Republican Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance tried to “throw off” his opponent, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, on Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate by greeting him with friendliness and cordiality, an aide to the Ohio senator said in a new report.

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) went into the vice-presidential debate with a plan to surprise Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz by being shockingly ... super-duper nice. Why it matters: It worked. The result was a refreshingly substantive,

Minnesota nice” can mean being unfailingly polite and kind. Or going to extremes to avoid conflict. Or being deeply passive aggressive.