The highly anticipated first vice presidential debate, hosted by CBS, kicks off at 9pm ET on Tuesday in New York City.
The showdown between Republican Sen. JD Vance and Democratic Gov. Tim Walz is in the balance with just 35 days until the election.
CBS Evening News host Norah O’Donnell and Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan will moderate the event.
The conversation could get colorful, as it was Vance who first claimed that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio were eating residents’ pets.
Both candidates have a lot to prove to American voters when they step into the spotlight — and will try to dispel the idea that they aren’t completely “weird.”
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Vice President Debate Bingo: Fill in your card for JD Vance vs. Tim Walz
Tonight is the one and only debate between vice presidential candidates: Democratic Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz and Republican Senator from Ohio JD Vance.
The two men will meet at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York.
The debate will be moderated by CBS Evening News host Norah O’Donnell and Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan.
The conversation could get colorful, as it was Vance who first claimed that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio were eating residents’ pets.
Former President Donald Trump created the most viral moment during last month’s debate in Philadelphia against Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris when he brought up the Springfield conspiracy theory.
Trump does not cede the spotlight to his running mate and answers questions from the press before the VP debate
Former President Donald Trump isn’t ready to grab the popcorn for the vice presidential debate. He answered questions about Israel and Ukraine after speaking for nearly an hour in Milwaukee on Tuesday evening.
He previously spoke for over an hour in Waunakee.
He said Iran’s attack on Israel was caused by a “disrespect” for the US. And he claimed that if he were still in office, Iran would have built economic ties with Israel. “I think everyone, including Iran, would have joined the Abraham Accords,” Trump said.
Walz gives a thumbs up ahead of the long-awaited debate
Tonight Tim Walz debates JD Vance. But how on earth can we trust a single word he says? Read our damning audit of all his misleading statements – and even outright lies
In a notable moment during the Democratic National Convention in August, sixteen former members of the Mankato West High School football team took the stage in tribute to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
Finally, Vice President Kamala Harris told the cheering crowd that he was their “coach.”
Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota went even further, stating, “In Minnesota, we trust a coach who turned a team that was 0-27 into state champions.”
The Americans watching might have gotten the distinct impression that Walz was the man behind the team’s underdog triumph.
In fact, the head coach of the all-conquering team known as the ‘Scarlets’ was a man named Rick Sutton.
Walz, a social studies teacher by day, was just one of several assistant coaches under Sutton, working primarily with the defensive players.
For his part, Sutton has expressed no ill will for Walz to get the nod on the national stage. But he also left no doubt about who was really in charge.
“Tim was very good at selling his position and accepting a different direction,” Sutton said in August. “But at some point someone has to make that decision, and that’s going to be the head coach.”
Read more from Nick Allen of DailyMail.com:
Exclusive:Voters think JD Vance is weirder than Tim Walz, but only just as the two VP candidates prepare for a debate
Republican J.D. Vance and Democrat Tim Walz will meet Tuesday in their only vice-presidential debate of the 2024 election, and both have a point to prove: that they’re not completely weird.
Walz may have first used the term to write off the entire Republican ticket, but a JL Partners/DailyMail.com poll of voters shows he also has work to do.
When a thousand likely voters were asked earlier this month who was the weirder of the two candidates, about 40 percent chose 40-year-old Senator Vance.
More than a third, 35 percent, nominated Walz, the 60-year-old governor of Minnesota.
But in an election that will go down to the wire, decided by the narrowest of margins, there are signs that there is everything to play for when the two running mates take the stage in New York on Tuesday night.
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