The Democrat Walz, at times stumbling over his words, laid out his defense for Harris' housing plan, which includes tax incentives to spur more home construction and a $25,000 federal down payment credit for first-time buyers. He also repeatedly took aim at investor homebuyers, blaming them for driving up the cost of housing.
The 2024 vice presidential nominees, Republican JD Vance​​ and Democrat Tim Walz,​​ sparred​ over a wide range of issues in the VP debate, hosted by CBS News.
Trump took to Truth Social to criticize the unsealing of a 165-page document from special counsel Jack Smith as a DOJ ‘hit job,’ while Harris discussed federal support for Georgia in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
Four years ago, 57 million tuned in to the only vice presidential debate of the 2020 election cycle between Harris and then-Vice President Mike Pence. In 2008, a record 69.9 million watched Joe Biden and Sarah Palin face off on television in the most-watched VP debate, according to Nielsen.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump praised their respective running mates -- Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance -- as their campaigns worked to spin how well they performed at Tuesday night's vice-presidential debate.
JD Vance is focused on next month’s election. But the vice-presidential debate went a long way toward building his brand for a potential 2028 run.
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Republican Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance squared off Tuesday in the only vice presidential debate and, unsurprisingly, they were miles apart when it came to abortion and immigration policy.
Comedian Roy Wood Jr. spots a celebrity look-alike at the VP debate. Watch CNN’s new comedy quiz show, “Have I Got News For You,” Saturdays at 9pm ET/PT.
Harris and Trump debated each other last month in Philadelphia, a faceoff that Harris was widely regarded as having won. Harris has been pushing Trump to agree to another debate later this month, but so far, he has been reluctant to commit to a rematch.
He’s got an answer for everything,” Walz says about JD Vance (Bowen Yang) at one point. Vance smiles and earnestly replies, “Thank you. That’s quite kind.” Later, the sketch mocked Walz’s debate flub about him claiming to have been in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre.