House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) announced Sunday that his Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. J.D. ), he said, adding that he hopes that the company will hold them accountable. Tuesday's discussion stage.
Emmer, who played the role of Waltz in preparation for the debate with Vance, said in an interview with Martha Raddatz on ABC News' “This Week” that he is more likely to be in Ohio on the issue than Walz, who will be in the debate. He said he thinks the senator has an advantage.
“He's going to do a great job,” Emmer said of Vance in an interview. “I'm telling you, Martha, he has his side of the problem. He can talk about the economy that Donald Trump fixed and Harris and Biden broke. He can talk about the borders he has fixed and broken.'' They have no clue about peace and stability around the world. ”
“Once he realizes that Tim Walz is just going off topic and trying to do all this mundane stuff, he's going to hold him accountable. J.D. will do a great job. I think so,” Emmer added.
Emmer defended Vance in response to a question pointing out that Vance's unfavorable numbers were higher than Walz's, saying, “I think J.D. is very likable and well-liked. And I think this “I do not support snapshot polls being conducted for such purposes.” specific reason. ”
Emmer has known Walz for years and said, “Once people know who he is and what his policies are, they realize he's more radical than Kamala Harris.'' “I think so,” he said.
“Once people get to know him, they don't like him. And JD will expose that on Tuesday,” Emmer continued.
Emmer didn't go into detail about how well she prepared for the debate with Vance, and when asked if she had done any mock debates yet, she said, “The debate is on Tuesday night, so I'll let the viewers decide.” .
“I'm not trying to get ahead of JD or the team. If you want to talk about exactly what we did, when we did it and how many times, we can do that,” he added. “For me, I've done my job, or continued to do my job, in helping JD figure out what he's going to do Tuesday night.”
Emmer said he was ready to waltz into the debate.
“I have known Tim, probably since he was first elected almost 20 years ago, and I worked directly with him for four years. I spent a lot of time going back through all of his old stuff to understand his mannerisms and stuff. My job was to play Tim Waltz so that people knew what they were going to see with J.D. Vance. ”
The debate will take place five weeks before voting day, on Tuesday, October 1st. Hosted by CBS News, it will be hosted by “CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O'Donnell and “Face the Nation” star Margaret Brennan.
