Trump will discuss Harris on ABC, but he wants more

 

Trump will discuss Harris on ABC, but he wants more

In a press conference at his residence in Palm Beach, Florida, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he wanted additional debates on September 4 and 25 to be broadcast on Fox and NBC.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris will debate Sept. 10 on ABC, setting up the first showdown between the rivals in what polls suggest will be a close race.

At a press conference at his residence in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said he wanted additional debates on Sept. 4 and Sept. 25 to be broadcast on Fox and NBC.

In a post on X, Harris said he was looking forward to the September 10 debate after Trump "finally engaged." Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris will debate Sept. 10 on ABC, setting up the first showdown between the rivals in what polls suggest will be a close race.

In a press conference at his residence in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said he wanted additional debates on September 4 and September 25, which will be broadcast on Fox and NBC.

In a post on X, Harris said he was looking forward to the September 10 debate after Trump "finally engaged." Harris told reporters after a campaign stop in the Detroit area that she was open to discussions about other debates, but a campaign official reiterated her position that a Sept. 4 debate on Fox was not not on the agenda. Discussions about future debates depend on Trump's participation in the Sept. 10 debate on ABC, the official said. Harris' campaign team previously opposed a debate on Fox, saying the host channel should be the one that sponsored the two parties' recent primary debates.

Trump had already suggested he might withdraw from the debate, expected before Harris, the US vice president, replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee less than three weeks ago, derailing the race. The Sept. 10 debate on ABC would be the second of two agreed-upon debates between Biden and Trump, following their June 27 debate on CNN. An Ipsos poll released Thursday found that Harris has widened his lead over Trump since late July. She leads Trump 42% to 37%, compared to a July 22-23 Reuters/Ipsos poll that gave her a 37% to 34% lead over Trump.

Thursday's press conference in Palm Beach was Trump's first public appearance since Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as his running mate on Tuesday.

Harris and Walz headlined rallies in the key states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin this week, drawing tens of thousands of attendees, another sign of how their late entry into the race has galvanized Democrats. The stop of the Democratic dome on Thursday in a hall of the union came while the campaign said that it sees the working groups as a key element to tilt the scale in the elections.