Vice Presidential Debate

The vice presidential debate between Republican Vance and Democrat Walz took place on Tuesday, October 1st. The two vice presidential candidates started off and ended the night with a firm handshake, as the commercial break came to close they were seen smiling at each other as they showed gratitude to the American people for tuning in their debate. 

Unlike the presidential debate earlier this year, the two men spent 90 minutes attacking each other’s running mate, instead of each other on the CBS News stage in New York. 

Vance repeatedly criticized Vice President Kamala Harris’ administrational politics and records, particularly immigration and economy. While Walz attacked his opponents running mate, Former President Donald Trump, by calling him out on his position on abortion and the attack at Jan 6 in the capitol.

They tried to share highlighted areas where they both agreed on the topic. When gun violence came to the stand, Walz shared about his son’s witness to a shooting. 

"First of all, I didn't know your 17-year-old witnessed a shooting and I'm sorry about that," Vance said, Walz followed that with a gratitude to his opponent’s comment. 

Now onto health care. 

Vance shared some insights about Former President Trump’s plan to replace affordable health care and how its change would protect even people with coexisting conditions.

"We have current laws and regulations to protect people with preexisting conditions and want to keep the regulations in place and help the insurance marketplace function a little better,"

Walz was asked about Harris’ plan on building 3 million new homes, he claimed that the new homes would only increase the generational wealth for all. He was also asked if the congress would agree on her proposal about the enhancement in the child tax credit. He said that both housing and child tax were one of the biggest burdens on families that live here in America. 

Among the devastation of hurricane Hellene, both presidential candidates were asked their opinions about climate change and if it's contributing to the extreme weather events. Vance answered with a skepticism of “weird science” behind climate change while Walz expressed his opinion on how climate change is “real”.

Although Vance quickly followed, "We've got to do a much better job at earning the American people's trust back on this issue, where they frankly just don't trust us and I think that's one of the things that Donald Trump and I are endeavoring to do," he said. Vance admitted "Because I've always been open and sometimes, of course, I've disagreed with the president, but I've also been extremely open about the fact that I was wrong about Donald Trump," He blames the media for its coverage on trump.

The two candidates talked more about immigration and statements about the recent topic about Springfeild, Ohio. "The people that I'm most worried about in Springfield, Ohio, are the American citizens who have had their lives destroyed by Kamala Harris's open border," Vance said. Vance went back and forth with the CBS News moderator and Walz when the moderator called out how the immigrants in Springfield were there legally. 

The moderators announced that they will move on to the next topic before muting both candidates' microphones.