October 2, 2024

Contact: Tommy Pigott and Taylor Rogers, Team Trump

JD VANCE WON – Future Vice President JD Vance made an incredibly compelling case for why the country needs President Donald J. Trump back in the White House –  and why Americans cannot afford four more years of Kamala Harris. 

Team Trump has some of the most memorable moments:

• Walz nodded in agreement when Vance said Kamala “enabled the Mexican drug cartels to operate freely in this country.”
• Vance fact checked CBS's “fact check” on Kamala's app that allows unvetted illegal aliens to enter the country – and CBS got so annoyed, they cut off his microphone.
• Vance questioned why Kamala hasn’t done anything she is proposing: “Kamala Harris has been the vice president for three-and-a-half years. She's had the opportunity to enact all of these 'great' policies – and what she's actually done instead is drive the cost of food higher by 25%, drive the cost of housing higher by 60%, open the American southern border, and make middle class life unaffordable.”
• Vance cooked Walz on the economic records of President Trump and Kamala Harris: “You have to pretend that Donald Trump didn't deliver rising take home pay, you have to pretend Donald Trump didn't deliver lower inflation and you have to simultaneously defend Kamala Harris' atrocious economic record.”
• Walz denied Kamala Harris has let millions of illegal aliens invade the country after she decimated President Trump's border security.
• Walz was unable to name a single thing Kamala has done for the middle class during her tenure.
• Walz bizarrely claimed he has “become friends with school shooters.”
• Walz lied about President Trump's tariffs – many of which were so successful, the Harris-Biden administration kept them in place.
• Walz dodged the fact that most Americans trust President Trump on the economy.
• Tiananmen Tim humiliated himself trying to explain why he lied about being in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre – when he was actually in Nebraska.
• Walz refused to say if he supports ANY limits on abortion-on-demand – after he legalized unrestricted abortion-on-demand until birth in Minnesota.
• Walz lied about a law he signed in Minnesota eliminating the requirement to provide lifesaving care for babies born alive following botched abortions.
• Walz admitted he “learned a lot of what needed to be in governance” from communist China.
• Vance called out Walz for his support of censoring the views of Americans with whom he disagrees.
• Vance scorched the Harris-Biden administration's appeasement of the Iranian regime.
• Walz denied Kamala – who supported mandatory gun confiscation – is “taking your guns.”

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MAKE AMERICA WEALTHY AGAIN – President Trump sat down for an interview with Dave Ramsey in which he discussed his plan to get the American economy back on track.

Some highlights:

For more on President Trump’s plan to Make America Wealthy Again, be sure to read his new op-ed on restoring the American Dream. In his words, “Vote Trump, and you will see a mass exodus of manufacturing from China to Pennsylvania, from South Korea to North Carolina, and from Germany to Georgia. We will bring back the American dream, bigger, better, and stronger than ever before.”

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING – Senator JD Vance emerged victorious by a mile at last night's debate – but don't take our word for it.

Team Trump has the reaction from commentators across the political spectrum:

• Jonathan Karl, ABC: “Walz did seem unsteady and, frankly, what I saw in Walz is somebody who has not faced questions on a national stage ... In contrast, JD Vance was very smooth.”
• Politico: “Vibe check: JD Vance is doing really well tonight.”
• Abby Phillip, CNN: “JD Vance came to this debate to land a bunch of punches – and he did. ... Walz did not seem prepared for it.”
• Tom Llamas, NBC: “Does Gov. Walz have a problem with the truth?”
• John King, CNN: “The two issues driving the campaign right now ... Vance carried it.”
• Geraldo Rivera, NewsNation: “Vance won this debate.”
• Dana Bash, CNN: “[Democrats] were not thrilled.”
• Brit Hume, Fox News: “The moderators were obnoxious – and made it feel like three-on-one on Vance – and Vance was just fine.”
• Harold Ford, Jr., former Democrat congressman: “Walz was a little rattled – and Senator Vance came out stronger.”
• Scott Jennings, CNN: “I'll say this for Walz, he has perfected a look of sheer terror and complete bafflement all at the same time.”
• Hugh Hewitt, The Hugh Hewitt Show: “Superb answer on illegal immigration from Vance. He's very good at this and he nailed Kamala Harris on the ‘wide open southern border.’”

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FACT CHECK – Team Trump was holding Tim Walz and Kamala responsible for their failed record and dishonesty throughout the debate. In case you missed it, click on the headline below to get the facts on everything from the economy to the border to foreign policy and everything in between.

• FACT CHECK: Walz Fled As Minneapolis Burned
• FACT CHECK: Minnesota’s Teamsters Overwhelmingly Back President Trump
• FACT CHECK: President Trump Lowered Cost Of Insulin, Prescription Drugs
• FACT CHECK: Walz’s Crime Spin Is NOT Reality
• FACT CHECK: Walz, Harris Are Abortion Extremists
• FACT CHECK: Walz Repeatedly Lied About His Own National Guard Service
• FACT CHECK: Tim Walz Holds Deeps Ties to Communist China
• FACT CHECK: The Costs Of Harris-Walz
• FACT CHECK: Walz Is An Open Borders Radical – Just Like Kamala
• FACT CHECK: Harris-Walz’s NO GROWTH Energy Future
• FACT CHECK: Kamala Has Enriched, Empowered Iran

“DEBATE WAS OVER IN FIRST MINUTE” – The Washington Examiner’s Byron York has analysis of last night’s debate.

Some takeaways:

• “Indeed, when the debate began at 9:00 p.m., it was clear from its first moments that Walz was just what the stories had said – nervous and a bad debater. It was also clear that JD Vance was going to win the debate decisively.” 
• “When I asked what the key moment of the debate was, LaCivita quickly answered, ‘The first 20 seconds.’ Why was that? ‘Because the first question out of the gate is dealing with leadership on the world stage, everything going on in the Middle East, and Tim Walz comes up on stage and he’s completely rattled. He does not project the image of the type of leadership that you want in the White House. So right then and there framed the whole thing.’”
• “The Republican out-argued Walz on world crises, on the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, on immigration…” 
• “Then there were the moments when Walz inexplicably beat himself. When co-moderator Margaret Brennan asked about Walz’s oft-repeated tale of having been in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square uprising in 1989, when in fact he was in Nebraska, Walz went into a long song and dance about being from a small town…In that moment, he did an excellent job of arguing that he is too emotional to be a heartbeat away from the presidency.” 
• “By this time, Walz’s partisans, in the worlds of politics and journalism, were nearly beside themselves. America’s Coach was choking the game away.”

To read the full analysis, click here.

KAMALA’S TAX HIKES – Team Trump just released a new ad calling out Kamala Harris for wanting to raise taxes – even more than she already has – on the middle class. Watch the video here.

MUST WATCH MOMENTS – JD Vance dominated the debate. Click here to watch the video.

WALZ NODDED – Sen. JD Vance correctly pointed out that Kamala has allowed cartels to operate freely in the U.S., and Walz nodded in agreement. Watch the video here.

BACK TO BUTLER – President Trump will be back in Butler, Pennsylvania this weekend.

Be sure to get your tickets.

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