Open Thread UPDATED: KC Watches Walz Vs Vance Deuce Debate

Sorry but we have to start this one with a real talk hint . . .

NOBODY VOTES FOR VICE PREZ!!!

And so . . .

This debate is only significant inasmuch as it'll supply social media trolls more ammo for memes. 

Here's a preview and more reporting . .  . 

The pair – who have had sharp words for each other at a distance – will engage in verbal combat in close quarters at a CBS-hosted event in New York, with the stakes raised by polling evidence that shows the contest between the two presidential nominees, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, poised on a knife edge.

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How the VP debate rules will work for the Walz-Vance 2024 showdown

Here are the rules of the CBS News vice presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz.

The attack dog and the folk hero: Vance and Walz gear up for debate showdown

The pair, who have had sharp words for each other at a distance, will debate in close quarters at CBS event Tuesday

How the VP debate rules will work for the Walz-Vance 2024 showdown

Here are the rules of the CBS News vice presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz.

UPDATED WITH AFTERMATH REPORTING AND NEWS LINKS . . . .

All of the best and worst moments of the Vance-Walz debate, as they happened

JD Vance and Tim Walz meet tonight for the vice presidential debate on CBS News. Join Times columnists for live updates.

VP Debate: Vance Argues Censorship Is 'Threat To Democracy'

Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) contended during the vice presidential debate on Thursday that censorship poses a "threat to democracy" and his Democratic Party rivals do not want to discuss it. CBS News journalist Nora O'Donnell, a moderator in the debate, asked Vance if he would seek to challenge the results of the 2024 election after ...

Walz on Tiananmen Square screwup: 'I'm a knucklehead at times'

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), pressed at the vice presidential debate on false statements he made in which he said he was present during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, said: "I'm a knucklehead at times." Walz was pushed to reconcile public statements he made saying he was at the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in...

Fact checking VP debate claims from Walz and Vance's 2024 showdown

CBS News is fact checking the biggest claims made by Tim Walz and JD Vance during the vice presidential debate.

JD Vance reminds CBS moderators of debate rules after they try to fact-check him

JD Vance confronted the CBS News moderators who attempted to fact-check him on a question about immigration during the vice presidential debate on Tuesday.

JD Vance's mic gets cut while talking about Springfield at VP debate

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance said "Kamala Harris' open border" has "destroyed" the lives of American citizens in Springfield, Ohio, before having his mic cut by debate moderators.

5 takeaways from the Vance-Walz VP debate

Ohio Sen. JD Vance (R) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) met face to face in New York on Tuesday in the first and likely only vice-presidential debate of the election cycle, a high-stakes moment that...

Vance Dominates Walz in a Shockingly Substantive and Polite Debate | National Review

The final debate of the 2024 campaign season is done, and perhaps the biggest surprise of all is that it was worth waiting for.

Walz stops for pizza after contentious New York City debate against JD Vance

Tim Walz, following the vice presidential debate between himself and JD Vance, stopped for pizza in New York City after their contentious face-off. This relatable moment, and the lack of live fact-checking of JD Vance, are discussed by MSNBC hosts Rachel Maddow, Symone D. Sanders Townsend and Nicolle Wallace.

Who won Vance-Walz debate?

The first and only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election has come to a close between Vance and Walz, and political experts joined NewsNation to discuss.

And that's the big question . . .

BLOGGY LATE NIGHT & EARLY MORNING TKC READERS: WHO WON & WHY?!?

If we get any worthy responses . . . We'll re-post for the morning/high-noon UPDATE . . .

You decide . . . . . .