Former president donald trump on Tuesday said he would “absolutely” debate Vice President Kamala Harris, adding that he would be open to debating her more than once.
“I agreed to discuss with Joe Biden. But I want to debate her and she will be no different because they have the same policies,” Trump told reporters in a conference call organized by the Republican National Committee.
“In fact, I would be willing to do more than one debate,” added the former president.
Trump and President Joe Biden previously agreed to two debates — one in June on CNN and another in September on ABC. Biden’s poor performance in the June debate finally led to his decision step aside and support Harris for the Democratic presidential nomination.
But Trump left the door open to abandoning plans for the ABC debate, calling the network “fake news” on Tuesday.
“I’m not excited about ABC,” Trump added, “I think they compromised, but I have at least one say and I don’t like the idea of ABC.”
On Sunday, he suggested in a Truth Social post that Fox News hosted a debate. RNC Chairman Michael Whatley told ABC News on Sunday that “we made it very clear that we welcome” the ABC debate. And Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller told NBC News’ Lester Holt on Sunday that “there will definitely be another debate.”
When asked whether Harris would be a tougher opponent than Biden, Trump told reporters that “I think it’s probably similar.”
“She is like Biden, but much more radical. She is a person of the radical left and this country does not want a person of the radical left to destroy it”, added the former president.
Trump also stood by his decision to choose Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate, even though it remains undecided who Vance will face in any future vice presidential debates.
“I would make the same choice. He’s doing great,” Trump said of Vance.
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