Kamala Harris Accepts CNN Town Hall Invite As Donald Trump Declines Doing Another Presidential Debate
- Kamala Harris has accepted a CNN invite to do a town hall on October 23, after Donald Trump declined to participate in another debate on the network.
Kamala Harris has accepted a CNN invite to do a town hall on October 23, after a deadline passed at noon ET Thursday for both candidates to do a presidential debate on the network.
Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would not do another debate, saying it was too late in the process. “There will be no rematch!” Trump said.
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Harris had already accepted the CNN debate for October 23. The network had given Trump’s campaign a deadline of today to respond, even though he had said that he would not do another. Fox News also proposed debates on two dates later this month, but the former president has not accepted those, either.
In lieu of a debate, the network earlier today proposed individual town halls with the candidates.
“Donald Trump fears another debate where Vice President Harris would hold him accountable in front of tens of millions of Americans,” Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a statement.
She claimed Trump “would rather cocoon himself in safe spaces and avoid real questions about his harmful plans and failed divisive leadership.”
The CNN town hall will be live in Pennsylvania, a critical swing state where both campaigns have invested heavily in ads and get-out-the-vote resources.
A Trump campaign spokesperson did not immediately respond to a query as to whether he would accept a CNN town hall.
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