A handful of college students on MSNBC took issue with JD Vance’s views on a variety of topics during his debate with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz .
Following Tuesday night’s debate, MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff interviewed college voters in Rochester, Michigan, for their thoughts on the vice presidential candidates. One student, who identified herself as Nora , called it “ridiculous” that the Ohio senator suggested putting better locks on doors to curb school shootings.
“I thought it was ridiculous,” she told Soboroff. “The issue is guns, the issue is not better locks on doors.”
In one of the most fiery moments of the debate, Vance challenged the CBS moderators for fact checking him for false claims made about the Haitian immigrants of Springfield, Ohio. Another student named James explained how a lack of firm immigration policy from both parties has led to the “demonization” of immigrants.
“We see a lot of violence against immigrant communities,” James said. “These are not illegal people. They come here undocumented for whatever reason there is. And it’s just causing more harm than anything; and we just need to push towards true policy rather than all these talk points.”