Trump warms to debate in original ABC News format: ‘We’ll be debating her’
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Annabella Rosciglione
August 7, 2024 10:10 am
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Former President Donald Trump expressed more of a willingness to debate Vice President Kamala Harris on the originally proposed date than he has in recent days.
When President Joe Biden was still in the race, he and Trump were set to debate on ABC News on Sept. 10. Since Harris became the Democratic presidential nominee, the former president has all but backed out of the agreed-upon debate.
Speaking Wednesday on Fox News, Trump appeared more willing to go through with the debate as planned.
“I don’t know how she debates,” Trump said. “I hear she’s sort of a nasty person but not a good debater, but we’ll see because we’ll be debating her, I guess, in the pretty near future. It’s going to be announced fairly soon, but we’ll be debating her.
“I’d like to see it on Fox, by the way,” Trump continued. “My preference would be Fox, but we have to debate.”
Trump tried to move the debate to Fox News on Sept. 4, but the Harris campaign declined the invitation. The vice president has agreed to the scheduled ABC News debate.
As of Wednesday, Trump seemed warmer to the idea of keeping the original debate than he did over the weekend.
“I’ll see her on September 4th or, I won’t see her at all,” the former president posted Saturday on his Truth Social, later saying at one of his campaign rallies “We’re doing one with Fox, if she shows up.”
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