Reporters don’t learn. I watched in 2016 and Pence told at least 8 outright lies, dismissing perfectly accurate things Kaine had said. The papers next day said that Pence won because he was cool and Kaine was excitable. The reporters in 2016 and 2020 seem on the same path to avoid fact checking. Truth did not matter in 2016 and look where it got us.
- Oct. 7, 2020, 11:00 a.m.
· · This is not Mike Pence’s first vice-presidential campaign debate. In 2016, he faced Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, Hillary Clinton’s running mate. It was a vigorous and contentious 90 minutes, and it gives a hint of what Mr. Pence might be like on Wednesday night when he debates Senator Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice-presidential candidate.
And a review of that 2016 matchup leaves no doubt that Mr. Pence knows the two things a vice-presidential candidate is supposed to do in a debate. The first is to defend the person at the top of your ticket, in this case President Trump. The second is to attack the person at the top of the opposing ticket: Mrs. Clinton in 2016, and Joseph R. Biden Jr. in 2020.
Who Won the Debate? Commentators Give Edge to Mike Pence
- Oct 5, 2016
· · Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia on Tuesday repeatedly provoked Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana with criticism of his running mate, Donald J. Trump, trying to make him answer for some of Mr. Trump’s more provocative comments and contentious proposals as the men faced off in the sole vice-presidential debate.
But it may not have worked. Commentators and critics said Mr. Pence successfully played defense for 90 minutes, dodging, denying and ultimately appearing more stately as he handled an unenviable challenge with remarkable steadiness.
WILL THE REPORTERS TOMORROW DO ANY FACT CHECKING? WILL ANYONE LISTEN TO PENCE'S COOL LIES IN 2016 AND BRING THEM UP TOMORROW?
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