Donald Trump agrees on presidential debate with Kamala Harris on September 4
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has agreed to an offer from Fox News to hold a presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris on September 4.
This will be the first time that both Trump and Harris will be a part of a presidential debate since President Joe Biden withdrew himself from the race after growing pressure from Democrats who flagged his age and mental acuity concerns following his lacklustre debate performance against Trump in June.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the presidential debate against Harris will be held in Pennsylvania. He also asserted that the debate should be held in front of a “full-arena audience” unlike the June debate hosted by CNN, which had no spectators.
“I have agreed with FoxNews to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4. The debate was previously scheduled against Sleepy Joe Biden on ABC, but has been terminated in that Biden will no longer be a participant… The Fox News debate will be held in the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at a site in an area to be determined,” he said.
“The moderators of the debate will be Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, and the rules will be similar to the rules of my debate with Sleepy Joe, who has been treated horribly by his party – BUT WITH A FULL ARENA AUDIENCE!” he added.
Fox News had invited Trump and Harris for the presidential debate on its network on September 17. Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, said she was “ready” for the debate.
Earlier, Trump said he would not debate the Vice President as she was not the official candidate after Biden dropped his re-election bid on July 21 and endorsed her.
To back up his argument that Harris did not get enough support for her presidential campaign, Trump said that former President Barack Obama had yet to endorse her. However, Obama endorsed her soon after.
On Friday, Harris secured the delegate votes needed to clinch the Democratic nomination ahead of the party’s convention that will be held in Chicago later this month.
