U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Trump.
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fox news Vice President invited Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump arrive debate According to a copy of the letter obtained by CNBC, the two sides met in Pennsylvania on September 17.
Trump extended invitation a day after expressing willingness to debate HarrisThe newly minted de facto Democratic candidate has been interviewed by reporters many times.
Fox News proposed its political anchors Bret Baier and Martha McCallum as moderators of the debate. The company said it was “open to discussion” on the specific terms of the debate, including the date, format, venue and whether there would be a live audience in attendance.
Harris and the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment on whether they would accept the invitation.
The debate will serve as a chance for redemption for Democrats after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance in June.
Another Biden-Trump debate was scheduled for September 10 on ABC News, but the president withdrew from the race on Sunday amid growing concerns across the Democratic Party over his age and health .
Although Trump said at a press conference on Tuesday that he was now willing to debate Harris, he added that he “didn’t like the idea of ​​ABC.” The former president, meanwhile, frequently praises Fox News.
Since Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris to succeed him, the vice president has beaten Trump in initial polls and received record levels of donations.
So far, the Trump campaign, which has been funding the campaign against Biden over the past few months, has been working to paint Harris as a different face of the same opponent.
“I want to debate her and she won’t be any different because they have the same policies,” Trump said on Tuesday.
