In case you’re keeping score, here’s where everything stands in regard to the 2024 presidential debates.
Donald Trump and President Joe Biden debated once (we all know how that went).
Trump offered to do three debates with Vice President and now-Democrat nominee, Kamala Harris. One hosted by Fox News, the other by ABC.
Trump and Harris have agreed to a Sept. 10 debate on ABC.
But as the world is watching Harris and the rest of the Democratic Party in Chicago this week for the Democratic National Convention, Trump alerted Americans that Harris will not attend the proposed, upcoming debate on Fox.
Comrade Kamala Harris has just informed us that she will NOT do the FoxNews Debate on September 4th. I am not surprised by this development because I feel that she knows it is very difficult, at best, for her to defend her record setting Flip-Flopping on absolutely everything she…
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) August 20, 2024
The news was initially posted on Trump’s Truth Social account just minutes after President Joe Biden finished up his remarks on day one of the Democratic National Convention.
And according to Trump, he’s not surprised.
“I am not surprised by this development because I feel that she knows it is very difficult, at best, for her to defend her record setting Flip-Flopping on absolutely everything she once believed in, including her statements that THERE WILL BE NO FRACKING IN PENNSYLVANIA and her HORRIBLE Performance on the Border, our ‘Border Czar,’ where millions of criminals and people from mental institutions and terrorists, have been allowed to pour into our Country, totally unchecked and unvetted,” Trump wrote.
Trump revealed that instead of doing the debate, he will hold a “Tele-Town Hall, anchored by Sean Hannity, for Fox.”
“It will take place in the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – Details to follow!”
Earlier this month, Trump said he had agreed to hold three debates against Harris, including one hosted by NBC News on Sept. 25, in addition to the ABC and Fox News forums.
“So we have those three dates and those networks, they’re very anxiously awaiting that date and those dates,” Trump told reporters during a press conference in Mar-a-Lago. “We have spoken to the heads of the network and it’s all been confirmed.”
As for Harris? She has not held a single news conference since President Biden‘s July 21 decision to end his re-election bid.
Not to mention, she has only committed to the ABC debate
“Well, I’m glad that he’s finally agreed to a debate on Sept. 10,” she said on Aug. 8. “I am happy to have that conversation about an additional debate, or after Sept. 10, for sure.”
Trump has since enlisted the help of one of Harris’ nemesis to prepare him for the upcoming debates.
In a report from Red State, Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed former Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard was in Florida preparing with the former president and said in a statement that Trump has “proven to be one of the best debaters in political history as evidenced by his knockout blow to Joe Biden. He does not need traditional debate prep but will continue to meet with respected policy advisers and effective communicators like Tulsi Gabbard, who successfully dominated Kamala Harris on the debate stage in 2020.”
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Former President Trump has brought in former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard into debate prep.
NYT says she has joined at least one session with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
Gabbard and Vice-President Kamala Harris had several debate moments during the 2020 presidential primary… pic.twitter.com/h4dIDl1LmW
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) August 16, 2024