The Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, and his rival, the former president Donald Trumpgot tangled up this Saturday in a discussion about where and when to debate, given that the Democrat demands to maintain what was agreed when the candidate was Joe Biden but the Republican want to change the date and chain from face to face.
Trump y Biden They had agreed to two debates in front of the cameras: one on CNN which took place on June 27 in Atlanta, after which Biden renounced running for re-election, and another in the ABC chain on September 9, for which a city had yet to be determined.
The campaign of the current Democratic candidate wants to maintain that second face-to-face but the Republican’s plan, announced on Friday night, is for the debate to be held on September 4 in the ultraconservative Fox News channel, that it will take place in the key state of Pennsylvania, that it will have an audience and that the moderators will be the channel’s journalists Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.
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Trump’s excuse is that he is “in a dispute” with the progressive ABC network and its journalist George Slopadopoulos, who interviewed Biden in prime time after the Democrat’s disastrous performance in the debate with Trump.
Harris campaign: “Trump is scared”
Kamala Harris lashed out this Saturday on social media against the plan Trumpwho when his Biden was his opponent He had assured that he was willing to debate “anytime, anywhere.”
“It’s funny how ‘any time, any place’ has become ‘a specific time, a specific place,'” said Harris, who was adamant that the scheduled debate on ABC should continue: “I’ll be there on September 10th, as he agreed. I look forward to seeing him there,” she said.
The communications director of the Harris campaign, Michael Tyler, He went a step further, saying that “Donald Trump is scared and is trying to back out of the debate he already agreed to and is running straight to Fox News to bail him out.”
According to Tyler, Democrats are open to discussing more debates, but only after the one takes place. both campaigns have already agreed.
Trump: Harris is not mentally fit to debate
The Trump’s response to Harris’ rejection He did not wait long and on social media he insulted the vice president, stating that she is “not mentally capable” of debating with him and that she has a “low IQ.”
The Republican added that she is the one who is “scared” and was unwavering in his demand: “Either we see each other on September 4th or we will not see each other anymore,” he threatened.
Trump has stepped up his attacks and insults against the vice president as she has secured the Democratic nomination and as she has narrowed the gap in the polls.
The former president cast doubt on Wednesday that Harris is a black person and suggested that the vice president changed her racial identity to win the African-American vote. The vice president, whose father is Jamaican and whose mother is Indian, claims to be black and South Asian.
Waiting for Harris’ ‘number two’
The tension of the campaign is escalating every day and will enter its most intense phase starting Tuesday, when Harris will appear in public for the first time with the Democratic candidate for vice president, whose name has not been revealed.
Harris cleared her schedule this weekend to focus on choosing her number two, a position for which names such as Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly are being considered.
Meanwhile, Trump today came out in defense of his running mate, JD Vance, who polls have placed as the least popular vice presidential candidate in decades.
“He’s doing a great job. You know why they’re going after JD? Because he’s pro-working class,” Trump said at a rally in Georgia.
Democrats took advantage of Vance’s birthday on Friday to mock him: “JD Vance’s birthday is off to a good start,” they said in a statement.
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