{"id":1048504,"date":"2024-10-02T00:04:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T04:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1048504"},"modified":"2024-10-02T00:04:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T04:04:05","slug":"statement-from-dnc-chair-jaime-harrison-on-the-vice-presidential-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/statement-from-dnc-chair-jaime-harrison-on-the-vice-presidential-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from DNC Chair Jaime Harrison on the Vice Presidential Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>In response to tonight\u2019s vice presidential debate, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTonight\u2019s debate drew a clear contrast for the American people. The Harris-Walz ticket will move our country forward, while the Trump-Vance ticket will drag us back. Governor Walz won on the issues tonight by talking to the American people about protecting our reproductive freedoms, lowering costs, and working with Vice President Harris to fight on behalf of all Americans. Meanwhile, JD Vance and Donald Trump want to make abortion \u2018illegal nationally,\u2019 give handouts to the ultra-wealthy, and pursue an extreme Project 2025 agenda at all costs. The American people see Vance for who he is: the Project 2025 poster boy chosen for the job because he will do and say whatever Trump tells him to, and can\u2019t even admit that Trump lost the 2020 election. That\u2019s why he\u2019s the least popular vice presidential pick in modern history.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis November, our country will be presented with a choice. We can join Kamala Harris and Tim Walz and choose a new way forward, or we can follow Trump and Vance down the path of darkness and chaos. With the election only 35 days away, Democrats are ready to put in the work and get out the vote \u2013 because we won\u2019t go back.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to tonight\u2019s vice presidential debate, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cTonight\u2019s debate drew a clear contrast for the American people. The Harris-Walz ticket will move our country forward, while the Trump-Vance ticket will drag us back. Governor Walz won on the issues tonight by talking to the American people about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1048504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Statement from DNC Chair Jaime Harrison on the Vice Presidential Debate - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/statement-from-dnc-chair-jaime-harrison-on-the-vice-presidential-debate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-02T04:04:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/statement-from-dnc-chair-jaime-harrison-on-the-vice-presidential-debate\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/statement-from-dnc-chair-jaime-harrison-on-the-vice-presidential-debate\/\",\"name\":\"Statement from DNC Chair Jaime Harrison on the Vice Presidential Debate - 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