Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Kamala Harris Wants Rematch Following Debate?

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Kamala Harris has challenged President Trump to a second debate following Tuesday night’s showdown.

“Vice President Harris is ready for a second debate. Is Donald Trump?” X account Kamala HQ wrote.

“Under the bright lights, the American people got to see the choice they will face this fall at the ballot box: between moving forward with Kamala Harris, or going backwards with Trump,” Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a statement, according to CBS News.

“That’s what they saw tonight and what they should see at a second debate in October. Vice President Harris is ready for a second debate. Is Donald Trump?” she added.

Per CBS News:

In an appearance on “Fox and Friends” on Wednesday morning, Trump claimed the debate, hosted by ABC News, was “rigged” against him.

He defended his performance against Harris Tuesday night and said that he’d be “less inclined to” debate her a second time “because we had a great night.”

“They lost very badly, the first thing they did is ask for a debate,” Trump said. “They always ask for a rematch.”

But whether the two campaigns agree to another debate is still an open question. The former president said after the debate Tuesday night that he would “think about it.”

“She wants it because she lost,” Trump told Sean Hannity.

WATCH:

From the Washington Post:

Trump has previously called for three debates with Harris, but it was not immediately clear whether he would agree to a second meeting after Tuesday’s clash in Philadelphia. “We’ll look at it, but they want a second debate because they lost,” Trump told reporters when he visited the spin room after the debate.

Chris LaCivita, a Trump campaign adviser, responded to the news with a brief statement. “Of course,” he wrote. “They need clean up.”

The Harris campaign is expected to continue to push for the candidates’ microphones to be live during the next meeting — a position that Trump’s campaign refused to agree to for Tuesday’s debate.

The debate negotiations have been fraught since both the major parties agreed to abandon the system of three presidential meetings overseen by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates. President Joe Biden, when he was leading the Democratic ticket, proposed a June debate on CNN and Tuesday’s debate on ABC, and Trump quickly agreed.


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