Good morning! Rebecca Morin, senior national news reporter at USA TODAY, here with a special edition following Tuesday night’s policy-focused — and pretty civil — debate.
Vance vs. Walz: Who won?
The goal of the evening? Don’t mess up . Sen. JD Vance , the Republican vice presidential candidate, came into the debate hoping to avoid a repeat of former President Donald Trump’s mistakes from the last debate. At that, Vance succeeded. Gov. Tim Walz , the Democratic vice presidential candidate, had a shaky start and stumbled over his words at times. But there were no real fireworks at Tuesday’s debate. Read more.
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Post-debate ‘za
After the debate, Walz took part in a New York pastime: late-night pizza . Walz dropped into Justino’s pizza with his wife, Gwen . The two ordered pepperoni pizza, according to the pool report. While Walz ignored questions to clarify his statements on whether he was in China during the Tiananmen Square massacre, he did respond to what he believed the strongest moment of the night was.