JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Vance calls ‘censorship’ real threat, criticises Harris for industrial-scale suppression

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: The only vice presidential debate in the history of the US Elections 2024 comes a month after the heated Presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. The debate was likely the final one of the 2024 presidential campaign, potentially giving it some additional weight ahead of the Nov. 5 election.

The pair will hit out against each other in a straight 90 minutes battle in televised debate hosted by CBS News in New York. It would be moderated by the network’s Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan. 

Reportedly, Vance is an experienced debater who could relish confrontation under the glare of the TV lights. On the contrary, Walz could lean on skills from his experience of being a public school teacher for 17 years.

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02 Oct 2024, 09:48:32 AM IST

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Rivals defend Donald Trump and Kamala Harris

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Republican Vance and Democrat Walz dug into policy at the US Vice Presidential debate. They, however avoided the bitter personal attacks that presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris exchanged during their Presidential debate in September.

02 Oct 2024, 09:23:15 AM IST

Walz Says He Misspoke About His Travel During Tiananmen Protests

US Vice Presidential hopeful Tim Walz said he “misspoke" about being in Hong Kong when the deadly Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 erupted, without directly clarifying his whereabouts on June 4 of that year.

“I got there that summer and misspoke on this," Walz said, during a televised debate Tuesday evening, after being pressed to explain the discrepancy. But the Minnesota governor, who at times looked nervous during the exchange with Republican JD Vance, followed up with a garbled response that muddied the timeline.

“So, I was in Hong Kong and China during the democracy protests went in," Walz said.

02 Oct 2024, 09:21:41 AM IST

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Kamala Harris’s running mate Tim Walz confuses Israel with Iran at the US Vice Presidential debate

Democrat and US Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz on Tuesday confused Israel with Iran in the first question at the US Vice Presidential debate hosted by CBS News in New York. Tim Walz, facing his Republican opponent JD Vance, appeared nervous and was at a loss for words when asked about whether he supported Israel's pre-emptive strike on Iran.

The Minnesota Governor's answers were lost in a string of ‘uhs’. “Iran, uhhh... Israel's ability to defend itself is fundamental," Walz replied to CBS News moderator Margaret Brennan’s question at the ‘America Decides’ debate.

02 Oct 2024, 08:43:15 AM IST

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Vance calls for change in closing statements, says ‘Whether you're rich or poor…’

"Whether you're rich or poor, you ought to be able to afford a nice meal for your family. That's gotten harder because of Kamala Harris' policies," he said.

"We need change. We need a new direction. We need a president who has already done this once before and did it well."

02 Oct 2024, 08:37:21 AM IST

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Vance calls ‘censorship’ real threat, criticises Harris for industrial-scale suppression

During the Vice Presidential debate, Vance said that the real threat to democracy is “the threat of censorship", including “big technology companies silencing their fellow citizens". He accused Harris of being engaged in censorship “at an industrial scale".

02 Oct 2024, 08:06:01 AM IST

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Walz criticises Trump’s leadership and immigration stance

Walz described Trump as an unstable leader who had prioritized billionaires and turned Vance's criticism on its head on the issue of immigration, attacking Trump for pressuring Republicans in Congress to abandon a bipartisan border security bill earlier this year.

"Most of us want to solve this," Walz said of immigration. "Donald Trump had four years to do this, and he promised you, Americans, how easy it will be."

02 Oct 2024, 07:42:51 AM IST

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Vance questions Harris on action for inflation, immigration, economy

Vance questioned why Harris had not done more to address inflation, immigration and the economy while serving in President Joe Biden's administration, mounting a consistent attack line that Trump often failed to deliver while debating Harris last month.

"If Kamala Harris has such great plans for how to address middle-class problems, then she ought to do them now - not when asking for promotion, but in the job the American people gave her 3-1/2 years ago," Vance said.

02 Oct 2024, 07:27:12 AM IST

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Vance accuses Democrats of 'radical pro-abortion' stance

Druing the debate, Vance has accused democrats of 'radical pro-abortion' stance. "We have a partial birth abortion ban in place in this country at the federal level. I don't think anybody's trying to get rid of that or at least I hope not, though I know that Democrats have taken a very radical pro-abortion stance," Vance said.

02 Oct 2024, 07:25:38 AM IST

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Tim Walz says Kamala Harris inherited Donald Trump’s failure on Covid

Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota criticised former President Donald Trump's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and said that Kamala Harris inherited Donald Trump’s failure on Covid, which he said “led to the collapse of our economy".

02 Oct 2024, 07:17:30 AM IST

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Walz accuses Vance of vilifying migrants

Democratic US vice presidential candidate Tim Walz accused his Republican rival J.D. Vance of seeking to "dehumanize" immigrants as the pair clashed in a live TV debate Tuesday. "By standing with Donald Trump and not working together to find a solution, (immigration) becomes a talking point," Walz said when the debate turned to tensions in Springfield, Ohio over migrants. "And when it becomes a talking point like this, we dehumanize and villainize other human beings," Walz said.

02 Oct 2024, 07:12:00 AM IST

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Vance blames Kamala Harris for 'historic immigration crisis', 'massive child separations

Vance has blamed Kamala Harris for 'historic immigration crisis', 'massive child separations

02 Oct 2024, 07:06:44 AM IST

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Vance says 'There are massive child separations due to Kamala Harris' open border.'

Vance says there are already massive child separations thanks to Kamala Harris’s open border, he accuses Harris of enabling Mexican drug cartels

02 Oct 2024, 06:58:05 AM IST

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Walz and Vance argue their running mates would reduce Middle East instability

Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday addressed the growing fears of a regional war in the Middle East and a natural disaster that has ravaged the southeastern U.S.

Walz, answering a question on whether he'd support a preemptive strike on Iran as it's launched missiles into Israel, quickly pivoted to painting Donald Trump as too dangerous for the country and the world in an unstable moment.

“What’s fundamental here is that steady leadership is going to matter," said Walz, the Democratic governor of Minnesota. "And the world saw it on that debate stage a few weeks ago, a nearly 80-year-old Donald Trump talking about crowd sizes is not what we need in this moment."

Vance, in his reply, argued that Trump is an intimidating figure whose presence on the international stage is its own deterrent.

“Donald Trump actually delivered stability," he said.

02 Oct 2024, 06:53:28 AM IST

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Opponents pressed on mass deportation 

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Vance was pressed on his proposal to mass deport immigrants. He was of the view that first deportations should be those with criminal histories and the country should go back to Trump's border policies.

02 Oct 2024, 06:50:28 AM IST

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: ‘Iran knows Donald Trump is fickle’ says Tim Waltz on Iranian nuclear power

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Iran knows Donald Trump is fickle, goes to whoever has more flattery: Tim Waltz answers to questions on Iran being closer to nuclear power

02 Oct 2024, 06:46:01 AM IST

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Mics to not be muted this time

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: During the US Presidential debate between Democrat Kamala Harris, and Republican Donald Trump, the mics of the ones who were not speaking, were muted. This time, CBS News has decided against the muting of microphones, say reports.

02 Oct 2024, 06:38:11 AM IST

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: The opponents take to the stage, do not shake hands 

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Tim Walz and JD Vance are on the stage at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City for the US Vice Presidential Debate. Reportedly, the pair did not shake hands as they both walked on stage.

02 Oct 2024, 06:35:22 AM IST

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Walz and Vance to meet in the first and only debate

JD Vance vs Tim Walz LIVE: Tim Walz and JD Vance will meet for their first and possibly only vice-presidential debate on Tuesday. This could also be the last debate for both campaigns to argue their case before the election.