J.D. Vance's Epic Response on January 6 Is What Most Voters Are Thinking  Rebecca Downs  October 18, 2022  

On Monday night, Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan and Republican J.D. Vance met for their second debate as they vie to see who will replace retiring Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) and fill Ohio's open U.S. Senate seat. While a hallmark of this most recent debate, just like last week's, was on Ryan's desperation and penchant for personal attacks, another memorable moment was the discussion of January 6, 2021.

Debate moderator Bertram de Souza gave a description of the January 6th select committee's findings that were rather friendly to the committee, which included mentioning the committee was "bipartisan." He asked the candidates if former President Donald Trump should comply with the subpoena he received as well as "in light of all the evidence and testimony accumulated by the committee, was the January 6th insurrection an attack on American democracy, or, were the hundreds of insurrections just tourists visiting the Capitol, as Republican Congressman Andrew Clyde of Georgia contended?"

Rep. Ryan, who answered first, fed into the language used by de Souza. In addition to calling on Trump to respond to the subpoena, he added that "I do think that the insurrection was a group of people who were trying to overthrow the United States of America and I think they were trying to stop the peaceful transition of power from President Trump to President Biden and disenfranchise over 80 million of our own fellow citizens."

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