Viewers of the vice presidential debate were distracted by Republican candidate JD Vance’s eyeliner – or the appearance of it.
While the debate on Tuesday night wound up being on the tamer side, viewers were bewildered by whether ex-President Donald Trump’s running mate was wearing makeup around his eyes.
As Vance, 40, and Walz, 60, sparred on the stances of their bosses on issues from immigration to abortion, social media users debated the eyeliner matter.
It was not the first time that Americans have questioned whether Vance uses eyeliner, and the bright lighting on the debate stage at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City furthered the controversy.
Does JD Vance wear eyeliner?
Vance’s waterlines looked defined and outlined, sparking discussion all over the Internet including among Goths on Reddit about which eyeliner he was using.
But disgraced former Congressman George Santos, a fellow Republican, insisted that Vance does not use such products.
‘Vance does NOT use eye liner,’ Santos wrote on X. ‘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 studios full of lights… Grow up people!’
The Ohio senator’s wife, Usha Vance, told Puck News that he sports an ‘all natural’ look and, ‘I’ve always been jealous of those lashes.’
Did JD Vance wear eyeliner at the debate?
Viewers had a variety of interpretations on Vance’s facial look, with one X user saying, ‘JD Vance thinks he’s Captain Jack Sparrow. Captain Eyeliner up there.’
Another claimed: ‘Fun inside fact: JD Vance has to do his lil “side eye” thing once every three minutes per the terms of his contract with L’Oreal Paris ColorLast Eyeliner.’
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‘Trying to listen to jd vance but distracted by his beautiful eyeliner,’ said another X user.
But Vance has not admitted to using eyeliner – on the debate night or ever.
Who won the Vance vs Walz debate?
Vance came off as polished and collected, while Walz stumbled over his words at the beginning of the debate and later made the gaffe, ‘I’ve become friends with school shooters.’
Historian Allan Lichtman, who is nicknamed the ‘Nostradamus’ of US presidential elections and last month predicted that Vice President Kamala Harris will win the 2024 race, said that Vance came off as ‘very personable’ and ‘slick’ while Walz seemed ‘looked a little bit nervous, he looked a little bit rattled’.
However, Lichtman said that ‘Walz found his voice and was very persuasive and very eloquent about reproductive freedom for women’ while he ‘couldn’t fathom’ Vance’s position, and picked Harris’ running mate as the winner.
Meanwhile, a DailyMail.com/J.L Partners poll on Friday found that among 801 likely voters, 50% said Vance won the debate versus 43% who opined Walz did.
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