Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he had accepted an offer from Fox News to hold a debate with presumptive Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. Meanwhile, Harris’ crusader says it will stick to the original plan for a debate on ABC News.
In the publication, former President Trump the alleged Fox News debate would be on September 4.
“I have agreed with FoxNews to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4. The debate was previously scheduled against Sleepy Joe Biden on ABC, but it has been interrupted to the point that Biden will no longer participate and I am in litigation against ABC Network. and George Slopadopoulos, thus creating a clash of interests,” he said.
In his message, Trump said the debate would be held in Pennsylvania, “in a setting to be determined. “
“The debate moderators will be Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, and the rules will be similar to my debate with Sleepy Joe, who was treated horribly across his party, BUT WITH A FULL AUDIENCE!” » Trump said.
Harris’ crusader said Saturday that “Donald Trump was scared” waiting for Fox News to “pull him out” of the debate it had already agreed to with ABC News.
“He wants to prevent gambling and show up at the debate he is already committed to on September 10,” Michael Tyler, communications director for the Harris campaign, told CBS News in a statement. “The vice president will be there in one way or another to take advantage of the opportunity to face a national audience in prime time. “
Tyler said the campaign is open to more discussions, even after the one the two campaigns already agreed to takes place.
“Mr. Anytime, Anywhere, Anywhere shouldn’t have any challenges with that, unless he’s too scared to show up on the 10th,” Tyler added.
In a separate message on X, formerly Twitter, Harris said, “It’s appealing to see how ‘anytime, anywhere’ becomes ‘an express moment, a safe express space. ‘”I will be there on September 10, as he accepted, I hope to see you there.
CBS News has reached out to Fox News for comment.
Trump and President Biden, while still in the race for the White House, agreed in May to participate in two presidential debates. The first took place in June and will air on CNN, and the second is scheduled for September 10 and will air on ABC. News.
Last month, Harris accused Trump of backtracking on their earlier agreement at the Sept. 10 presidential debate, telling reporters, “I’m ready. “
Biden’s poor performance in the first debate sparked calls for him to end his re-election bid and he announced that he would abandon his campaign for a second term. After Biden dropped out of the race, Harris announced his candidacy and has since won the majority of delegates needed to secure the Democratic nomination. The Democratic National Convention will take place August 19-22 in Chicago.
On Friday, a majority of Democratic delegates voted for Harris as the party’s presidential candidate in a virtual roll-call vote, her crusade and the Democratic Party said, cementing her standing as the most sensible on the ticket heading into November.
CBS News issued invitations to the Harris and Trump campaigns, inviting applicants to participate in the presidential and vice presidential debates in early September.