Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance reacted to his debate performance in an interview Thursday, although he admitted he wasn’t exactly sure how things were going at the moment.
‘I’m very nervous, right? I get nervous about these things,” Vance said, reacting to his debate performance during an interview with the Ruthless Podcast.
He revealed that he knew he had done very well after looking at his wife Usha’s face after it was all over.
“I looked at Usha’s face and I knew, I thought, ‘Shit, we must have done a really good job,’ because Usha doesn’t lie to me and her face, especially, doesn’t lie to me.” said. “And I knew at that moment that that meant we had a very good debate.”
Vance and his rival, Gov. Tim Walz, participated in the first and only vice presidential debate Tuesday night on CBS.
Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, waves on stage with his wife Usha Vance.
Vance revealed why he looked at the television camera at one point during the debate, a moment that went viral on social media when his followers compared it to a typical look by the character Jim Halpert from the television show ‘The Office.’
“I wish I could take credit, it’s because I guess the stopwatch is right next to the camera, so I was trying to pay attention,” he said.
As Walz spoke, Vance said he looked at the timer to make sure he was ready to speak when it was his turn.
Republican vice presidential candidate Senator JD Vance (R-OH) and Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz participate in a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center.
He said he noticed that his opponent Tim Walz seemed nervous and nervous, but he resisted taking advantage of the moment to gain more points.
“When your enemy is making a mistake, don’t interrupt him,” he said, referring to what he called a “Sun Tzu” quote.
‘I was like “shut up.” That was the mental process, I told him “don’t say anything JD, be quiet!”’ he explained.
Vance said his debate strategy was not to debate Walz but to go after Vice President Kamala Harris’ record in the first three years.
“I thought, I don’t really have to debate Tim Walz, I really want to debate Kamala Harris,” he said.
When asked how he felt about the election, Vance said there was still “a lot of work” to be done in the Rust Belt states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
“I’m in those states all the time,” he said.