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Final (?) Debate thread before the election in 35 days.

Debate begins at 9 PM Eastern, 6 PM Pacific and runs 90 minutes.

Vice Presidential debates are always tricky since nobody has voted for Vice President in living memory.

Expect Vance to attack Walz on his military service.

Expect Walz to attack Vance on the whole "immigrants eating cats and dogs" thing.

Expect Vance to attack Walz on being an assistant coach, at best.

Expect Walz to roll out "Weird!" at least once.

CBS has announced the burden of fact checking will be on the candidates themselves.

https://apnews.com/article/cbs-debate-vice-president-fact-check-7a3b31c98ab092dd44915df57a359d10

How to watch here:

https://apnews.com/article/cbs-debate-vice-president-fact-check-7a3b31c98ab092dd44915df57a359d10

"How can you watch the VP debate on cable? 

CBS will air debate coverage starting at 8 p.m. ET on CBS broadcast stations and affiliates. Find your local station here.

How can you stream the VP debate without cable? 

The debate can be streamed on the free CBS News app on your connected TV or smartphone, on Paramount+, and all platforms where CBS News 24/7 is available, including CBSNews.com and YouTube. 

Debate coverage on CBS News 24/7 begins at 4 p.m. ET."

Edit Impressive how a debate can go when one participant doesn't have mental health issues! Thanks for coming everybody!

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. Walz gave good answers about 90% of the time but definite dodged a few. Vance, otoh, made shit up constantly and harped on fear topics. Always about the border, blaming Harris for policy she wasn’t responsible for, and offering up an economy that the republicans have zero plans to create.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

This clown just going to pretend he’s a democrat for this answer?

[–] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 4 points 2 months ago

ok JD we get it your kids are beautiful

[–] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 4 points 2 months ago

housing is up 60%?!?

[–] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 4 points 2 months ago

folks folks folks

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think they're both full of shit about the ACA. Vance delivered lies and a nothing burger of a proposal. Walz said the system works. Pre and post trump it never worked. When it was mandatory, I was on the benefits cliff and couldn't afford the awful insurance that covered nothing (that also had an enormous deductible). I missed rent because of my state mandated health insurance. When trump made it voluntary, I had more money in my pocket and I still couldn't afford healthcare.

The ACA is fucked and needs to be replaced with a real socialized health system. Health insurance is corrupt and contrary to healthcare on a fundamental level. It should be abolished and outlawed.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Vance has only been speaking for a few minutes and it already looks like he has robot hands.

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[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Walz suddenly appears in the followup.

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

That was a weirdly meandering non-answer.

[–] Dreamless4561@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)
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[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Is that what he thinks trump is saying or is that what he knows his running mate his saying?

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

I need Vance’s makeup artist

But seriously , why is he dodging the question?

[–] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There is this face that Vance makes while Walz is talking where he looks at the camera and sort of rolls his eyes.

Idk why but it's kind of funny to me

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's really annoying that JD had a valid point about economic experts being wrong about pushing neoliberalism. That really weakened Walz'es otherwise great point that we should be listening to the experts about climate change and allowed the couchfucker to push the "follow common sense" bullshit.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Fuck off. It’s not about wanting families. Your policies turn women into walking coffins!

e: not even one woman anywhere, ever, should have to endure that, if it’s at all preventable. For anyone who doesn’t know, this can easily fall short of all legal exceptions for weeks, because the mother’s life isn’t actually in danger at first – though her sanity is, and it’s inexcusably barbaric.

[–] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago
[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It's pretty freaking hilarious that Vance is already planning to be in the "spin room" after the debate.

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[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Walz answer was really good.

[–] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Walz is stumbling early on a bit

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[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

You mean like the fucking bill Trump killed!? Ok i am done. I’ve seen enough

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