Washington – The CBS News vice presidential debate is set for Oct. 1 in New York City, with Democrat Tim Walls of Minnesota and GOP Sen. of Ohio. Both JD Vance agreed to participate.
The discussion will be moderated by “CBS Evening News” anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell and “Face the Nation” moderator and CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan.
On Wednesday, CBS News proposed four dates for the debate between the two vice presidential candidates: September 17, September 24, October 1 and October 8. The Harris-Wallace campaign quickly agreed to the October 1 date.
“See you on October 1st, JD,” Walls said Wrote in X. A campaign official said Walls is “looking forward to debating JD Vance — if he shows up.”
On Thursday, Vance posted on social media that he accepted the Oct. 1 CBS News debate and said he would like to host the Sept. 18 debate on CNN.
“The American people deserve as many debates as possible, which is why President Trump has already challenged Kamala to three of them,” Vance said. wrote In X. “Not only will I host the CBS debate on October 1st, but I will also host the CNN debate on September 18th. I look forward to seeing you at both!”
In an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on Wednesday evening, Vance said he would be open to debating Walls on Oct. 1, but did not set a date.
“We’re definitely going to have a debate on Tim Walls. We just heard about this thing about three hours ago, so we’re going to talk to him and figure out when we can have a debate,” Vance said. “We really want to see the debates, see the moderators, talk a little bit about the rules.”
Vance continued: “I strongly suspect we’re going to be there on October 1st, but we’re not going to have one of these fake debates, Laura, where they don’t have an audience, where they don’t. Really set the parameters right where we can have a good exchange of ideas.” can.”
Vance also said he wanted to discuss it with Walls more than once.
“Hopefully we’re going to see him on October 1st, but I hope we’re going to see him sooner or later because I think it’s important to see the American people actually debate our ideas,” he told Ingraham.
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Since the date for the vice presidential debate was in the spring, CBS News first extended the invitation to both presidential campaigns. In May, President Biden’s campaign said his running mate at the time, Kamala Harris, was ready to face the Republican vice presidential nominee on either July 23 or August 13.
Former President Donald Trump He chose Vance As his companion on July 15, the first day of the Republican National Convention. His campaign soon began in August. The vice president declined to engage in a debate before the Democratic National Convention on the 19th, saying it would be premature to do so as Harris could end up being the Democratic nominee.
Mr. Biden Dropped out of the competition on July 21, weeks after his own poor showing in a debate with Trump. Harris quickly gathered the support he needed to replace him on the Democratic ticket and formally secured the nomination last week. He named Walls as his running mate, finalizing the vice presidential picks for both campaigns and beginning the momentum for the election in November.
Last week, Trump He said CBS News will cover the vice presidential debate, and Vance has “really stepped up” and is “doing a great job.” He also said he was willing to participate in three debates with Harris in September, hosted by Fox News, ABC News and NBC News. The Harris campaign had previously promised a debate, a Sept. 10 meeting on ABC.
This year is the first election cycle since 1988 in which the debates are not moderated by the Nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates. In 2022, the Republican National Committee Voted to ban GOP nominees From participating in the discussions held by the Commission, Mr. Organizers of two meetings between Biden and Trump in 2020 have accused them of bias.
Instead, television networks are left to negotiate dates and terms for debates directly with presidential campaigns. CNN reported in June that Mr. It held the first debate of the cycle between Biden and Trump, which began much earlier than in previous election years. CNN allowed other networks to host the debate on their airwaves, in keeping with the practice for debates moderated by the Commission.
