Us Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent
, Kamala Harris have agreed to a debate set for
September 10th on ABC. It will be the first
face to face matchup between the rivals in what polls
show is an extremely close race. On Thursday afternoon
, Trump appeared publicly for the first time since Harris
picked Minnesota Governor Tim Walls as her running mate.
I think it's very important to have debates. Trump
said he wanted additional debates on September 4th and September
25th that would air on Fox and NBC. He
had previously suggested he might back out of the ABC
debate which was scheduled before Harris replaced President Joe Biden
as the Democratic candidate less than three weeks ago.
After Trump's comments, Harris spoke to reporters before leaving
Michigan agreed to debate. Ipsos poll published on Thursday
found Harris had widened her lead over Trump. She
leads Trump 42% to 37% compared to a 37% to
34% lead over Trump in late July. Echoing a
recent attack line from his campaign, Trump criticized Harris
for not doing a press interview since she replaced Biden
on the democratic ticket she can't do an interview.
She's barely competent. Trump has conducted a steady stream
of media interviews though they are usually with friendly right
leaning outlets and reporters. Trump announced his Thursday news
conference in the morning on his social media platform and
only a select group of reporters were given the advanced
notice needed to travel to his Florida resort in time
. Reuters was not extended an invitation. Harris told
reporters Thursday she wants to schedule a sit down interview
quote by the end of the week.