Schumer: Trump afraid to debate ‘strong Black woman’ Harris
by Tara Suter - 08/02/24 9:40 AM ET
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that former President Trump is scared to debate Vice President Harris.
“He’s afraid to even debate Kamala Harris. He already said he wouldn’t debate, you know?” Schumer said in an interview with NBC News. “She’s a strong Black woman, Donald Trump may not wanna say that, but it’s true and everyone knows it’s true. He’s afraid to debate her.”
Schumer with his remarks joins a number of Democrats who have made similar comments about Trump, a pattern that suggests Democrats hope to convince the former president to not walk away from the debate scheduled for September.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigeig one week ago said Trump was showing weakness in giving signs he wanted to get out of the planned debate.
Trump said Monday he will most likely end up debating the vice president, who is now her party’s likely presidential nominee, before the general election. However, his campaign said last week it wouldn’t come to an agreement on a general election debate featuring Harris “until Democrats formally decide on their nominee.”
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