Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he will not debate Vice President Kamala Harris again, after her campaign called for another debate.
Shortly after Trump and Harris debated on Tuesday, the vice presidential campaign began pushing for a second debate in October. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he has no plans to debate Harris again, adding that Harris denied previously encouraging Trump to debate on Sept. 4 on Fox News and Sept. 25 on NBC News.
“She didn't show up to the Fox debate and refused to appear on NBC and CBS. Kamala should focus on what she should have done the last four years. There will be no third debate,” Trump said. Written.
Harris and Trump faced off for the first time on Tuesday on ABC News. Trump previously debated President Joe Biden on June 27. After Biden stumbled on stage, Democrats began pressuring the 81-year-old to drop out of the presidential race. Nearly a month later, Biden did just that, endorsing his vice president.
Trump then offered Harris three debates, of which the vice president accepted only one. After agreeing to a September 10 debate, Harris' campaign released a statement saying they would hold another in October if Trump attended the September debate.
Caroline Leavitt, a national spokeswoman for the Trump campaign, previously told the Daily Caller that the statement was a lie and that no October debate was planned. (RELATED: Exclusive: Harris campaign tries to cover up its own setback with outright debate lies)
“The first thing a boxer says when he loses a fight is, 'I want a rematch.' Although the polls clearly show that I won Tuesday night's debate against Comrade Kamala Harris, the radical left Democratic candidate, she immediately demanded a second debate. She and Bad Joe have destroyed our country by allowing millions of criminals and psychopaths to enter the country completely unchecked and untested, and bankrupting the middle class with inflation,” Trump wrote.
“Everybody knows about this and all the other issues that Kamala and Joe have caused. It was discussed at length in the first debate with Joe, and in the second debate with Comrade Harris,” he continued.
During Tuesday's debate, Vice President Harris sought to rile up Trump by mocking his rallies and the results of the 2020 election. Conservative commentators and viewers grew frustrated with the moderators, who repeatedly fact-checked Trump's statements but did not correct Harris when she repeated stories that had previously been denied. (Related article: Trump furious as Kamala and hosts throw bait into the water)
