Walz and Vance agree to hold vice presidential debate on October 1

A day later, Vance also took to social media to announce that he had also agreed to CBS’s terms, but stressed his desire for a second debate between the two.

“The American people deserve as many debates as possible, which is why President Trump has already challenged Kamala to three of them,” she wrote. “Not only am I accepting the CBS debate on October 1, I am also accepting the CNN debate on September 18. I look forward to seeing you at both!”

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign dismissed Vance’s proposal Thursday afternoon, saying “the debate about debates is over.”

“The Donald Trump campaign has agreed to our proposal for three debates: two presidential and one vice presidential,” Harris campaign spokesman Michael Tyler wrote in a statement Wednesday. “Assuming Donald Trump shows up on September 10 to debate Vice President Harris, then Governor Walz will meet with J.D. Vance on October 1 and the American people will have another opportunity to see the Vice President and Donald Trump on the debate stage in October.”

“Voters deserve to see the candidates for the highest office in the land share their opposing visions for our future,” Tyler added. “The more they play games, the more insecure and unserious Trump and Vance will appear to the American people. Those games end now.”

Vance’s campaign and former President Donald Trump were initially skeptical of negotiating a debate after Harris initially agreed to a July or August showdown on CBS, before Trump had named his running mate.

“Given the continued political chaos surrounding corrupt Joe Biden and the Democratic Party, the details of the general election debate cannot be finalized until Democrats formally decide on their nominee,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung wrote last month during the Republican National Convention. “There is a strong sense among many in the Democratic Party, particularly Barack Hussein Obama, that Kamala Harris is a Marxist fraud who cannot beat President Trump, and they are still waiting for someone ‘better.’”

“So it would be inappropriate to schedule things with Harris because Democrats could very well change their minds yet,” Cheung continued.

Walz and Vance have traded barbs since Harris selected Walz as her second-in-command last week, particularly over his insistence on the governor’s 24 years of service in the National Guard.

“These guys are attacking me because of my service record,” Walz said at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Convention this week in Los Angeles. “Let me be clear, I am very proud of my service to our country. And I firmly believe that you should never denigrate another person’s service record. To anyone brave enough to put on the uniform of our great country, including my opponent, I have just a few simple words: thank you for your service and sacrifice.”

Harris and Trump agreed to a Sept. 10 debate on ABC after their negotiations took place in public and private.

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“He won’t debate, but he and his running mate seem to have a lot to say about me,” Harris told a crowd last month in Atlanta. “Well, Donald, I hope you’ll reconsider meeting me on the debate stage because, as the saying goes, if you’ve got something to say, say it to my face.”

“I look forward to the debates because I think we need to set the record straight,” Trump said last week during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.