(Reuters) -Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump proposed to debate Democratic U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Fox Information on Sept. 4, and the Harris marketing campaign responded saying Trump is attempting to again out of a debate that had been set to run on ABC.
The principles will probably be just like the primary debate with President Joe Biden, who has since dropped his reelection bid, Trump mentioned in a put up on Fact Social late on Friday. However this time it could have a “full area viewers” and happen within the battleground state of Pennsylvania, Trump mentioned.
Michael Tyler, the Harris marketing campaign communications director, mentioned “Donald Trump is working scared and attempting to again out of the talk he already agreed to and working straight to Fox Information to bail him out.”
Trump and Biden had agreed to a second debate on Sept. 10 on ABC information that the previous president had instructed ought to be moved to Fox.
“The Vice President will probably be there somehow to take the chance to talk to a primary time nationwide viewers,” Tyler mentioned, apparently suggesting she would present up if Trump doesn’t. “We’re joyful to debate additional debates after the one each campaigns have already agreed to.”
Fox Information didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Trump’s proposal for the talk on Fox got here proper after the Democratic Nationwide Committee launched an promoting marketing campaign on Friday taunting him by saying “the convicted felon is afraid to debate” and questioning whether or not that is because of his stance on abortion.
Latest polls present a decent contest between Harris and Trump, who had loved a much bigger lead over Biden after the primary debate.
David Plouffe, an adviser to former President Barack Obama who lately joined the Harris marketing campaign, mentioned on X “Now, he appears solely snug in a cocoon, asking his joyful place Fox to host a Trump rally and name it a debate. Perhaps he can solely deal with debating somebody his personal age.” Trump is 78 and Harris, 59.
After Biden dropped out of the race on July 21 and backed Harris, Trump mentioned he wouldn’t debate her as a result of she was not the official candidate.
On Friday, Harris secured the delegate votes wanted to clinch the Democratic nomination.
Harris had responded final month that she was “prepared” after Fox Information proposed the presidential debate between the 2 candidates on Sept. 17.
