In an interview on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump said that Vice President Kamala Harris is “afraid” to accept a debate with him.
“Kamabla Harris is afraid to Debate me on FoxNews. She will be easier to defeat on the Debate Stage than Crooked Joe Biden, just watch!” Trump said on Truth Social.
Before President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, he had agreed to debate Trump in September, hosted by ABC News. Now, Trump is saying that he does not need to do this debate against Harris because he is ahead of her in the polls.
“I mean right now I say, why should I do a debate?” Trump told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo in an on-camera interview last week. “I’m leading in the polls. And, everybody knows her, everybody knows me.”
“I mean, right now, I say, why should I do a debate?”
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Donald Trump sounds very afraid to debate Kamala Harris. pic.twitter.com/2BwNq0lNyP
After Trump said he would not partake in the ABC debate, he agreed to do a debate hosted by Fox News.
“I have agreed with FoxNews to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4th. The Debate was previously scheduled against Sleepy Joe Biden on ABC, but has been terminated in that Biden will no longer be a participant, and I am in litigation against ABC Network and George Slopadopoulos, thereby creating a conflict of interest,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“The FoxNews Debate will be held in the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at a site in an area to be determined. The Moderators of the Debate will be Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, and the Rules will be similar to the Rules of my Debate with Sleepy Joe, who has been treated horribly by his Party – BUT WITH A FULL ARENA AUDIENCE!” he added.
“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 said. “He needs to stop playing games and show up to the debate he already committed to on Sept. 10. The Vice President will be there one way or the other to take the opportunity to speak to a prime time national audience.”
Biden dropped out of the presidential race after his disastrous debate performance against Trump in June.