JD VANCE caused an online storm as many debate viewers were convinced he wore eyeliner during his face-off with Tim Walz.
But now one of his former Republican colleagues has revealed what is really going on with Vance’s so-called “make-up.”
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Was JD Vance wearing eyeliner in the debate?Credit: Getty
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Social media though was awash with unfounded speculationCredit: AFP
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Former New York Representative George Santos said the ‘eyeliner’ is just his thick eyelashesCredit: Reuters
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Many viewers who tuned into the televised vice-presidential debate were convinced the Republican candidate, 40, was sporting eyeliner to enhance his looks.
While inside the studio Vance and Walz kept things polite during the debate, social media was buzzing with unfounded gossip.
“Can’t stop noticing JD Vance’s eyeliner,” one viewer posted on X.
“I need eyeliner tips from JD Vance,” another added.
“I think JD Vance doubled down on the eyeliner in order to throw Walz off his game tonight,” a third wrote.
However, any speculation was crushed by one of Vance’s former Republican colleagues, George Santos, who also took to X.
“Vance does NOT use eyeliner,” he wrote.
“I’ve met him in person before he was a senator and I can confirm he has long eyelashes and they cast a shadow on his waterline when is [sic] studios full of lights.
“Grow up people!”
Others also rushed to point out that Vance is just blessed with luscious ashes.
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“He actually has super dark eyelashes top and bottom, so no, he doesn’t wear makeup, but since he says so many crazy things, they make him look like a racist care bear,” one X user wrote.
“People making fun of Vance’s eyelashes,” another added.
“Some of us are just CURSED with natural, long, luscious, dramatic black eyelashes. We can’t change the fact that our eyes are naturally beautiful.”
HIGH-STAKES DEBATE
With the polls showing Vice President Kamala Harris and ex-President Donald Trump neck-and-neck the stakes for the clash between the Vice-Presidential hopefuls was high.
Both needed a strong performance to stake their party’s claim to the White House.
Both Walz, the Democratic governor of Minnesota, and Vance, a Republican senator from Ohio, aimed high in their attacks on the opposition.
Walz, though, said he befriended a “school shooter” and mixed up Iran and Israel in a nervy display during Tuesday night’s debate.
Walz was answering a question from the CBS debate moderators about gun violence in schools when he seemed to stumble over his words.
“I sat in that office with those Sandy Hook parents,” he said. “I’ve become friends with school shooters. I’ve seen it.”
Walz appeared nervous from the off as the debate began.
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He appeared to confuse Iran and Israel twice in his first answer, at one point referring to “Israel and its proxies,” and instead launched personal attacks on Trump and Vance.
He praised what he said would be Kamala Harris’ “steady leadership,” drawing a contrast with the presidential debate when a “nearly 80-year-old Trump talking about crowd sizes.”
For his part, Vance said the Middle East was at peace during the Trump presidency and said he was the only commander in chief to have no major war during his time in office.
Donald Trump Jr. was full of praise for Vance’s performance, telling CNN he had delivered a “masterclass.”
“I think he literally won every issue across the board,” he told the network’s Kaitlan Collins.
“I think he was actually very comfortable in so many of the issues that Republicans tend to fail.”
Trump Jr., who urged his father to pick Vance as his running mate, went on to say that his father is ruling out a debate because he didn’t “think he can have a chance at getting a fair debate.”
The Harris campaign put out a more somber statement, saying that Walz would “uphold the constitution,” while JD Vance had “refused to commit to certifying the results of a free and fair election.”
He also once again ruled out a second head-to-head debate with Harris, claiming that “Lyin’ Kamala” only wanted one “because they lost so badly tonight.”
Vance went on Fox News following the debate saying that he had come to talk about the “issues” and to “remind the American public that Donald Trump is not the caricature that Kamala Harris and the media have made him out to be.”
In contrast, Walz and his wife Gwen left the debate spin room shortly afterward and were seen grabbing a slice from a New York pizza shop.
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Tim Walz and Vance talking at the end of the debateCredit: Getty
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Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz during Tuesday’s debateCredit: Getty
