One of these two men will become vice president at the end of the American election in November: the runners-up Kamala Harris and Donald Trump clashed on Tuesday over the Middle East crisis at the opening of the first and only debate, in New York.
“Donald Trump who is almost 80 years old, who talks about the size of the crowd (at his meetings) is not the person we need right now,” criticized the Democrat Tim Walz, a to the right of the American vice president in the race for the White House.
On the other hand, Senator JD Vance praised the leadership qualities of the former Republican president whom he supports, confirming that he “had brought stability to the world”.
– Main states –
Just three weeks after the tense television showdown between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, it’s the lieutenant’s chance to find themselves on a television set and expose their enemies.
For the two running mates, this is undoubtedly the most important moment of this ultra-tight campaign.
It is also an opportunity for everyone to fill a real awareness gap.
Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, was little known outside his state when Kamala Harris chose him to form the Democratic ticket.
In the case of JD Vance, an unusual senator with a populist anti-immigration discourse, he had very little political experience before Donald Trump offered to help him.
Even though it is generally accepted that the debates between the runners have a rather weak effect on the vote, this could be particularly important: Donald Trump after refusing to face Kamala Harris again, this oratorical contest could be the last of the country.
The face-off should be tough, with the aim of convincing undecided voters that one of the seven major contested states could be moved.
– At the antipodes –
There are twenty years between the two elected officials – Tim Walz 60, his rival 40.
They are polar opposites on the main issues of the November 5 election, from abortion to aid to Ukraine, from guns to energy priorities, from tax measures to the fight against inflation.
Tim Walz and JD Vance must fight for 90 minutes, including commercial breaks, with no audience other than the expected tens of millions of viewers. They may not bring written notes.
Unlike the two previous presidential debates, which pitted Donald Trump against Joe Biden and then Kamala Harris, the microphones will be open, allowing the enemies to cut each other off.
The billionaire Republican assured that the debate would be “settled” in favor of Tim Walz, whom he described as a “complete imbecile”.
JD Vance is “intelligent”, “hardworking”, “a fighter” who is not “afraid of the media”, praising the former president on Tuesday.
Joe Biden supported “coach” Walz, a former American football coach: “Tonight, America will see the strong leader (…) that I have known for years,” he wrote.
– “Person” –
Tim Walz, a former teacher from rural Nebraska, and JD Vance, who described his difficult childhood in America destroyed by deindustrialization in a best-selling book, have to contradict already indirect statements.
The Democrat was the first to describe the Trump-Vance tandem as “strange”, a phrase that gained popularity.
For his part, JD Vance, an anti-establishment elected official with a distinguished career in the military as well as in Silicon Valley, always denies the record of his rival governor. , seeing him as an example of a positive person. remained detached from reality.
JD Vance, a former staunch Trumpist who was highly critical of the former business mogul, is not as popular as Tim Walz in the polls.
The Ohio senator is one of the first Republican figures to offer the false theory that Haitian immigrants eat cats and dogs.
2024-10-02 01:39:57
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