Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (2017-2021), On Monday he questioned whether he would debate his Democratic rival, Kamala Harrison ABC on September 10, although he maintained that he has no problem accepting the rules of face-to-face.
In a statement during a campaign event in Virginia, the New York tycoon criticized what he believes “hostility” of the channel towards conservatives and criticized the fact that a change in the rules is being considered.
“I’d rather do it on NBC. I’d rather do it on CBS. Frankly, I think CBS is very unfair, but the best of the bunch, and I’d certainly do it on Fox, even CNN. I think CNN treated us very fairly last time,” he said.
The last debate took place on June 27 with the then Democratic candidate, President Joe Biden, whose poor performance in that exchange ended up triggering his withdrawal from re-election in July.
In that first face to face of the November 5 elections the microphone of the candidate who was not speaking was muted.
The campaign of the current Democratic candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris, has asked the channel to change its position so that she can have the immediate right to reply.
“We agreed on the same rules. I don’t care.“I would probably prefer to have it on, but the agreement was that it would be the same as last time. In that case, it was silent,” Trump said Monday.
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, in the race for the White House. Photo Reuters
The Republican campaign has also turned its attention to criticizing the Democrat.
“If Kamala Harris isn’t smart enough to repeat the points her handlers want her to memorize, that’s her problem. This appears to be a pattern for the Harris campaign. They don’t allow me to do interviews or press conferences “And now they want to give him cheating tips,” said Trump spokesman Jason Miller.
The disagreement over the rules comes a day after the former president called Republican Sen. Tom Cotton’swas treated badly during an interview on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday.
The Sept. 10 debate was a done deal before Biden dropped out. Trump later proposed three: Sept. 4 on Fox News, Sept. 10 on ABC, and Sept. 25 on NBC News. But the Democrats only accepted what was initially agreed upon.
Harris remains in the lead in national voting intentions, with a lead of 3.4 percentage points. According to the average of polls prepared by the website FiveThirtyEight, 47.1% of voters support her and 43.7% support Trump.
