Harris campaign dismisses Trump’s proposal to change debate date
Al Jazeera
Donald Trump has proposed that the next US presidential debate take place on Fox News on September 4.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has proposed to debate Democratic US Vice President Kamala Harris on Fox News on September 4, and the Harris campaign responded saying Trump is trying to back out of a debate that had been set to run on ABC.
The rules would be similar to the first debate with President Joe Biden, who has since dropped his re-election bid, Trump said in a post on Truth Social late on Friday. But this time it would have a “full arena audience” and take place in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, Trump said.
“Donald Trump is running scared and trying to back out of the debate he already agreed to and running straight to Fox News to bail him out,” the Harris campaign communications director Michael Tyler said in a statement on Saturday.
“He needs to stop playing games and show up to the debate he already committed to on Sept 10.”
Trump’s proposal for the debate on Fox came soon after the Democratic National Committee launched an advertising campaign on Friday taunting him by saying “the convicted felon is afraid to debate” and questioned whether that is due to his stance on abortion.
