5 takeaways from the Vance-Walz vice presidential debate: Economy, health care and defending past comments
Get the latest news on what happened in the vice presidential debate featuring Trump running-mate JD Vance and Harris running-mate Tim Walz.
Republican Sen. JD Vance and Democratic Gov. Tim Walz clashed Tuesday on everything from economic and gun policy to immigration and school shootings in the only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election.
The Ohio senator and Minnesota governor largely kept things cordial personally, even appearing chummy at times and saying they could work with each other. But they repeatedly attacked each other's running mate and defended their party policies and tickets.
The debate, hosted by CBS News in New York City, could be the last event featuring candidates from both campaigns, with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump not currently scheduled to debate again.
Here are five key takeaways from the debate.
It was immediately clear the two prominent politicians on stage were merely proxies for their running mates, using the questions as vehicles to attack their top-of-the-ticket rivals and on many occasions going out of their way not to personally attack each other.
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