据知情人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，随着参议员JD Vance准备在下周的副总统辩论中面对州长Tim Walz，这位俄亥俄州参议员转向明尼苏达州众议员Tom Emmer，帮助他在辩论彩排中扮演Walz。
其中一个消息来源说，艾默被邀请代替瓦尔兹，这样万斯就可以准备扮演州长的平易近人的个性。
一位消息人士告诉ABC新闻，万斯的辩论准备工作包括在辛辛那提的家中与他的团队以及前总统唐纳德·特朗普竞选活动的高级顾问杰森·米勒进行在线会议。
据一位熟悉万斯参议员辩论准备工作的消息人士透露，万斯上个月一直在审查辩论计划、策略和潜在的问题。
其中一位消息人士称，万斯预计会将瓦尔兹描绘成过于自由的人，重点是他在担任明尼苏达州州长期间通过的政策。
埃默是众议院第三号共和党人，担任多数党党鞭。埃默此前还担任过全国共和党国会委员会主席。
艾默今年早些时候支持特朗普竞选总统-尽管这位前总统称埃默为“全球主义者RINO”，与共和党选民“完全脱节”，实际上在2023年10月击败了埃默的议长竞选。
2015年至2019年，在沃尔兹竞选明尼苏达州州长之前，沃尔兹和埃默在众议院重叠。
一位消息人士告诉ABC新闻，万斯的妻子乌莎·万斯毕业于耶鲁大学法学院，曾担任美国最高法院首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨的秘书，也参与了辩论准备会议。
据知情人士透露，那些帮助万斯准备的人一直在通过观看他以前竞选活动中过去辩论的视频来学习瓦尔兹的辩论风格。
消息人士还指出，万斯经常接受媒体采访，这有助于他为辩论做准备，特别提到他经常出现在周日节目中，并与“有争议的网络主持人”接触
沃尔兹的辩论准备工作也正在进行中交通部长皮特·布蒂吉格在沃尔兹队的辩论彩排中充当万斯的替身。瓦尔兹还与他自己的长期助手、拜登白宫校友和哈里斯-瓦尔兹竞选团队成员举行了政策会议。
哥伦比亚广播公司(CBS News)宣布，由该公司主办的副总统辩论将于10月1日星期二在纽约市举行，沃尔兹和万斯都同意参加。辩论将由“哥伦比亚广播公司晚间新闻”主持人兼总编辑诺拉·安东内尔和“面对全国”主持人兼哥伦比亚广播公司首席外交事务记者玛格丽特·布伦南主持。
Vance preparing for VP debate with Tom Emmer playing Walz
As Sen. JD Vance prepares to face Gov. Tim Walz in next week's vice-presidential debate, the Ohio senator is turning to Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer to help him in debate rehearsals by playing Walz, sources familiar with the plans told ABC News.
One of the sources said Emmer was invited to stand in for Walz so that Vance could prepare to take on the governor's folksy personality.
Vance's debate preparations have included sessions at his Cincinnati home and online sessions with his team and with Jason Miller, a senior advisor on former President Donald Trump's campaign, a source told ABC News.
Vance has spent the last month reviewing debate plans, strategies and potential questions, according to a source familiar with the senator's debate preparations.
Vance is expected to paint Walz as too liberal, focusing on the policies he has passed while governor of Minnesota, one of the sources said.
Emmer is the third-ranking Republican in the House and serves as the majority whip. Emmer also previously served as the chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Emmerbacked Trump for president earlier this year-- despite the fact that the former president called Emmer a "Globalist RINO" who is "totally out-of-touch" with Republican voters, effectively tanking Emmer's speakership bid in October 2023.
Walz and Emmer overlapped in the House from 2015 through 2019 before Walz ran for governor of Minnesota.
Vance's wife, Usha Vance, a Yale law school graduate and who clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, has also been involved in the debate preparation sessions, a source told ABC News.
Those helping Vance prepare have been immersed in learning Walz's debate style by watching videos of his past debates from his previous campaign runs, according to the source.
The source also points to Vance's frequent media interview as helping him prep for the debate, specifically citing his frequent appearances on the Sunday shows and engaging with "contentious network hosts."
Walz's debate preparations are also underway withTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigiegacting as a Vance stand-in during the Walz team's debate rehearsals. Walz has also held policy sessions with his own longtime aides, Biden White House alumni and members of the Harris-Walz campaign team.
The vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News is set to be in New York City on Tuesday, Oct. 1, the network has announced, with both Walz and Vance agreeing to participate. The debate will be moderated by "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell and "Face the Nation" moderator and CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan.
