Vice President Kamala Harris will not agree to a Sept. 4 debate on Fox News against former President Donald Trump but could take up his offer for multiple debates if he shows up for their scheduled Sept. 10 debate on ABC News, a report claims.
Trump proposed three debates during a lengthy press conference on Thursday afternoon. In addition to the ABC debate which Trump initially agreed to with the Biden campaign, the former president pitched debates on Fox News and NBC scheduled for Sept. 4 and Sept. 24, respectively.
Harris was quick to agree to the ABC debate on social media – which she had previously said she would attend with or without Trump. However, she made no mention of the other proposed debates.
I hear that Donald Trump has finally committed to debating me on September 10.
I look forward to it.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 8, 2024
According to ABC News senior White House correspondent Selina Wang, Harris’s campaign said Thursday evening the vice president is not opposed to more than one debate. Those debates, per the source, are “contingent on Trump showing up” on Sept. 10.
.@VP Harris will not agree to the September 4th Fox debate, campaign official tells me. Says future debates are contingent on Trump showing up to @ABC debate on Sept 10th
Willing to have convos before Sept 10 about debates after that date
So ABC will have 1st Harris/Trump debate— Selina Wang (@selinawangtv) August 8, 2024
Fox News had already offered to host a debate on Sept. 17, just one week after the ABC News debate.
Trump said on Thursday after a week of declining to commit to the ABC News debate that it would be fair for voters to see him and Harris discuss the issues before the November election.
“I think it’s very important to have debates,” Trump told reporters.
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