{"id":11114,"date":"2024-08-06T00:50:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T00:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diigital.press\/?p=11114"},"modified":"2024-08-06T00:50:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T00:50:23","slug":"trump-campaign-cancels-september-debate-with-kamala-harris-gives-good-reason-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/?p=11114","title":{"rendered":"Trump Campaign Cancels September Debate With Kamala Harris, Gives Good Reason Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump campaign has decided not to proceed with Trump\u2019s debate against\u00a0Kamala Harris\u00a0scheduled for September 10, citing the Democrat Party\u2019s yet-to-be-formalized nomination of Harris as their presidential nominee.<\/p>\n<p>The September 10 debate was originally supposed to feature Trump and Biden, but since Biden has dropped out, Kamala has replaced him.<\/p>\n<p>Trump communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement, \u201cGiven the continued political chaos surrounding Crooked Joe Biden and the Democrat Party, general election debate details cannot be finalized until Democrats formally decide on their nominee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cheung also noted Obama has yet to endorse Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Chueng added, \u201cis a strong sense by many in the Democrat Party \u2026 that Kamala Harris is a Marxist fraud who cannot beat President Trump, and they are still holding out for someone \u2018better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Take a look:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yZnnmkCpi2\">pic.twitter.com\/yZnnmkCpi2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamTrump\/status\/1816633837419397486?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-kamala-harris-83872f2a0339044795d2884cfab899c4\">AP<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters on Thursday that she\u2019s \u201cready to debate Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>She accused him of \u201cbackpedaling\u201d away from a previous agreement for a debate hosted by ABC News on Sept. 10.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the voters deserve to see the split screen that exists in this race on the debate stage,\u201d she said after landing at Joint Base Andrews following a trip to Indiana and Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The Sept. 10 debate was one of two debates that President Joe Biden and Trump had agreed on. The first one was hosted by CNN on June 27, but Biden has since dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris as his successor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"quads-ad3\" class=\"quads-location quads-ad3\">\n<div id=\"M796697ScriptRootC1293469\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump has said he would prefer to shift the debate to Fox News, but he would be willing to face off with Harris more than once.<\/p>\n<p>Harris did not respond to a question about having Fox News host a debate.<\/p>\n<p>Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement late Thursday that debate arrangements \u201ccannot be finalized until Democrats formally decide on their nominee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump announces he won\u2019t schedule debates with Kamala (yet) because Democrats might get sick of her bring a \u201cMarxist fraud\u201d and switch her out at the convention\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ShuH3GDuxM\">pic.twitter.com\/ShuH3GDuxM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DC_Draino (@DC_Draino)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DC_Draino\/status\/1816646695591043094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thedesk.net\/news\/trump-withdraws-abc-news-debate-tv-harris\/#google_vignette\">The Desk<\/a>\u00a0reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Former President Donald Trump has decided to withdraw his participation from a television debate scheduled for mid-September, according to a note from his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Campaign Communications Director Steven Cheung said it was too early for Trump to commit to appearing at the debate because Vice President Kamala Harris has not been formally named as the Democratic Party\u2019s nominee for the 2024 White House race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the continued political chaos surrounding [President] Joe Biden and the Democratic Party, general election debate details cannot be finalized until Democrats formally decide on their nominee,\u201d Cheung wrote in a note to reporters late Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Trump agreed to participate in at least two debates \u2014 one produced by CNN that was held in June, and the upcoming debate organized by ABC News. Trump is suing ABC News for defamation, and suggested this week that the TV debate be moved to the Fox News Channel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump campaign has decided not to proceed with Trump\u2019s debate against\u00a0Kamala Harris\u00a0scheduled for September 10, citing the Democrat Party\u2019s yet-to-be-formalized nomination of Harris as their presidential nominee. The September 10 debate was originally supposed to feature Trump and Biden, but since Biden has dropped out, Kamala has replaced him. 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