Tim Walz on Wednesday agreed to participate in a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1 in New York City.
Earlier in the day, CBS News proposed four dates for a debate between the two vice presidential nominees: Sept. 17, Sept. 24, Oct. 1, and Oct. 8.
We just heard about this thing three hours ago, so we’re going to talk to them and figure out when we can debate,” Vance said.
The vice presidential debate A date for the vice presidential debate has been in limbo since the spring, when CBS News first extended the invitation to both presidential campaigns.
CNN allowed other networks to carry the debate on their airwaves, in keeping with the practice for debates hosted by the commission.
Washington — Gov. On Wednesday, CBS News announced that Tim Walz would take part in a vice presidential debate on October. 1 in the city of New York.
The campaign of the late President Donald Trump has not yet accepted the date, so Republican Sen. The participation of JD Vance is under scrutiny.
CBS News suggested four dates earlier in the day for a debate between the two vice presidential candidates: Sept. September 17, Sept. 24, October. 1 and October 1. 8. The Harris-Walz campaign promptly consented to the Oct. A single date.
Walz messaged on X, “See you on October 1, JD.”. “Looking forward to debating JD Vance — if he shows up,” a campaign official stated about Walz. ****.
Upon his return from an event in Michigan on Wednesday, Vance did not answer questions from reporters regarding his willingness to participate in the debate. Vance later stated he would be willing to debate Walz on October in an interview with Laura Ingraham of Fox News. 1, but did not state that it would happen on that day.
“It is inevitable that we will debate Tim Walz. We will speak with them and determine a suitable time for a debate, as we were only informed about this three hours ago,” Vance stated. We want to examine the debates, examine the moderators, and have a brief discussion about the rules. “.
“I strongly suspect that we’ll be there on October 1st,” Vance went on, “but we’re not going to do one of these phony debates, Laura, where they don’t actually have an audience there and don’t actually set the parameters in a way that allows us to have a productive exchange of ideas.”. “.
Vance added that he would like to debate Walz multiple times.
His words to Ingraham were, “Hopefully we’re going to see him on October 1, but hopefully we’re going to see him either before or after that because I think it’s important for the American people to actually see us discuss our views.”.
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Since CBS News first invited both presidential campaigns to the debate in the spring, a date for the vice presidential debate has been up in the air. President Biden’s campaign stated in May that Vice President Kamala Harris, who was still his running mate at the time, would be open to competing on July 23 or August 23 against the eventual Republican vice presidential nominee. 13.
On July 15, the first day of the Republican National Convention, Trump announced Vance as his running mate. Before the Democratic National Convention on August, his campaign quickly declined to commit to a vice presidential debate. 19, claiming that since Harris might wind up being the Democratic nominee, doing so would be premature.
Alright, Mr. On July 21, a few weeks following his own dismal performance in their debate with Trump, Biden announced his withdrawal from the contest. In order to unseat him at the top of the Democratic ticket, Harris quickly amassed the necessary support, and last week, she officially won the nomination. The vice presidential choices for both campaigns were finalized when she announced Walz as her running mate, setting off a mad dash to the November election.
Trump declared last week that Vance has “really stepped up” and is “doing a fantastic job” as the host of the vice presidential debate, which will be hosted by CBS News. In September, Fox News, ABC News, and NBC News would host three debates featuring Harris, he continued. The Harris campaign had earlier agreed to participate in one debate, on September. 10 gathering on ABC.
The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates is not hosting the debates this year, marking the first election cycle since 1988 that this has not happened. After alleging bias in the two 2020 meetings between Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump, the Republican National Committee voted in 2022 to prohibit GOP nominees from taking part in debates hosted by the commission.
Instead, the presidential campaigns have been left to directly negotiate debate dates and conditions with television networks. June saw the first debate of the cycle between Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump on CNN, which was held considerably earlier than in previous election years. As is customary for debates facilitated by the commission, CNN permitted other networks to broadcast the discussion on their platforms.
