The Harris campaign issued a statement after tonight’s debate, praising Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz’s performance.
"Tonight, Governor Walz showed exactly why Vice President Harris picked him: he is a leader who cares about the issues that matter most to the American people,” Harris–Walz campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said in the statement.
“On every single issue—the economy, health care, foreign policy, reproductive freedom, gun violence—Governor Walz won.”
Former President Donald Trump gave a glowing review of his running mate’s debate performance on Tuesday night.
“JD crushed it!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform after the event in New York City.
He quickly followed up with another post that read, in all caps: “Great job JD—We will make America great again!”
According to a picture posted on X by BBC China correspondent Stephen McDonell, censors in China cut the broadcast of the vice presidential debate.
McDonell speculated that it was cut because Democratic nominee Tim Walz was asked about his claim that he was in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
The massacre, during which the Chinese Communist Party violently suppressed unarmed student protesters with tanks, is a heavily censored topic in China.
President Joe Biden praised Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's performance tonight shortly after the debate ended.
“Trust me, I know what a good vice president looks like,” Biden wrote on X. “Tonight’s debate made it clear my friend @Tim_Walz has what it takes.”
Biden posted a link for Harris campaign’s fundraising page, asking voters to join him in “getting the Harris–Walz team across the finish line.”
Following the debate, GOP vice presidential nominee Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz shook hands as their wives, Usha Vance and Gwen Walz, joined them onstage.
The two couples then went to the CBS moderators’ table to shake hands with Margaret Brennan and Norah O’Donnell.
In his closing statement, GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance brought up energy costs, which weren't discussed, but were an issue he dealt with while growing up.
“I believe, as a person who wants to be your next vice president, that we are a rich and prosperous enough country where every American, whether they're rich or poor, ought to be able to turn on their heat in the middle of a cold winter night,” he said.
“That's gotten more difficult, thanks to Kamala Harris's energy policies.”
Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said in his closing message that he is hopeful for the future of America, and has “optimism that there can be an opportunity economy that works for everyone.”
“Kamala Harris is bringing us a new way forward. She's bringing us a politics of joy,” he said.
Walz also touted the range of endorsements garnered by Harris, from pop stars to former Republicans.
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) said in response to a question about the 2020 election that censorship is the real “threat to democracy.”
When asked about the certification of the 2020 election results, which Vance has opposed in previous interviews, Vance said that he and former President Donald Trump are “focused on the future.”
“Remember, he said on January 6 that protesters ought to protest peacefully. And on January 20, what happened? Joe Biden became the president. Donald Trump left the White House,” Vance said, referencing Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021, call for protesters to go to the Capitol and protest “peacefully and patriotically.”
Both vice presidential candidates agreed that the federal government could improve its family leave policies.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz noted that his state has already approved a program to provide paid family leave.
“I had to go back to work five days after my kids were born. This allows you a certain amount of time,” Walz said of the new law.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz outlined Vice President Kamala Harris's plans to restore housing affordability, such as constructing 3 million new homes, cutting red tape, and offering $25,000 downpayment assistance for first-time homebuyers.
He called these solutions long-term investments that will help create lower inflation rates.
"Here's what we know: people with stable housing end up with stable jobs. People with stable housing have their kids able to get to school," Walz said. "All of those things, in the long run, end up saving our money. And that's the thing that I think we should be able to find some common ground in."
Former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he would veto, and “not support a federal abortion ban, under any circumstances.”
The post was made in response to a CBS moderator questioning Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) about Trump’s abortion stance during the vice presidential debate.
The former president said the issue should be left up to the states to decide, and that he supports three major abortion exceptions "for rape, incest, and the life of the mother."
Sen. JD Vance, the GOP vice presidential nominee, said that when it comes to gun violence, schools need to increase their security, such as making doors and windows stronger and increasing the number of school resource officers.
“Because the idea that we can magically wave a wand and take guns out of the hands of bad guys, it just doesn't fit with recent experience,” he said.
Gov. Tim Walz, the Democrat vice presidential nominee, said his 17-year-old son, Gus, was 7 at the time of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting.
Sen. JD Vance pushed back on the idea of a national abortion ban and told viewers that his party needs to do more to earn Americans’ trust on the issue.
He described himself as a Republican “who proudly wants to protect innocent life in this country.”
Vance added that he wants the party to be “pro-family in the fullest sense,” adding that he wants to make it more affordable for young families to buy homes and have babies.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was pressed by moderators about previous claims that he was in Hong Kong at the time of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in China in 1989. Those claims were discovered to be false by The Washington Free Beacon, which found Walz was in Nebraska at the time Chinese communist troops slaughtered an unknown number of student protestors.
Walz said that he misspoke, and added that he was at times a "knucklehead," and "got caught up in the rhetoric" when he made the claim.
Walz did visit China during that summer and says he supported the student pro-democracy movement there.
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz outlined their respective campaigns' economic policies.
The Republican vice presidential candidate said former President Donald Trump delivered on his economic agenda, giving Americans higher take-home pay, lower gasoline prices, and low inflation.
According to Vance, another Trump term would return the U.S. economy "to that common sense wisdom so that you live the American Dream again."
