Vance trying to carry Trump over the finish line ... (Image via ABC)

The VP debate was old-fashioned and mostly respectful-ish. It felt like Walz was conscientiously hoping to do no harm (his only weaknesses were initial nerves and a mealy-mouthed answer on getting the date of his trip to China wrong) and Vance was trying to show off how reasonable he could be, even going so far as to tamp down his absolutist anti-abortion stance.

But the three moments I personally think will resonate:

(1) Vance talked over the (female) moderators to bitch about being fact-checked:

@boyculturedotcom Smug ‘n’ smarmy JD Vance was seething in his lip gloss over being fact-checked. #jdvance #timwalz #harriswalz2024 #kamalaharris #kamalaharris2024 #voteblue #boyculture #vpdebate ♬ original sound - Matthew Rettenmund/BoyCulture

(2) Walz saying:

Tim Walz sums up his stance and record on abortion in 7 seconds

Watch this ⤵️#VPDebate pic.twitter.com/b6pS4Oxnaj

— The Gen 💤 Angle (@thegenzangle) October 2, 2024

and

(3) The final January 6 question, when Walz point-blank asked Vance if he believes Trump lost in 2020 ... and Vance was too beholden to Trump to simply say YEAH:

@boyculturedotcom Pathetic from Vance. #jdvance #timwalz #harriswalz2024 #kamalaharris #kamalaharris2024 #voteblue #january6 #boyculture ♬ original sound - Matthew Rettenmund/BoyCulture