{"id":109842,"date":"2024-10-03T08:20:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T01:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109842"},"modified":"2024-10-03T08:20:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T01:20:49","slug":"after-vance-walz-vp-debate-campaigns-fan-out-to-swing-states-election-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109842","title":{"rendered":"After Vance-Walz VP Debate, Campaigns Fan Out to Swing States: Election Live Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota traded the harsh lights of the debate stage for the more comfortable environment of a campaign bus tour on Wednesday through central Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The clash with Mr. Vance, after a day of buildup over <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/01\/us\/politics\/tim-walz-hong-kong-tiananmen.html\" title=\"\">an inaccurate anecdote he has told often about being in Hong Kong<\/a> when Chinese troops crushed pro-democracy dissidents in Tiananmen Square 35 years ago, highlighted a tendency to exaggerate his biography and speak imprecisely or inaccurately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">And on the biggest stage of his career, he was plainly an uneven surrogate. The version of the punchy Midwesterner who rocketed onto Ms. Harris\u2019s ticket in part by branding former President Donald J. Trump and Mr. Vance as \u201cweird\u201d on national television was rarely seen when confronted by two probing moderators and a slick opponent untroubled by <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/02\/us\/politics\/vance-walz-debate-analysis.html\" title=\"\">frequent twisting of the truth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">In fact, since Mr. Walz joined the ticket, the Harris campaign has almost entirely kept him off national television, negating what was seen as one of his greatest strengths.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-large css-hxpw2c e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\"><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-1g9ic6e ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">Heading into the debate on Tuesday night, polling showed that voters viewed Mr. Walz more favorably than they did Senator JD Vance of Ohio.<\/span><span class=\"css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Kenny Holston\/The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">That may be about to change, at least to some extent: In the coming days, Mr. Walz is expected to take part in two national interviews, including one with CBS News\u2019s \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d the nation\u2019s most popular television news program; make his late-night television debut as the vice-presidential nominee during a West Coast fund-raising trip; and appear on a prominent pop culture podcast, according to the campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">And on Wednesday, Mr. Walz did speak to reporters, seeking to clean up his comments about where he was during the Tiananmen crackdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cYeah, look, I have my dates wrong,\u201d he said in Harrisburg, Pa. \u201cIt was profound for me \u2014 that was the summer of democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cI speak like everybody else speaks. I need to be clearer,\u201d he acknowledged, before seeking to pivot. \u201cI do understand China a hell of a lot better than Donald Trump. Kamala Harris understands China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Off the debate stage, Mr. Walz has been a far more effective surrogate, at least in front of the audiences that see him. With his down-home dialect, fluency in rural issues and ability to package liberal-leaning views in the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/15\/us\/politics\/harris-walz-democrats-language.html\" title=\"\">language of common sense and patriotism<\/a>, Democrats see him as a walking permission structure for white working-class men in particular, who often view the Democratic Party as a bastion of coastal elitism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Heading into the debate, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ap.org\/news-highlights\/elections\/2024\/what-polls-show-about-tim-walz-and-jd-vance-before-tuesdays-vp-debate\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">polling<\/a> <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/28\/us\/politics\/walz-vance-vp-midwest-polls.html\" title=\"\">showed<\/a> that voters viewed Mr. Walz more favorably than they did Mr. Vance, whose past comments deriding \u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/27\/us\/politics\/jd-vance-trump.html\" title=\"\">childless cat ladies<\/a>\u201d rankled even <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/24\/us\/politics\/trump-harris-undecided-voters.html\" title=\"\">some fellow Republicans, especially women<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Mr. Walz has also given several interviews to local television stations in battleground states, an attempt to directly reach the voters who the Harris campaign believes will decide the election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Democrats have sought to downplay Mr. Walz\u2019s verbal stumbles, suggesting that voters were unlikely to care about the exact timing of a decades-old anecdote. They have also argued that his missteps are in a different universe from the conspiracy theories promoted by Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance, such as the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/10\/us\/politics\/trump-debate-immigrants-pets.html\" title=\"\">false and outlandish claim<\/a> that Haitian migrants are abducting and eating house pets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">In a spin-room interview before the debate, former Senator Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, noted <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/15\/us\/politics\/jd-vance-springfield-pets.html\" title=\"\">Mr. Vance\u2019s comment<\/a> that he was willing to \u201ccreate stories so that the American media actually pays attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cHe is running against two people, one of whom has bragged about creating stories to get attention, and the other one who lies like other people brush their teeth \u2014 I am not worried about Tim Walz\u2019s misstatements,\u201d Ms. McCaskill said. \u201cHas he said everything perfectly? No.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cHe\u2019s not perfect,\u201d she added. \u201cHe\u2019s relatable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Still, Mr. Walz <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/08\/21\/tim-walz-iui-ivf-military-rank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">has a history<\/a> of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/10\/us\/politics\/walz-guns-war-military.html\" title=\"\">misspeaking<\/a>, misstating facts and otherwise getting over his skis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">And that was evident onstage on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-large css-hxpw2c e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\"><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-1g9ic6e ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">A Harris-Walz watch party on Tuesday night in Philadelphia.<\/span><span class=\"css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Michelle Gustafson for The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">In perhaps <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/01\/us\/politics\/walz-debate-hong-kong-tiananmen-square.html\" title=\"\">his most uncomfortable moment<\/a>, he stumbled badly when asked why he had repeatedly misstated his whereabouts during Tiananmen. \u201cI will get caught up in the rhetoric,\u201d he offered, calling himself a \u201cknucklehead at times\u201d in an explanation that answered not a single question.