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), when asked how to tackle climate issues, recommended a shift away from using foreign-sourced energy and a return to producing “as much energy as possible in the United States of America.”
Vance decried the lack of investment in nuclear energy, and called for more investment in American natural gas initiatives.
He said the United States should rely on locally sourced solar panels and materials rather than those manufactured in China.
CBS debate moderator Margaret Brennan fact checked Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) despite her vow at the start of Tuesday’s vice presidential debate to leave the fact checking to the candidates.
“Just to clarify for our viewers, Springfield, Ohio, does have a large number of Haitian migrants who have legal status—temporary protected status,” Brennan said after Vance noted that the city’s schools and hospitals are currently “overwhelmed” by illegal immigrants.
Vance interjected to note that it was a breach of the debate’s rules.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, brought up the case of Springfield, Ohio, which has become a flashpoint regarding the issue of mass migration. The city now has a large Haitian migrant community.
Walz said law enforcement is having to accompany migrant children to kindergarten because of the threats the community is facing.
“I believe Senator Vance wants to solve this, but by standing with Donald Trump and not working against it becomes a talking point, and when it becomes a talking point like this, we dehumanize and villainize other needs,” he said.
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) responded to a question about the mass deportations of illegal immigrants proposed by his running mate, former President Donald Trump, saying that the first focus should be on deporting those who have committed a crime, in addition to crossing the border illegally.
“So we've got 20, 25 million illegal aliens who are here in the country,” Vance said. “What do we do with them? I think the first thing that we do is we start with the criminal migrants," Vance said.
“About a million of those people have committed some form of crime in addition to crossing the border illegally. I think you start with deportations on those folks.”
Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz noted that former President Donald Trump ended the United States’ deal with Iran to impose checks on the country’s nuclear program.
That decision, the governor said, brought Iran “closer to a nuclear weapon than they were before.”
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance said the blame should be laid at the feet of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) began the vice presidential debate by providing some personal information.
“I want to answer the question, but I want to actually give an introduction to myself real quick,” Vance said in response to a question on whether he’d support Israel to carry out a preemptive strike on Iran.
“I was raised in a working class family,” said Vance, the author of “Hillbilly Elegy.”
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democrat vice presidential nominee, and GOP nominee Ohio Sen. JD Vance, shook hands as the vice presidential debate got underway in New York City on Tuesday.
The first question was about the Middle East and whether the candidates support or oppose Israel conducting a preemptive strike on Iran.
Walz did not say whether he would support a preemptive strike. He called for the hostages to be returned, for the humanitarian situation in Gaza to be resolved, and for standing with Israel after it was attacked by Iranian missiles.
Former President Donald Trump told his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), to have fun at the vice presidential debate on Tuesday night.
Campaigning in Milwaukee, the former president was asked what advice he’d given Vance before his debate with Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
“I said, ‘JD, have a lot of fun,'” Trump said.
CBS News is hosting tonight’s showdown between the two vice presidential candidates, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Viewers can see the 90-minute debates on the CBS broadcast network, all platforms and streaming services that carry Paramount+ and CBS News 24/7, CSPAN, and on NTD, The Epoch Times’ sister media outlet.
Network “Evening News” anchor Norah O’Donnell and “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan will moderate the debate from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City. It will have two four-minute commercial breaks.
The two vice presidential nominees—Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Democrat Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz—will face each other in a debate on Oct. 1, one month out from the 2024 election.
Debate host CBS News announced on Aug. 15 that after proposing four dates for the matchup—Sept. 17, Sept. 24, Oct. 1, and Oct. 8—the Harris–Walz campaign quickly agreed to the third.
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) are set to face off for their vice presidential debate on Oct. 1 in New York City, which will mark the final televised debate of this election cycle.
The match-up between Vance and Walz falls just over a month out from Election Day, while early voting has already kicked off in several states.
Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and Democrat Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will meet on Oct. 1 for their only scheduled vice presidential debate, which some expect will be a feisty exchange between the seasoned debaters.
The pair began wrangling before the debate was even scheduled. “I can’t wait to debate the guy—that is, if he’s willing to get off the couch and show up,” Walz said in his debut as the Democratic Party vice presidential candidate on Aug. 6.
Vice presidential nominees Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will take the stage in New York City on Oct. 1 for the only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle, moderated by CBS News’s Margaret Brennan and Norah O'Donnell.
Brennan, the anchor of “Face the Nation,” and O'Donnell, the anchor of the “CBS Evening News,” will be the first female duo to moderate a vice presidential debate.
O'Donnell has been with CBS News since 2011. She was with NBC News between 1999 and 2011 where she served in multiple correspondent and anchor roles.
On Oct. 1, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will face off in the final debate of the 2024 presidential season.
Vice presidential debates are a relatively new phenomenon in American politics: the first took place in 1976—16 years after the first televised presidential debate.
Although public focus tends to center on the presidential candidates, past VP faceoffs have produced some noteworthy exchanges, including some still discussed today.
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Democrat Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the two vice presidential nominees, are set to debate on CBS News on Oct. 1.
With fewer than 40 days to go before Election Day, voters may wonder if vice presidential debates really matter in moving the needle when it comes to the election—and if so, how.
The debate will be the only showdown between the two candidates this year, as is typical for vice presidential nominees.