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Trump said in a social media post that the previously scheduled presidential debate, hosted through ABC News, was “over” once President Biden withdrew from the race.
By Neil Vigdor, Maggie Haberman and Simon J. Levien
Former President Donald J. Trump said Friday night that he would pull out of a debate on ABC News scheduled for Sept. 10 and presented a counterproposal to Vice President Kamala Harris, his presumptive opponent, to face off on Fox News six days earlier.
The change, which Trump announced on his social media site, Truth Social, drew objections from Harris’s crusade and appeared to cast doubt on a conceivable showdown between the rivals.
An official on Harris’ crusade on Saturday accused Trump of staging the debate on Fox News to distract from his commitment to the ABC debate. Trump had agreed to the debate in May, before President Biden withdrew from the race and before Trump’s calamitous decision. Performance. Biden in a debate on CNN on June 27.
“Donald Trump is scared and is looking to withdraw from the debate he has already accepted and is rushing straight to Fox News to rescue him,” Michael Tyler, Harris’ campaign communications director, said in a statement. “To prevent gambling and to present itself to the debate in which it already participated on September 10. “
Tyler said the Harris crusade is open to discussing new debates if Trump follows through on his commitment to the ABC debate.
“Mr. Anytime, Anywhere, Anyplace has no challenge with that, unless he’s too scared to show up on the 10th,” he said.
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