The talk would happen at CNN’s studios in Atlanta on Oct. 23.
Vice President Kamala Harris on Sept. 21 accepted an invite from CNN to debate former President Donald Trump for a second time, although the prospect of one other showdown between the presidential candidates seems extremely unlikely as the previous president instructed rallygoers in North Carolina on the identical day that the proposed date is just too late within the election cycle for a debate.
Trump mentioned {that a} potential second debate in opposition to Harris could be “good leisure worth” however added that there wouldn’t be a lot level due to timing.
“The issue with one other debate is that it’s simply too late, voting has already began,” the previous president mentioned, including that he beforehand issued an invite to Harris to debate on Fox, which she declined.
“Fox invited us on and I waited and waited, they turned it down,” Trump mentioned. “However now she needs to do a debate proper earlier than the election with CNN as a result of she’s dropping badly.”
If an Oct. 23 debate went forward, Trump and Harris would reply to moderators’ questions for 90 minutes and not using a stay studio viewers.
“We sit up for receiving a response from each campaigns so the American public can hear extra from these candidates as they make their last resolution.”
Trump’s remarks in North Carolina on Saturday reinforce the place he expressed after his first debate in opposition to Harris, saying that there could be no subsequent debate between the 2 rivals.
On the time, Trump used a metaphor likening the vice chairman to a boxer or a UFC fighter who misplaced a match.
“When a prizefighter loses a struggle, the primary phrases out of his mouth are, ‘I desire a rematch’” the previous president wrote on social media, partly in all caps, earlier than suggesting that he “received the controversy,” citing undisclosed polls.
Jack Phillips contributed to this report.