US Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta on Sept. 20, 2024. Harris spoke about abortion and reproductive rights in Georgia as she continues to campaign against Republican presidential nominee, former US President Donald Trump.
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Vice President Kamala Harris She said on Saturday she would debate former President Donald Trump for a second time in October ahead of the US presidential election in November.
Jen O’Malley Dillon, campaign chair of Harris and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, said in a statement statement Harris has accepted CNN’s invitation to participate in the October 23 debate.
“I would love to host the second presidential debate on October 23rd. I hope @realDonaldTrump will join me,” Harris wrote in a statement. X posts.
This isn’t the first time Harris’ camp has proposed another contest. Shortly after Harris and Trump held a debate O’Malley Dillon told ABC News earlier this month that Harris was ready for a second round with him. But as Harris raised millions of dollars after the campaign, Trump refused to confront her again.
in a postal At Trump Media Technology Group Truth Social, a social network for Republican presidential candidates, stated that “there will not be a third debate.”
On Saturday, a Trump campaign spokesperson directed CNBC to Trump’s “Truth Society” post, saying there would not be a third debate.
“She’s done with a debate,” Trump said at a rally in North Carolina on Saturday. “I’ve done two things. It’s too late to do the other now. I would love to, in a lot of ways, but it’s too late.”
Trump’s opponent in the first debate in 2024 is current President Biden. CNN reported on the event in June. But Biden struggling On the debate stage. Democratic Party Donors expressed concern On Biden’s prospects and congressional Democrats Calling on Biden end his campaign. August, Harris accepted Presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention.
“Donald Trump should have no problem agreeing to this debate,” O’Malley Dillon wrote in a statement. “It was the same format and setting as the CNN debate he participated in in June, when he praised CNN’s moderators people, rules and ratings and say you win.”
—CNBC’s Rebecca Picciotto contributed to this report.
