Tim Walz Unprepared for JD Vance, CNN Anchors Say: ‘Lack of Interviews’

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz appeared underprepared for his vice presidential debate against Ohio Senator JD Vance Tuesday night, according to CNN’s anchors.

CNN anchor Abby Phillip, the network’s former senior political correspondent, said that the Democratic vice presidential nominee allowed his Republican counterpart to land “a lot of punches” against him Tuesday night, telling her colleagues Dana Bash and Jake Tapper that “Tim Walz did not seem prepared” for such attacks.

“He [Walz] didn’t respond to a lot of the criticisms and attacks that Vance put on the table,” Phillips added. “He allowed some clear falsehoods to just go completely unanswered.”

Bash chimed in later in the discussion that she agreed there was “a clear lack” of “execution” by Walz on Tuesday but said that she believes the governor “had too much preparation.”

“He had so many lines that he was clearly trying to say that he didn’t listen” to Vance, Bash told her colleagues.

“I think the lack of interviews that he has done with national media, with local media, it showed,” Bash added. “[Walz] needed more reps.”

This is a developing story that will be updated as information becomes available.