Vice President Kamala Harris has finally agreed to the rules for the ABC News-hosted presidential debate set for September 10.
With just days to go before she faces off against former President Donald Trump, the Democratic nominee finally agreed to the debate rules which were the same as those for the CNN debate between Trump and President Joe Biden on June 27.
While Trump approved of the ABC News rules from the start, Harris has continued to complain and press for changes while blaming her opponent, accusing the GOP nominee of trying to get out of the debate.
Trump campaign has accepted these rules, per Tuesday email to ABC reviewed by the Post. Kamala Harris’s campaign has not yet accepted these rules, as they seek to unmute the microphones for the entire debate. Debate is in less than two weeks. https://t.co/H1fHM0O0s3
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) August 30, 2024
Harris, who refuses to hold press conferences and only just sat for her first interview as a nominee, actually demanded a “transparent” debate.
Donald Trump is surrendering to his advisors who won’t allow him to debate with a live microphone. If his own team doesn’t have confidence in him, the American people definitely can’t.
We are running for President of the United States. Let’s debate in a transparent way—with the… https://t.co/mjyaiUTwAA
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 31, 2024
Citing a “person familiar with debate negotiations,” CNN’s MJ Lee posted about Harris accepting the rules in a post on X. She included a letter from the Harris campaign to ABC News in which the whining continued.
In their letter to ABC News, Harris campaign wrote in part:
“Vice President Harris, a former prosecutor, will be fundamentally disadvantaged by this format, which will serve to shield Donald Trump from direct exchanges with the Vice President.”
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) September 4, 2024
“Vice President Harris, a former prosecutor, will be fundamentally disadvantaged by this format, which will serve to shield Donald Trump from direct exchanges with the Vice President,” the campaign asserted.
“Notwithstanding our concerns, we understand that Donald Trump is a risk to skip the debate altogether, as he has threatened to do previously, if we do not accede to his preferred format,” the gaslighting message continued. “We do not want to jeopardize the debate.”
Additionally, there would be pool reporters in the room during the debate who would presumably hear and report on any notable exchanges between Harris and Trump that are not picked up by mics/explained by moderators.
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) September 4, 2024
Trump offered to do several debates with Harris but she only accepted the one scheduled for September 10. And she continues to complain and blame – causing many to note she is the one who is trying to avoid any meet-ups on a debate stage.
Kamala Harris does not want to debate. That’s the only reason to keep arguing about rules that were already sent out by ABC News and agreed to by the other campaign.
She knows she’s stalled out, and she has too much to lose. pic.twitter.com/ZNzlWMBeCw
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) September 4, 2024
Stop trying to manufacture excuses to avoid debates. He agreed to three. You agreed to one with the original rules, and one provisionally; then you tried to change the original rules. You’re a campaign of cowardice. https://t.co/Khuhod6evt
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 29, 2024
News of the final acceptance of the rules by Harris set off another wave of mocking comments on X.
so they agreed to the rules they’d already agreed to. got it.
— Andrew Wagner (@andrewwagner) September 4, 2024
LOL at everyone who thought this was some sort of grand strategy to get Trump to accept live mics. She was scared to death and counting on ABC News to bail her out. This is a total white flag. https://t.co/gdIM3evPxG
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) September 4, 2024
She should agree to the other 2 debates as well. Or we send people with chicken costumes to all her events.
— Dr. Theo (@Tedlinknews) September 4, 2024
#KamalaHarris didn’t accept anything new. These were the rules between both party nominees before the coup.
— Marvel (@marcvelitrae) September 5, 2024
Remember “the debate about debates is over”? They insisted on the original terms, including date and network, and now want that changed. She’s a petulant child.
— Not Jane Austen (@atwaSDOK) September 4, 2024
Imagine all that “I’m Speaking” merchandise they’ll have to eat the costs on.
— Brad (@mottled_paws) September 4, 2024
Bunch of kids in a 3rd world country are about to get a brand new T-Shirt. https://t.co/1C5dRzSNfB
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 4, 2024
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