Donald Trump — now the Republican presidential nominee for this year’s election — now says he is abandoning previous plans for a general election debate hosted by ABC News on September 10. The debate was set up when the expected Democratic presidential nominee for this year was still President Joe Biden — who recently dropped out of this year’s election and endorsed Kamala Harris.
Harris, currently the vice president, quickly amassed support among both public figures in her political party and grassroots Democrats, the latter of whom fueled a staggering $200 million in fundraising across just the campaign’s first week following Biden leaving the race. The Biden-Harris campaign became the Harris campaign after Biden stepped aside, and the campaign recently reported massive fundraising numbers for July that included time when Biden was still running… but a majority was donated afterwards.
Trump said that he now was getting behind a plan to debate Harris instead at a Fox News-hosted event with a “full arena audience,” in sharp contrast to the audience-less debate with Biden in June. A large audience could, in theory, significantly change the tenor of the evening, adding an element of Trump playing to the crowd rather than him being more stuck in the process of answering for his stances to moderators and cameras.
“It’s interesting how “any time, any place” becomes “one specific time, one specific safe space.” I’ll be there on September 10th, like he agreed to. I hope to see him there,” Harris posted on Saturday to X, formerly called Twitter.
It’s interesting how “any time, any place” becomes “one specific time, one specific safe space.”
I’ll be there on September 10th, like he agreed to. I hope to see him there. https://t.co/zqng89X8QD
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 3, 2024
