Recapping The 2024 Vice Presidential Debate

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🗓️ 2 October 2024

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We're breaking down what happened in New York City last night on the vice-presidential debate stage. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz faced off against Ohio Sen. JD Vance.

Stakes last night were high. It was likely the last debate before Election Day, which is just a month away. Early voting has already begun in many places. According to a New York Times/Siena College poll released on Saturday, the race remains extraordinarily close in key battleground states.

So, let's get into what happened and what it means for the presidential election.

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0:00.0	J.D. Vance and Tim Walls had their first and only debate on Tuesday.
0:04.8	What happened? The NPR Politics Podcast has you covered with all the news and
0:09.3	analysis from the Vice Presidential debate. Listen to the NPR Politics Podcast wherever you get your podcast. Today on the show we're breaking down what happened in New York City yesterday on
0:31.0	the vice presidential debate stage.
0:33.0	Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz faced off against Ohio Republican Senator J.D. Vance.
0:38.8	There was some tension, especially around the topic of January 6th.
0:42.8	I think there's a lot of agreement,
0:44.3	but this is one that we are miles apart on.
0:46.9	This was a threat to our democracy
0:48.7	in a way that we had not seen.
0:50.7	And it manifested itself because of Donald Trump's inability to say he is still saying he didn't lose the election.
0:56.4	I would just have that.
0:57.4	Did he lose the 2020 election?
0:59.6	Tim, I'm focused on the future.
1:01.6	Did Kamala Harris censor Americans
1:03.9	from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020 COVID situation?
1:08.4	That is a damning, that is a damning non-answer.
1:10.6	Has she, it's a damning non- answer for you to not talk about censorship.
1:14.0	Obviously Donald Trump and I think that there were problems in 2020.
1:17.2	We've talked about it.
1:18.2	I'm happy to talk about it further, but you guys attack us for not believing in democracy,
1:23.8	the most sacred right under the United States democracy
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