Trump rejects the second presidential candidate debate with Kamala Harris, Here’s why

presidential candidate (capres) United States from the Republican Party, Donald Trump refused to hold the second presidential debate with his rival, the presidential candidate Kamala Harris from the Democratic Party.

This refusal was announced on Wednesday (9/10) local time, a few hours after Fox News offered to host the second presidential candidate debate later this month, before the presidential election (election president) on November 5.

Trump and Harris have only faced off once in a debate in September, and despite some media suggestions, they are unlikely to meet again in a debate before the hold a presidential election.

“It’s too late in the process, (early) voting has already started – there will be no redistricting!” Trump said in a full-length post on his social media platform Truth Social, dismissing to the possibility of a second debate.

“Kamala made it clear, yesterday, that she wouldn’t do anything different than Joe Biden, so there’s nothing to argue about,” Trump said, according to the news agency. AFPThursday (10/10/2024).

Based on the latest polls, Harris has a slight lead over Trump. According to The Guardian poll on October 5, Harris is expected to lead with 49.3 percent of the vote nationally, compared to Trump with only 46 percent of the vote.

These numbers were released when early voting was already underway, and according to data from the Election Lab at the University of Florida, more than 1.4 million US citizens had voted as of Friday (4/10) afternoon. local. Harris’ narrow lead over Trump is similar to an investigation by The Guardian last week.