Politico August 15, 2024
THE CATCH-UP
IT’S OFFICIAL — JD VANCE agreed this morning to a CBS-hosted debate with TIM WALZ on Oct. 1. “The American people deserve as many debates as possible, which is why President [DONALD] TRUMP has challenged KAMALA [HARRIS] to three of them already.” Vance wrote in a post on X this morning, also proposing a second VP debate on Sept. 18 with CNN.
But in a statement, the Harris-Walz campaign committed to just the Oct. 1 VP debate, while also suggesting they are ready to commit to a second presidential debate: “The debate about debates is over,” campaign comms director MICHAEL TYLER wrote: “Assuming Donald Trump actually shows up on September 10 to debate Vice President Harris, then Governor...