Trump abandons expectations game while praising Vance prior to debate

Published October 1, 2024 10:55am ET



Former President Donald Trump isn’t following his campaign’s lead in setting the bar low for Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) in the hopes that he has a debate performance that blows those expectations out of the water.

Instead, Trump called Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) “a total moron” and suggested the vice presidential debate will be “rigged” in an interview with Fox’s Kellyanne Conway, a former Trump adviser.

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