On July 23, the day after Harris rapidly established herself because the Democratic Social gathering’s new presumptive nominee, Trump instructed reporters that “I haven’t agreed to something” relating to debating Harris. “I agreed to debate with Joe Biden.”
He insisted he would “completely” debate Harris. “I wish to debate her, and he or she’ll be no completely different as a result of they’ve the identical insurance policies,” he mentioned. “I might be keen to do multiple debate, really,” he additionally mentioned.
Trump adviser Jason Miller instructed Axios on Thursday, July 25, that “a [Trump-Harris] debate will occur” and in addition referred to as for “a number of debates” — however that “I’m undecided it is going to be ABC.”
Later that day, Trump marketing campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung mentioned the marketing campaign wouldn’t agree any specifics relating to a debate with Harris till she was formally the Democratic nominee. Cheung’s assertion doubled as a multipronged assault on Democrats and Harris, and he echoed the far-fetched hypothesis on the precise that former president Barack Obama didn’t help Harris:
Given the continued political chaos surrounding Crooked Joe Biden and the Democrat Social gathering, basic election debate particulars can’t be finalized till Democrats formally determine on their nominee. There’s a robust sense by many within the Democrat Social gathering — specifically Barack Hussein Obama — that Kamala Harris is a Marxist fraud who can not beat President Trump, and they’re nonetheless holding out for somebody “higher.” Due to this fact, it might be inappropriate to schedule issues with Harris as a result of Democrats very nicely may nonetheless change their minds.
Obama’s endorsement was already imminent at the moment and was formally introduced on Friday morning.
