Donald Trump and Kamala Harris agree on terms for first debate: when and where will it be?
Donald Trump has agreed to the terms of a debate with Kamala Harris, which will be hosted by ABC News. Here’s what you need to know.
After several weeks of uncertainty about when the first debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris would take place, the Republican has confirmed that he has accepted the terms of the debate with the Democratic candidate, which will be hosted by ABC News.
“I have reached an agreement with the Radical Left Democrats for a debate with Comrade Kamala Harris. It will be broadcast live on ABC FAKE NEWS, by far the nastiest and most unfair newscaster in the business,” Trump shared on his Truth Social profile.
What you need to know about the first debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris
The first debate between the two presidential candidates is scheduled for Tuesday, September 10, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
As for the agreed-upon rules, Trump said they would be the same as those for the CNN debate. However, The New York Times reports that there are still some open questions remaining for the Harris campaign like whether the mics will be muted when it isn’t a candidate’s turn to speak. Both the vice president and former president have expressed a desire to keep the mics live throughout the debate.
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“The debate will be ‘stand up’ and candidates cannot bring notes or ‘cheat sheets.’ We have also been given assurance by ABC that this will be a ‘fair and equitable’ Debate, and that neither side will be given questions in advance,” the former president revealed.
If the ABC News debate follows the rules of the previous debate, which was hosted by CNN between the Republican and President Joe Biden when he was still on track to become the Democratic presidential nominee, the microphones would be muted while the other candidate is speaking and there would be no studio audience present.
ABC has not commented on whether a concensus on the rules has been reached between the network and the two candidates.
Kamala Harris refuses to debate Donald Trump on Fox News
In his post, Trump also said that the vice president has declined a debate on Fox News, which had been proposed for Sept. 4. He also claimed that Harris has not yet agreed to debate on NBC News.
“Harris would not agree to the FoxNews Debate on September 4th, but that date will be held open in case she changes her mind [...] A possible third Debate, which would go to NBC FAKE NEWS, has not been agreed to by the Radical Left. GOD BLESS AMERICA!” he noted.
Earlier, Michael Tyler, communications director for the Harris-Walz 2024 campaign, had said in a statement that Donald Trump’s campaign had accepted his proposal for three debates, two presidential and one vice presidential.
“Assuming Donald Trump actually shows up on September 10 to debate Vice President Harris, then Governor Walz will see JD Vance on October 1 and the American people will have another opportunity to see the vice president and Donald Trump on the debate stage in October,” he shared. However, a second debate between Trump and Harris has not been confirmed.