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">When pressed on the discrepancy, Mr. Walz said he misspoke (though he seemed to muddle the timeline again <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/01\/us\/politics\/walz-debate-hong-kong-tiananmen-square.html\" title=\"\">immediately afterward<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The gaffe \u2014 and Mr. Walz\u2019s failure to craft a reasonable explanation \u2014 raised questions about the Harris campaign\u2019s vetting process and its readiness to deal with such inconsistencies in Mr. Walz\u2019s life story, including <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/10\/us\/politics\/walz-guns-war-military.html\" title=\"\">his false suggestion that he had carried a weapon \u201cin war\u201d<\/a> when he served in the National Guard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Two people briefed on the Harris campaign\u2019s vetting process, who insisted on anonymity to discuss the operation\u2019s internal workings, said that to their knowledge, the Tiananmen issue had not surfaced during a review of vice-presidential contenders that had to be rushed after President Biden dropped out of the race. The news of Mr. Walz\u2019s misstatements was earlier reported by <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/episode\/2024\/09\/30\/a-deeper-look-at-walzs-china-ties-ahead-of-tuesdays-debate\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Public Radio<\/a> and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/tim-walz-said-he-was-in-hong-kong-during-the-tiananmen-square-massacre-he-was-home-in-nebraska\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Washington Free Beacon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The Harris campaign declined to comment. It previously managed to defuse the controversy over Mr. Walz\u2019s military service to the point that Mr. Vance, who had frequently attacked the governor on the campaign trail, did not even mention it at the debate, a possible sign that the Tiananmen issue could also soon blow over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">After the debate, Jen O\u2019Malley Dillon, the Harris campaign chair, expressed confidence in Mr. Walz\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cGovernor Walz showed exactly why Vice President Harris picked him: He is a leader who cares about the issues that matter most to the American people,\u201d she wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The Trump campaign was quick to try to stir the pot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cKamala Harris probably wishes that she picked Josh Shapiro,\u201d said Jason Miller, a top campaign adviser to Mr. Trump, referring to the Democratic governor of Pennsylvania, an accomplished orator who was seen as the other leading candidate for Ms. Harris\u2019s ticket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Part of the difference on the debate stage may also have come down to preparation. Mr. Walz \u2014 a veteran politician who has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/30\/us\/politics\/tim-walz-debate-history.html\" title=\"\">participated in many debates<\/a> \u2014 has effectively been kept in Bubble Wrap from the national news media since joining the ticket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">He has generally stayed far away from the inquiring reporters who travel with him on the campaign trail and generally ignores their daily shouted questions. It is a marked contrast with his approach before joining the presidential ticket: As chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, he was highly accessible, and a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/minnesotareformer.com\/2023\/08\/10\/walz-hits-the-iowa-state-fair-for-biden\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ubiquitous surrogate<\/a> for Mr. Biden. His frequent television appearances this summer helped turned him from a little-known state official to a national name in liberal circles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Mr. Vance, for his part, regularly engages in back and forths with reporters in front of crowds at his campaign rallies, and often appears on cable news shows.<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"> <\/strong>It was easy to tell which candidate seemed more practiced at answering tough questions off the cuff under high pressure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Of course, Mr. Vance\u2019s frequent television appearances \u2014 during which he has made <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/29\/us\/politics\/trump-vance-relationship.html\" title=\"\">missteps<\/a> that have taken him out of line with some of Mr. Trump\u2019s policy positions \u2014 seem to have done little to improve his ratings with voters. And Mr. Walz performed creditably in interviews he gave to ABC and MSNBC after Ms. Harris\u2019s debate last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Win or lose, vice-presidential debates have almost never moved the polls. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/10\/02\/politico-snap-poll-division-debate-00182131\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Snap surveys<\/a> conducted on Tuesday night suggested that voters did not believe that either candidate had scored a decisive victory \u2014 unlike this year\u2019s presidential contests, in which Mr. Trump was widely seen as beating Mr. Biden and losing to Ms. Harris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">On Wednesday in Pennsylvania, Mr. Walz will campaign with someone who has proved how little debates can matter: Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. In 2022, Mr. Fetterman was widely seen as <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/26\/us\/politics\/fetterman-debate-pennsylvania-democrats.html\" title=\"\">bombing his debate performance<\/a> months after suffering a stroke. But he still strolled to an easy victory over Dr. Mehmet Oz, his Republican opponent, less than two weeks after Dr. Oz ran circles around him onstage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Democrats took the Fetterman example as evidence that Beltway perceptions of strong or weak debate performances are <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/26\/us\/politics\/oz-fetterman-debate-reaction.html\" title=\"\">not always shared by voters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">At the debate, Mr. Walz seemed to grow more comfortable as the night went on. He often came across as earnest, and many voters <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/vance-walz-debate-cbs-10-01-24#cm1rcw7jq000a3b6ogra8gqu8\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">found him likable.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">He also scored some points, as when he <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"#vance-jan-6-debate\" title=\"\">cornered Mr. Vance<\/a> into refusing to answer a question about whether Mr. Trump lost the 2020 election. \u201cThat is a damning non-answer,\u201d Mr. Walz replied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The Harris campaign quickly turned the moment <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ax0KIhHFnaE\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">into a digital ad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-1smqmx3 etfikam0\">Reporting was contributed by <!-- -->Kellen Browning<!-- -->, <!-- -->Jazmine Ulloa<!-- -->, <!-- -->Katie Rogers<!-- -->, <!-- -->Reid J. 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