Trump accuses Kamala Harris of trying to avoid the debates

Republican nominee Donald Trump accused Vice President Kamala Harris of trying to shirk the presidential debates during an appearance on “Fox & Friends” Wednesday.

trump committed to debate Harris with Fox News moderators on September 4 instead of ABC News, leading Harris to accuse him of trying to withdraw from a debate. The former president told the “Fox & Friends” co-hosts that he is willing to debate Harris to expose her before the 2024 election.

“I think the debates are very important and I think it will be exposed, just like [President Joe] Biden was exposed. Nobody knew Biden was that bad and then he exposed himself during the debate and they tried to have a series of comebacks after that and they didn't go too well and they took him down brutally. I mean, he was taken down using every trick in the book, they took him down,” Trump said.

'She's going to be exposed': Trump accuses Kamala Harris of trying to escape the debates pic.twitter.com/C6iTHNxwQI

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 7, 2024

The former president initially was scheduled to debate President Joe Biden on ABC in the second week of September, but has expressed concern about the debate being moderated by ABC News hosts. Trump rebutted Harris' campaign accusation that he is “running away from fear” of the debate by relying on Fox News to “save” it.

“She doesn't want to debate, look, she doesn't want to debate. She means I don't want to debate, but I do want to debate,” Trump continued. “You know, when it came to Biden, I accepted everything, I accepted Jake Tapper, I accepted everything because he didn't want to debate after I accept everything All I said, let's get up, they wanted to sit down and I said that's not going to look great. But I took it all in and that's pretty much how I'm doing it right now because I want to debate her. I think it's important for the country that we're debating.”

Harris challenged Trump at a debate during a July 30 campaign event in Atlanta, Georgia, where she asked the former president to criticize her “for [her] expensive.”

“So here's the thing. Here's the fun part about it,” Harris said. “So he won't argue, but he and his running mate seem to have a lot to say about me… And by the way, don't you find some of his stuff weird? Well, Donald, I hope you'll reconsider finding -me on the stage of the debate. Because as the saying goes: 'If you have something to say, say it to your face!'”

Trump also told the “Fox & Friends” co-hosts that he raised the question of whether it would be a conflict for ABC's George Stephanopoulos to moderate a debate during his current smear campaign. legal battle against host ABC. The former president filed a lawsuit on March 19 claiming Stephanopoulos intentionally made the false claim during a March 10 interview with Rep. Nancy Mace, R-South Carolina, that Trump was held “responsible for rape.”

Biden's performance during the debate on June 27 it provoked many prominent Democrats to publicly call on the president to drop out of the race because of his skepticism that he had the ability to defeat Trump. the president announced on July 21 that he dropped out of the 2024 race and endorsed Harris.

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