Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance will face off subsequent week in the one scheduled US vice presidential debate, an opportunity for every man to strengthen his operating mate’s message to voters simply weeks earlier than the November 5 election.
Listed here are some particulars concerning the occasion:
WHEN AND WHERE IS THE DEBATE?
The 90-minute debate, hosted by CBS Information, will happen on October 1 at 9 pm ET (0100 GMT on Oct. 2) in New York Metropolis, a Democratic stronghold that’s the former dwelling of Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate operating towards Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.
WHO ARE THE MODERATORS?
The controversy will happen on the CBS Broadcast Heart and be moderated by CBS “Night Information” anchor Norah O’Donnell and “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan.
HOW CAN YOU WATCH THE DEBATE?
The occasion can be broadcast on the CBS community and dwell streamed on all platforms the place CBS Information 24/7 and Paramount+ can be found. CBS mentioned it can even be made obtainable to simulcast.
The Sept. 10 presidential debate between Harris and Trump on ABC Information drew 67 million tv viewers.
WHAT ARE THE GROUND RULES?
There can be no viewers. Candidates will stand behind lecterns at some stage in the controversy. No props or pre-written notes can be allowed on stage. CBS Information reserves the correct to show off candidate microphones.
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM WALZ
Walz, the governor of Minnesota, will doubtless use his “common man” fame to attempt to enchantment to voters, together with some independents, who view Harris, a former senator from California, as too liberal.
The 60-year-old Walz is a former congressman who gained elections in a Republican-leaning district earlier than turning into governor.
As governor, he has pushed a progressive agenda together with free faculty meals, tax cuts for the center class and expanded paid go away for Minnesota employees.
Walz will doubtless attempt to needle Vance, as Harris did efficiently in her debate with Trump. Walz has questioned Vance’s Midwestern credentials and derided his 2016 memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” for its depiction of rural America.
“Like all common folks I grew up with within the heartland, JD studied at Yale, had his profession funded by Silicon Valley billionaires after which wrote a bestseller trashing that group,” Walz mentioned at his first rally as Harris’ vice presidential decide. “Come on! That is not what center America is.”
Walz, additionally a former highschool instructor and soccer coach, has dismissed Trump and Vance as “creepy and, sure, bizarre,” – a takedown that unfold broadly amongst Democrats.
The Democratic vice presidential candidate has linked Vance to a set of conservative coverage proposals referred to as Venture 2025, from which Trump has tried to distance himself.
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM VANCE
Vance, a US senator from Ohio, should work laborious to not be on the defensive all through the controversy if Walz employs Harris’ debate technique.
Vance, 40, doubtless will face questions on his inflammatory rhetoric and will punch again along with his typical combative type.
He has been criticized for referring to Harris and different Democrats in 2021 as a “bunch of childless cat women,” and extra not too long ago, for spreading false claims that Haitian migrants within the Ohio metropolis of Springfield have been consuming pets.
He has additionally claimed with out proof that the suspect within the newest assassination try towards Trump was performing on Democrats’ inflammatory language.
“The large distinction between conservatives and liberals is that … nobody has tried to kill Kamala Harris within the final couple of months and two folks now have tried to kill Donald Trump within the final couple of months,” mentioned Vance in feedback that drew a rebuke from the White Home.
On the marketing campaign path, Vance has portrayed Walz and Harris as radical liberals.
He additionally has questioned Walz’s depictions of his army document and his household’s fertility struggles.
Vance, who served within the Marine Corps and was a public affairs officer throughout a six-month stint in Iraq, has accused Walz of leaving the Military Nationwide Guard to keep away from being deployed to Iraq and of falsely suggesting he served in fight.
Walz, who served within the Guard for twenty-four years, retired to run for Congress. He has defended his document, however the Harris marketing campaign has acknowledged he misspoke in a 2018 video through which he referenced “weapons of battle that I carried into battle.” Walz by no means served in a fight zone.
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