Oct 17, 2024 - Politics & Policy
Scoop: Chris Cuomo to host NewsNation town hall with JD Vance
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NewsNation's Chris Cuomo will moderate a town hall with Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) in Detroit on Oct. 24, broadcast on the network and live-streamed exclusively on X.
- The network has extended a similar invitation to Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Why it matters: Harris' clearest path to victory runs through the Rust Belt, where former President Trump and Vance have spent significant time campaigning in hopes of peeling away blue-collar voters in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
- NewsNation's viewership is roughly split between Democrats (31%), Republicans (35%) and independents (33%), who will all have a presence in the live studio audience.
- Viewers will be able to pre-submit questions for Vance on X, where the event will be live-streamed at 8pm ET.
The big picture: Vance has adopted a "go everywhere" media strategy — venturing into hostile territory far more than Trump — and often spars with the press at his rallies.
- At a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Vance told reporters that "no," he does not believe Trump lost the 2020 election.
- "Not by the words that I would use, OK?" Vance said, citing "censorship" of the Hunter Biden laptop story by Big Tech companies.
