The Republican candidate for the presidency of the United States, Donald Trumpannounced that agreed to debate with his Democratic opponent, the current vice president, Kamala Harrison Fox News on September 4.
“I have agreed with Fox News to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4th,” Trump wrote on his social network Truth Social, although It was not clear whether Harris had also agreed said invitation.
The Republican leader’s message was published hours after The current vice president will secure the necessary votes to be designated as the Democratic Party’s candidate in the November presidential elections.
At first, Trump, 78, had said he would not debate Harris.
The presidential campaign took a turn for the worse last month when President Joe Biden (81) abandoned his bid for re-election amid growing concerns about his health.
Her decision to withdraw came after her debate against Trump in June on CNN, described by many as “disastrous” for Biden, who ultimately endorsed Harris.
A second Trump-Biden debate was scheduled for September 10 on ABC.
That debate was initially expected to go ahead, with Harris replacing Biden, but a Trump spokesman said last week it would be “inappropriate” to schedule it before the vice president was formally the Democratic nominee.
Trump already debated then-Democratic candidate Joe Biden in June. Photo: AP/Gerald Herbert/file.
Harris, a 59-year-old former district attorney and attorney general of California, last month challenged Trump to a one-on-one debate with her. “As the saying goes, if you have something to say, say it to my face,” she said at a campaign rally in Atlanta.
Fox News confirmed the debate would have viewers and follow similar rules to CNN’s June 27 debate between Trump and Biden.
Polling expert sees a ‘head to head’
Meanwhile, with about three months to go until the election, polling guru Nate Silver said the presidential race is “uncertain” at the moment, with the Donald Trump-Kamala Harris matchup “neck and neck” as the vice president instills new enthusiasm among Democratic voters.
According to Silver, Harris and the tycoon each have at least a 40% chance of winning the election.
The FiveThirtyEight founder said Harris is doing well in swing states, but everything is still up in the air. He sees her as having a 54% chance of winning Michigan, a 50% chance of winning Wisconsin and a 47% chance of winning Pennsylvania. The vice president also has a 40% chance of winning Nevada, where she is doing better than Biden, and a one-in-three chance of winning Georgia and North Carolina.
“We won’t be overly exposed, though. The betting markets agree that the race is 50/50,” he insisted. “And while we can’t say who will win, there is one thing I think we can say with some confidence: Democrats are lucky to have a second chance in this election with Harris instead of Biden,” Silver concluded.
