Vance, Walz prepare for Tuesday’s debate — and both camps are praying for one thing

Foe veep candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz are preparing for their first and only debate on Tuesday — both camps are just praying their candidates don’t screw it up.

Vance, the 40-year-old Republican senator from Ohio, and the 60-year-old Democratic Minnesota governor have never debated at the vice-presidential level and have spent the past week crafting their policy points, approach and outspokenness with their closest advisers. Discussion.

Gopper had Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) stand in for Walz in his mock debates, while the governor chose Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to play Vance for him.

Vance and Walz’s televised showdown It will take place exactly a month before Election Day and is expected to be the last head-to-head politics that viewers will see before casting their votes for Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump to top the presidential ticket.

Walz has said he is “nervous” about facing off with his GOP foe, but Trump’s campaign praised the governor’s rhetorical experience — seemingly setting him up for additional failure if he performs poorly. Efforts are being made to prepare and if Minnesota Poll does this then the blow will be lessened for Vance. Well.

“Walz is very good at debate. I want to repeat that. Tim Walz is very good at debate. Really good. He’s been a politician for almost 20 years,” Trump adviser Jason Miller told reporters on a press call Monday morning.

“He will be very well prepared for tomorrow night. He won’t be the wildly sarcastic satirist seen pointing out Kamala Harrison’s dancing on stage at rallies. Walz is being shut down,” Miller said.

But in a bit of a mixed message, Vance told The Post. Said last week that he wouldn’t have to “prepare that much” to face Walz.

Vance’s preparation took place largely in Cincinnati, Ohio and also included his wife Usha. This also included reviewing Walz’s past debate strategy when he ran for other offices.

As for Walz, people close to him were also trying to temper expectations, telling the press that the governor didn’t have the verbal game to be completely reckless in the debate.

“She is a strong person,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) told CNN. “He’s not a lawyer-debating type. It’s not like he was dreaming of debating when he was in first grade.

According to CNN, campaign aides said some of Walz’s nervousness stemmed from not wanting to upset Harris and that he felt she should have chosen a different VP candidate.

Vance is trying to expose Walz for his handling of COVID-19 lockdowns as governor in Minnesota and his response to the 2020 George Floyd riots. Trump’s campaign said Monday that Republicans would also go directly after Harris’ record as a former San Francisco district attorney and President Biden’s current vice president.

Miller predicted that Walz would be aggressive and “chameleon”, but Vance would be prepared and work around the Minnesotan’s “popular” demeanor.

Walz is preparing to go directly to Trump and largely ignore Vance, but also pursue claims that the senator is tied to the Heritage Foundation’s controversial Project 2025, CNN reports. While he relies on his Minnesota appeal.