Republican candidate JD Vance issued a challenge to Democratic opponent Tim Walz and criticized the previous work of Vice President Kamala Harris, quoted by News.bg.
Vance stressed that Harris has had more than three years in office to implement her proposals, but has not made significant improvements. He pointed out that during her tenure food costs increased by 25% and housing costs by 60%. Vance questioned Harris' ability to solve the problems of the middle class, saying that if her plans were effective, she should have put them into action by now.
"If Kamala Harris has such great plans to solve the problems of the middle class, she should implement them now, not wait until she wants a promotion. She had the opportunity to do so in the office the American people gave her three and a half years ago," said Vance.
For his part, Democrat Tim Waltz questioned Republican Donald Trump's fitness for office at the start of Tuesday's vice presidential debate. Waltz said the former president was too unstable to be trusted at a time of crisis in the Middle East. His Republican opponent JD Vance responded that Trump has made the world safer during his tenure.
When asked if he would support a pre-emptive strike against Iran by Israel, Vance said he would trust Israel's judgment until Walz answered the question directly. Instead, Waltz moved on to criticize Trump for ending the Iran nuclear deal. The 2015 deal, which Trump abandoned in 2018, limited Iran's uranium enrichment to 3.67 percent purity and its stockpile to 202.8 kg — limits that Tehran has since far exceeded.
"Iran Closer to Nuclear Weapons Because of Donald Trump's Erratic Leadership," Waltz said.
As they discussed climate change, Tim Waltz criticized former President Donald Trump's meeting with oil company executives. "Calling climate change a hoax and gathering oil executives in Mar-a-Lago to say, 'Give me campaign money and I'll let you do whatever you want,' is irresponsible. We can be smarter about this, and forward-looking energy policy creates jobs here and now," Waltz said.
Meanwhile, JD Vance called climate change "a very important issue" and stated that the US should invest more in energy production because domestically produced energy is cleaner.
Questioned about his claim to have been in China during the deadly Tiananmen Square protests; in 1989, Tim Waltz admitted that he had "misspoken." Walz tried to avoid the question, but the moderators pressed the topic. "When I got there that summer, I misspoke, so I'll just say this," Waltz replied. "I was in Hong Kong and China during the democracy protests," he added.