, and granted the administration more authority to effectively shut down the border.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As soon as it was getting ready to pass and actually tackle this, Donald Trump said &lsquo;No,&rsquo; told them to vote against it because it gives him a campaign issue,&rdquo; Walz said. &ldquo;He had four years to do this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He also said Vance &ldquo;vilified a large number of people who were here legally&rdquo; by spreading the debunked conspiracy that Haitian migrants in Springfield, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Ohio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ohio<\/a>, were eating residents&rsquo; pets.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Healthcare<\/h2>\n<p>Vance, pressed by moderators about Trump&rsquo;s statement in his debate with Harris that he had &ldquo;a concept of a plan&rdquo; for replacing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/obamacare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Affordable Care Act<\/a>, characterized his ticket&rsquo;s position as &ldquo;very simple common sense.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re not going to propose a 900-page bill standing on a debate stage,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Vance vowed that pre-existing conditions would remain protected and touted new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/during-the-vp-debate-vance-and-walz-discussed-key-issues-including-abortion-and-the-economy-vance-emphasized-his-stance-on-protecting-unborn-lives-while-walz-focused-on-economic-growth-and-support\/\" title=\"During the VP debate, Vance and Walz discussed key issues including abortion and the economy. Vance emphasized his stance on protecting unborn lives, while Walz focused on economic growth and support for working families. Both candidates presented contras\">hospital price transparency rules<\/a> under Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When Obamacare was crushing under the weight of its own regulatory burden and healthcare costs, Donald Trump could have destroyed the program. Instead, he worked in a bipartisan way to ensure that Americans had access to affordable care,&rdquo; Vance said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not perfect, of course, and there&rsquo;s so much more that we can do. But I think that Donald Trump has earned the right to put in place some better <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/healthcare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>healthcare<\/a> policies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Walz noted the repeated attempts by congressional Republicans under Trump to repeal the ACA and that Harris was part of an administration that signed into law the ability for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Medicare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Medicare<\/a> to negotiate prescription drug costs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When Donald Trump said, &lsquo;I&rsquo;ve got a concept of a plan,&rsquo; it cracked me up as a fourth-grade teacher because my kids would have never given me that,&rdquo; Walz said. &ldquo;What they&rsquo;re going to do is let insurance companies pick who they insure because guess what happens? You pay your premium. It&rsquo;s not much. They figure they&rsquo;re not going to have to pay out to you. But those of you a little older, gray, you know, got cancer? You&rsquo;re going to get kicked out of it. That&rsquo;s why the system didn&rsquo;t work. Kamala Harris will protect and enhance the ACA.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1774681\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1774681\"}});<\/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>Vance and Walz&#8217;s VP debate covered key issues like abortion, the economy, and immigration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2348730,"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\/Trump-Walz-debate-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4310,15469,35401,27318],"class_list":["post-2348729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abortion","tag-vance","tag-vp-debate","tag-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Trump-Walz-debate-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348729","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\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2348729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2348730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2348729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2348729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2348729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}