Stephen King: JD Vance never lost that snotty little half-smile--the expression of a used car salesman who just convinced

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19. I was interested to see what was going on with him as Walz lit into him about not accepting the election results.

I was watching a YouTube recording of the debate on my computer. When Walz was dressing him down about not refusing to say that TFG had lost the election in 2020, I noticed his repeated and frequent swallowing, which the beard hides a bit. On zooming in and replaying that segment, I could see all this subtle twitching and tightening of muscles around his mouth and chin. He was trying very hard to look completely calm and unfazed, but I think he was in a state of heightened alert and deep panic, like he'd been found out and the game was up.

He may have been doing it all through the debate when confronted with things he didn't want to hear, but I wasn't going to go back and watch any more of him.