How Tim Walz can win the VP debate

Top Dems—including those from his own state—advise Walz to be himself, focus on the substance of Sen. JD Vance’s responses not just the style he delivers them with, and channel the 42nd president.

Tim Walz, Minnesota’s governor and the Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States, will face off against Sen. JD Vance in the only scheduled vice presidential debate on Tue, Oct. 1, 2024, in New York City. Photo by Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images

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