Kamala Harris‘ marketing campaign mentioned that she has agreed to take part in a second presidential debate with Donald Trump, accepting a CNN proposal for an Oct. 23 occasion.
Trump has mentioned that there might be no extra debates following the ABC Information occasion final week. The previous president has beforehand mentioned that he would settle for a Fox Information sponsored occasion.
Jen O’Malley Dillon, Harris’ marketing campaign chair, mentioned in a press release, “The American individuals deserve one other alternative to see Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump debate earlier than they forged their ballots. It might be unprecedented in trendy historical past for there to simply be one common election debate. Debates supply a novel probability for voters to see the candidates facet by facet and take inventory of their competing visions for America.”
She added, “Vice President Harris is prepared for one more alternative to share a stage with Donald Trump, and she or he has accepted CNN’s invitation to a debate on October 23. Donald Trump should not have any downside agreeing to this debate. It’s the identical format and setup because the CNN debate he attended and mentioned he received in June, when he praised CNN’s moderators, guidelines and scores.”
Trump and President Joe Biden debated in June, in a disastrous efficiency by the president that led to him dropping out of the race virtually a month later.
There was at the very least one presidential debate every cycle since 1976. Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan had only one debate in 1980.
