J.D. Vance deflects on debate with Tim Walz and decries no 'fake news media garbage'

Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance skirted questions from Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on whether he will “be there” for an Oct. 1 debate with Walz.

“I strongly suspect we're going to be there on October 1, but we’re not going to do one of these fake debates, Laura, where they don't actually have an audience there,” Vance said. “We’re not going to walk into a fake news media garbage debate.”

Vances’ response comes after Walz posted to social media"See you on October 1, JD,” on X Wednesday afternoon. The debate is scheduled to air on CBS. Since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race following a disastrous debate performance in June, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Vance have been dodgy in committing to a debate with Democrats. Trump has, however, agreed to a September debate with Harris on ABC News.

During her show, Ingraham tried to pin down a slippery Vance on the topic.

"Senator, are you in?” she asked.

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“Look, Laura, we're certainly going to debate Tim Walz,” Vance said before deflecting. “We just heard about this thing three hours ago, so we are going to talk to them to figure out when we can debate.”

He continued: “I actually think we should do more than one debate so hopefully we're going to see him on October 1, but hopefully we're going to see him either before or after that, because I think it's important for the American people to actually see us discuss our views.”

Ingraham pressed Vance again.

"Senator, is there any doubt you will not be there on October 1 to debate Walz?” she asked.

“Look, Laura, we want to actually look at the debates, look at the moderators, talk about the rules a little bit,” he said.

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