Was This The Best Answer Of JD Vance's Town Hall?

Posted • October 25, 2024: On Thursday night, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) participated in a NewsNation town hall moderated by Chris Cuomo. While Kamala Harris' town hall on CNN from the night before was full of her ranting and raving against former and potentially future President Donald Trump, Vance looked to strike a more conciliatory tone, with many praiseworthy answers. One answer in particular, however, about friendship and civility has garnered considerable attention. "Two weeks from today, half of our country is going to be devastated," an audience member, named Rebecca, pointed out when asking her question. "And so, you know, looking at it from the winning side versus the losing side, do you have any thoughts on how the winning side can help, you know, outreach or lend a hand to those that might not like the outcome?"

Vance reminded Rebecca about how "leadership can really set this tone." This included in 2016 when Trump was elected and decided not to go after his political rival, Hillary Clinton, once he took office. "No, it's time for us to heal as a country, actually realize that we're on the same time," Vance reminded when it comes to Trump's response about Clinton. On the importance of having to "set the tone right," Vance reminded that "we have to set the tone that we’re all Americans, we’re all in this together, and that we’re all part of the same American family," also speaking about "responsibility," and how "we've got to be better at communicating and talking to one another." Vance then brought up a narrative we've heard ad nauseam from the Harris-Walz campaign as well as Democrats in general, which is "threats to democracy," a term that Democrats claim applies to the Trump-Vance ticket.

"To me, the biggest threat to democracy is the rising tide of censorship, the idea that we should be trying to silence our fellow Americans rather than persuade them and talk to them," Vance said to applause. (…)

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