Kamala Harris’ team announced Thursday that she will debate Republican challenger Donald Trump twice, while their running mates will debate once, attempting to put a line under weeks of political brinkmanship.....CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
The two camps had already agreed on one presidential debate on September 10 and a vice-presidential debate on October 1, but the Trump campaign has been pressing for two more presidential debates in September as well as an additional VP encounter.
“The debate about debates is over. Donald Trump’s campaign accepted our proposal for three debates — two presidential and a vice presidential debate,” the Harris campaign said in a statement.
It further stated that, “assuming Donald Trump actually shows up on September 10,” Harris’ running mate Tim Walz will confront Trump’s vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance on October 1, followed by another Trump-Harris debate later in October.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to an AFP inquiry on their reaction to the comments.
Harris’ late entry into the campaign, which replaced President Joe Biden after he withdrew due to concerns about his age and unpopularity, has effectively transformed it into the type of contest until election day that is more frequent in Europe.
Already a trailblazer as the first female, Black, and South Asian vice president, Harris is trying to create history as the first female president — and is hurrying to present herself to the public ahead of November 5.
She and Walz are set to attend the Democrats’ national convention in Chicago next week after a successful campaign that has overturned Trump’s polling advantages, broken funding records, and drew large crowds to rallies.
CBS announced Wednesday on social media platform X that it had offered Walz, Minnesota’s governor, and Vance, an Ohio senator, four prospective vice presidential debates in September and October.
Both agreed October 1, which comes after early voting has begun in numerous states, but Vance proposed an earlier debate on September 18 that he claimed CNN had offered.
He previously stated to Fox News that he would not participate in a “fake debate” like the one between Trump and Biden on June 27, which terminated the Democrat’s reelection campaign.
The Harris-Trump discussion on September 10 will be hosted by ABC News, which the president earlier rejected due to a legal disagreement with its management…CONTINUE READING>>
