The standards would be similar to those used in the first debate with President Joe Biden, who has since quit his reelection quest, Trump stated in a post on Truth Social late Friday. However, Trump stated that this time it will have a “full arena audience” and would take place in Pennsylvania, a battleground state
Trump and Biden had agreed to do a second debate on September 10, which the former president had argued should be relocated to Fox.
Harris, who received the necessary delegate votes to earn the Democratic nominee on Friday, announced on Saturday that she will attend the originally scheduled debate.
“It’s interesting how ‘any time, any place’ becomes ‘one specific time, one specific safe space,'” wrote she on X. “I will be there on September 10, as he agreed. “I hope to see him there.
“Harris spokesperson Michael Tyler said Trump is “running scared” and that her campaign is willing to negotiate further debates after the one on September 10 that “both campaigns have already agreed to.”
Trump announced on social media that the ABC debate “has been terminated in that Biden will no longer be a participant” and that he is in legal proceedings with ABC.
The Trump team did not immediately reply to a request for comment on Harris’s remarks.
Recent polls suggest a close race between Harris and Trump, who had a larger advantage over Biden during the first debate.
Trump’s request for the Fox debate comes shortly after the Democratic National Committee launched an advertising campaign on Friday ridiculing him, claiming that “the convicted felon is afraid to debate” and wondering whether this is due to his abortion stance.
David Plouffe, a former President Barack Obama aide who recently joined the Harris team, told X that “now, he seems only comfortable in a cocoon, asking Fox to host a Trump rally and call it a debate.”
Maybe he’s only comfortable discussing people his age.”
Trump is 78, and Harris is 59.
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