Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance has declared that he wants a “real” debate with Democrat opponent Tim Walz, rather than the “fake news media garbage” that is normally shoveled onto the American people.
Sen. Vance (R-OH) revealed he has reservations about how corporate media debates will play out before the critical November election.
Vance told Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Wednesday that CBS News had reached out to his team hours before.
In a statement, CBS said the network has offered the two running mates four dates: Sept. 17, Sept. 24, Oct. 1, and Oct. 8.
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“We want to actually look at the debates, look at the moderators, talk about the rules a little bit,” he said.
“I strongly suspect we’re going to be there on October the 1st, but we’re not going to do one of these fake debates where they don’t actually have an audience there, where they don’t actually set the parameters in a way where we can have a good exchange of ideas.
“In other words, we’re not going to