Big Moments from the Walz-Vance Vice Presidential Debate • Nebraska Test
On Tuesday, in the first and only debate before Election Day, the vice presidential candidates outlined vastly different visions for the country and traded barbs at each other over their qualifications.
Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. Vance, who is running with former President Donald Trump, and Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, both insisted on following the rehearsed , scripted speeches to answer many questions, even though they deviated from expectations.
Here are 10 telling moments vice presidential debatehosted by “CBS Nightly News” anchor Norah O’Donnell and “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan from CBS Studios in New York:
Vance said of his past negative comments about Trump: “When you screw up, when you say something wrong, when you do something wrong and you change your mind, you should be honest with the American people and tell them.” Margaret , and that’s one of the reasons why I do so many interviews, because I think it’s important to really explain to the American people how I feel about these issues and what’s changed.
“I’ve been very consistent in my view that there are a lot of things we could have done better in the first round of the Trump administration if Congress had done its job.”
Walz on bipartisan immigration bills and threats against Haitian immigrants: “If we don’t let Donald Trump continue to make this an issue, we can come together to fix it. In Springfield (Ohio) , the consequence was that the governor had to dispatch state law enforcement to escort kindergarten students to school.
Vance on the legislative branch: “Congress is not just a high-level debate society. It’s not just a forum for senators and congressmen to complain about issues. It’s a forum for governance. So there are a lot of things on the border, like on tariffs, that I think if We can do more if the Republican Congress and the Democrats in Congress do a better job of running the country.
Walz said of access to fertility treatments: “Infertility treatments are the reason I have children. That’s no one else’s business.
Vance said of reproductive rights: “I hope that we as a Republican can truly support families. I hope we support fertility treatments. I hope we make it easier for moms to afford having children. I hope we make it more affordable for young families.” Easily afford a home so they can afford to raise a family. I think there’s a lot we can do in public policy to give women more choices.
Walz on trade and tariffs: “Look, I’m a union member on this. I’m not a guy who wants to ship stuff overseas. But I understand, look, we produce soybeans and corn; we need to have fair trade Partner. This is what we believe. I think what worries me the most is that Donald Trump has the largest trade deficit with China in the history of the United States.
“You’re not going to put a 900-page bill on the debate stage,” Vance said of the national health care policy debate. “It would bore everyone to tears and really make no sense because part of it is Concessions negotiated by the two parties.
Walz has previously said he was in China during the Tiananmen Square massacre: “I’m a fool sometimes.”
Vance said of the housing shortage: “What Donald Trump is saying is we have a lot of federal lands that are not being used for anything, they are not being used for national parks… They could be places where we build a lot of housing.” housing. I do think we should open up construction in this country.
Walz said of the peaceful transition of power after the election: “So America, I think you have a very clear choice in this election about who is going to respect democracy and who is going to respect Donald Trump.”
