Vance Outperformed Walz in Debate That’s Unlikely to Shift Race“I’ve become friends with school shooters,” Walz said, seeming to mean parents of school shooting victims. (On Wednesday, he clarified to a reporter: “I was talking about meeting people where there are school shooters,

But Walz said Wednesday during a stop on his bus tour around Pennsylvania that he was "talking about meeting people where there are school shooters," and highlighted the relationships he has made victims of mass shootings, including those who survived the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012.

Going forward, Trump adviser Jason Miller said the campaign may expand Vance’s travel docket and send him to blue states like Virginia, where Republicans see an opportunity to gain ground despite years of losses. Miller quipped that even Minnesota could be in play after its governor’s shaky debate performance on Tuesday.