Former President Trump said he is open to multiple debates with Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
“Of course I would. I would love to. I think that’s important,” Trump said on a conference call with reporters on Tuesday when asked by Fox News’ Bill Melinda Ginsburg if he would be willing to debate Harris at least once.
“In fact, I intend to have more than one debate,” Trump insisted.
Minutes later, Trump said, “I haven’t agreed to anything. I just agreed to debate Joe Biden.”
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Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, speaks at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan on July 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Biden made a shocking announcement on Sunday, announcing he would end his 2024 reelection campaign against President Trump and endorse his vice president. Biden’s move sparked a surge of support from Democratic governors, senators, representatives and other party leaders who have endorsed Harris to succeed Biden as party leader in 2024.
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Biden suspended his campaign amid growing pressure from within his Democratic Party to withdraw after his disastrous performance in the first presidential debate with Trump last month.
The 81-year-old president was unsteady and awkward in his answers for the first 20 minutes of the debate in front of a national audience, raising immediate questions about whether he was mentally and physically capable of serving another four years in the White House.
President Biden descends the steps of Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on July 17, 2024. (Susan Walsh/The Associated Press)
Harris announced on Monday night that she had secured the nomination, having received the support of a majority of the roughly 4,000 delegates at the Democratic National Convention, which begins in Chicago on August 19.
Trump told reporters that debating Ms Harris instead of Mr Biden “wouldn’t make any difference because the policies are the same.”
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The former president, who skipped the Republican presidential primary debates, said, “I think debates are important in a presidential election. I really do.”
“I think it’s an obligation to debate whether you’re the Democratic nominee or the Republican nominee. I think it’s very important.”
On July 23, 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris boarded Air Force Two for the flight from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland to Milwaukee. (REUTERS/Kevin Mohat/Pool)
In comments to reporters during a conference call in which he ramped up his criticism of Harris on the crucial issue of border security, Trump again attacked ABC News, which was scheduled to host the second debate between Biden and Trump in early September.
Read Fox News’ latest report that Harris will replace Biden as the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee here
“I’m not excited about ABC because it’s really fake news,” Trump said.
Regarding the next presidential debate, he said, “I have at least an equal say, and I don’t like ABC’s idea.”
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