Afrigather Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday accepted a proposal by CNN to take part in a second debate towards Republican nominee Donald Trump, however the former president has dominated out a rematch. File Picture by Win McNamee/UPI | License Picture
Sept. 21 (UPI) — Vice President Kamala Harris stated Saturday she has accepted a proposal from CNN to debate former President Donald Trump for a second time on Oct. 23, however Trump says it is too late.
Harris stated she “will gladly settle for a second presidential debate” in a submit on X, including she hopes Trump will take part.
“The American folks deserve one other alternative to see Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump debate earlier than they solid their ballots,” Harris marketing campaign chair Jennifer O’Malley Dillon stated in a press release issued to media retailers.
She stated Trump preferred the moderators, guidelines and scores of the primary CNN debate towards President Joe Biden on June 27 and so mustn’t object to taking part in one other on the community.
The proposed debate would have the identical guidelines as the primary, together with no reside viewers and muted microphones when the opposite candidate is talking, O’Malley Dillon stated.
Trump’s CNN-moderated debate with Biden on June 27 was a decisive win for the Republican nominee and went so poorly for the Democratic incumbent he was all however compelled to withdraw from the race in favor of Harris.
His ABC-moderated debate towards Harris Sept. 10, nevertheless, was way more rocky and resulted most observers declaring it a momentum-building victory for the Democrat. Many Trump supporters accused moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis of bias for instantly fact-checking Trump’s responses however not Harris’.
Trump didn’t point out the CNN debate invite throughout a marketing campaign rally in North Carolina Saturday however stated he is not going to do one other debate.
“It is too late to do one other,” Trump stated in the course of the rally. “I would like to in some ways, but it surely’s too late. The voting is solid.”
Many states have already got initiated early voting and an Oct. 23 debate can be too near the Nov. 5 basic election, he stated.
When requested to touch upon the CNN debate invite, Trump’s election marketing campaign referred UPI to a Fact Social submit that Trump made on Sept. 12.
“When a prizefighter loses a battle, the primary phrases out of his mouth are, ‘I desire a rematch,'” Trump posted. “Polls clearly present that I gained the controversy towards Comrade Kamala Harris, the Democrats’ radical left candidate, on Tuesday evening, and he or she instantly known as for a second debate.”
Trump ended his submit saying, “There might be no third debate!”
Trump’s working mate, Sen. JD Vance, is scheduled to debate Harris’ working mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Oct. 1 on CBS.
The Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, shakes palms with the Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, earlier than their debate on the Nationwide Structure Heart in Philadelphia on September 10, 2024. Pool Picture by Win McNamee/UPI | License Picture
