Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz agreed to a debate against Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH). Walz accepted an invitation to a debate hosted by CBS News on October 1st in New York City. “Today, CBS News invited both vice-presidential candidates to participate in a debate in New York City,” the network announced. “We provided the campaigns with four dates as options: Sept. 17, Sept. 24, Oct. 1 and Oct. 8. We look forward to their responses and providing voters with an opportunity to hear directly from the vice-presidential candidates,” it added. An update from CBS News on invitations to the campaigns for a vice-presidential debate: pic.twitter.com/kof6mLhl4i — CBS News PR (@CBSNewsPress) August 14, 2024 “See you on October 1, JD,” Walz said. See you on October 1, JD. https://t.co/ssi0FdseN9 — Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) August 14, 2024 “Vance said during a Fox News interview Wednesday night that he planned to debate Walz, but did not commit to a specific date,” NBC News reports. “We’re certainly going to debate Tim Walz. We just heard about this thing three hours ago, so we’re going to talk to them and figure out when we can debate,” Vance told Laura Ingraham, the outlet noted. Per NBC News: CBS News said Wednesday that it had invited the two vice presidential candidates to debate and that it proposed four dates as options: Sept. 17, Sept. 24, Oct. 1 and Oct. 8. “We look forward to their responses,” the network said. A spokesperson for CBS News did not immediately respond to a request for comment about whether Vance had responded to the network. Trump said last week that his campaign had agreed to participate in a vice presidential debate on CBS News, adding that Vance “has really stepped up. He’s doing a fantastic job.” No debate date was specified. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have agreed to a Sept. 10 debate hosted by ABC News. The Ohio senator said he wants a “real debate” with Walz and not a “fake news media garbage debate.” “We want to actually look at the debates, look at the moderators, talk about the rules a little bit,” he said, according to Fox News. Tim Walz agrees to New York City VP debate with JD Vance… https://t.co/qyW1iMTGzF pic.twitter.com/aEPmDTSNc2 — EMPIRE REPORT (@EMPIREREPORTNY) August 15, 2024 Fox News reports: Vance said he believes there should be more than one debate between him and Walz so Americans can see a contrast between the two campaigns and Republicans’ vision for the country’s future. “I think it’s important for the American people to actually see us discuss our views. If you look at the way that we’ve run this campaign, Donald Trump and I are giving every media interview. We’re talking to every audience that we can get in front of because our vision is so clear,” he told Ingraham. “We don’t think that Americans who work hard and play by the rules should struggle to afford groceries. We don’t think our children should be killed by fentanyl, and we have a vision for how to implement public policies that are going to secure that border, cut down on the drugs, and bring the cost of everything from groceries to housing down to reasonable levels. Because we have that vision, we’re going to go anywhere and talk to anybody.”