Walz says Vance was ‘gaslighting’ public about Trump’s record in debate

Democratic vice-presidential candidate calls opponent a slick talker' in first comments on Tuesday's televised clash

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The day after the only vice-presidential debate this year, Democrat Tim Walz called his Republican challenger, JD Vance, a slick talker" who was trying to rewrite history and gaslight people about Donald Trump's record.

During a rally in York, Pennsylvania, Walz made his first public comments on the debate, which polls show was essentially a tie between the two vice-presidential candidates. The Minnesota governor was on a tour through the swing state on Wednesday.