Vice President Kamala Harris accepted an invite to an Oct. 23 debate matchup on CNN, however former President Donald Trump remains to be shying away—despite the fact that his fellow Republicans are pushing him to step up.
On Wednesday, the Harris-Walz marketing campaign launched an inventory of seven Republicans calling on Trump to debate once more. That record included: former Trump advisers Kellyanne Conway and Steve Cortes; Sens. Lindsey Graham, Rick Scott and Thom Tillis; Trump donor Dan Eberhart; and former Rep. Carlos Curbelo.
However Trump has made it clear that he doesn’t need to go toe-to-toe with Harris once more.
Two nights after the Sept. 10 debate hosted by ABC Information, Trump posted the next on his social media web site Reality Social: “When a prizefighter loses a combat, the primary phrases out of his mouth are ‘I desire a rematch.’ Polls clearly present that I gained the talk in opposition to comrade Kamala Harris, the Democrats’ radical left candidate… and she or he instantly known as for a second debate. THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!”
At a Saturday rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, Trump argued that he declined CNN’s debate invite as a result of Oct. 23 is “just too late” and “voting has already started.” (A reminder: Election Day is Nov. 5.)
The possible cause for Trump’s reluctance? Harris was deemed the clear winner in CNN/SSRS’s snap polling, and her lead went up after the talk efficiency. In line with 538’s compilation of polls, she is presently forward of Trump in nationwide polling by 2.6 proportion factors.
May it’s that Trump is aware of he has an excessive amount of to lose and may’t danger the embarrassment of one other defeat?
Regardless of Trump’s reluctance, American voters need one other debate too: Civiqs and Quinnipiac polling present that 58% of voters and 64% of voters, respectively, need to see one other Harris-Trump showdown.
As an alternative, Trump has opted to shrink away from sharing a stage with Harris. On Tuesday, each campaigns confirmed dueling late-night Univision city halls on Oct. 8 and Oct. 10.
Is he actually “chicken,” like the Democratic Nationwide Committee says? For as soon as, it’s not Trump who’s doing the name-calling.
