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Oct 2024
27m 59s

The Walz-Vance Debate: Civility and Then...

The New York Times
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Just three weeks after Kamala Harris and Donald J. Trump engaged in a fiery and often hostile presidential debate, their running mates, Tim Walz and JD Vance, met for their own face-off — and struck a very different chord.

Reid J. Epstein, a politics reporter for The Times, explains why this debate was so different and what it could mean for the race.

Guest: Reid J. Epstein, a politics reporter for The New York Times.

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