Sen. Chris Coons (Delaware), co-chair of Harris' campaign, cited her strong performance earlier this week and urged the Democratic candidate to accept Fox News' invitation to debate former President Trump for a second time.
Coons praised Harris' strong performance at Tuesday night's ABC News debate, where Trump appeared visibly annoyed, but added that voters need to hear policy platforms from candidates of both parties.
“I think she had a great night,” Kuhn told Neil Cavuto during a Fox News appearance Wednesday. “I think she was successful in bringing out the worst of his incoherent conspiracy theories and his backward-looking anger focus and presenting a positive, future-oriented agenda.”
“I think the American people want to hear more from both of them about what they're going to do to make us safer and stronger at home and abroad, and I think she should accept Fox's invitation to debate President Trump,” Coons added.
The senator's proposal came after Fox News re-invited both Trump and Harris to debate on the network in October. After Tuesday's debate, Harris' campaign quickly called for another debate between the two candidates.
Trump, who has been calling for debates on Fox for months, was evasive when asked in the interview about another debate with the vice president.
“She wants to debate again because she lost tonight. I don't know if I'll do it again. She wants to debate a second time because she lost badly tonight… I'll think about it.”
In an interview Wednesday morning, the Republican candidate reiterated his skepticism about whether he would agree to a sequel, and also blasted the ABC News hosts, claiming the debate was “rigged” against him.
The former president also criticized Fox News host Neil Cavuto after the latter said he lost the debate to Harris.
“Fox's lowest rated anchor Neil Cavuto is one of the worst on TV. I'd rather have the losers at CNN and MSDNC,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday.
Fox News, the most-watched cable news channel, has a number of prime-time opinion hosts who support Republican candidates and their policy proposals. Trump said Wednesday he would prefer one of them to moderate the debate rather than the anchors who normally moderate the debate, Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.
Republican allies of the former president have been urging him to accept an invitation to a second forum, effectively putting the ball in his hands.
