The first and only debate between the vice presidential nominees, Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, threw the 2010 health care law back into the spotlight.
Vance, R-Ohio, who was elected to the Senate in 2022, tried to distance his running mate, former President Donald Trump, from partisan efforts to repeal or weaken the law, also known as the Affordable Care Act.
His remarks, however, ignore the fact that 2017 was dominated by Republican efforts to overhaul former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law — an effort led by Trump himself.