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VP Harris and JD Vance speak by phone after the Democrat agrees to possible debate
By Joey Garrison and Kathryn Palmer, USA TODAY,
7 days ago
Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. JD Vance , R-Ohio, former President Donald Trump ’s newly tapped running mate, spoke Tuesday by phone, a source familiar with the conversation told USA TODAY.
Harris had tried unsuccessfully to reach Vance by phone on Monday — and left a voicemail — shortly after he was named Trump’s vice-presidential nominee.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris waves as she boards Air Force Two to depart on campaign travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland in July 13, 2024. Kevin Mohatt
The convention’s pageantry and accompanying celebrations over Trump’s VP pick also come at a tense time for the GOP and larger political climate, unfolding in the shadow of Saturday’s assassination attempt against the former president. One man was killed in the shooting at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, over the weekend, and two were seriously injured. A slate of Republican speakers called on Americans across the country to unite in the wake of the attack.
FILE PHOTO: JD Vance speaks during former U.S. president Donald Trump's rally in Youngstown, Ohio, U.S., September 17, 2022. REUTERS/Gaelen Morse/File Photo Gaelen Morse, REUTERS
While the pair have made contact, it’s unclear whether voters will see them together on a debate stage.
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign accepted an invitation by CBS News to a vice presidential debate for either July or August, but there has been no word yet on whether Vance will also accept.
Vice-presidential debates, though less anticipated than presidential nominees, still garner interest from millions of voters.
In 2020, 57.9 million people watched the debate between Vice President Mike Pence and then-Sen. Kamala Harris, according to Pew Research Center , making viewership 8% lower than the least-popular Biden-Trump debate. It’s higher than the 37.2 million who tuned in for the 2016 debate between Pence and Sen. Tim Kaine, but still not nearly as watched as the 2008 debate between then-Sen. Biden and then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. That event drew in 69.9 million, Pew data says.
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