Saturday, August 03, 2024

'Running straight to Fox News to bail him out': Kamala Harris nails Trump on debate fears

Tom Boggioni
August 3, 2024 
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Composite image of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris (screengrabs)

On Saturday morning, Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign slapped aside a proposal from Donald Trump that the September debate scheduled for ABC be shifted to Fox News — and then taunted him for running to his safe space at the conservative network.

Late Friday night, the former president ran to his Truth Social platform and wrote, "I have agreed with FoxNews to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4th. The Debate was previously scheduled against Sleepy Joe Biden on ABC, but has been terminated in that Biden will no longer be a participant, and I am in litigation against ABC Network and George Slopadopoulos, thereby creating a conflict of interest."

He then added, "The FoxNews Debate will be held in the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at a site in an area to be determined. The Moderators of the Debate will be Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, and the Rules will be similar to the Rules of my Debate with Sleepy Joe, who has been treated horribly by his Party – BUT WITH A FULL ARENA AUDIENCE!…."

In a statement posted to X on Saturday morning, the Harris campaign called the proposal a non-starter.

"Donald Trump is running scared and trying to back out of a debate he already agreed to and running straight to Fox News to bail him out, " the statement asserted.

It then added, "He needs to stop playing games and show up to the debate he already committed to on Sept. 10. The Vice President will be there one way or the other to take the opportunity to speak to a prime time national audience"

The statement also referred to the ex-president as "Mr. Anytime, anywhere, anyplace" and added he "should have no problem with that unless he's too scared to show up on the 10th."

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'Scared' Trump is facing a new Kamala Harris debate dilemma: GOP strategist

Tom Boggioni
August 3, 2024 

Reacting to Donald Trump's demand that Vice President Kamala Harris debate him on Fox News with a large crowd in attendance, a Republican Party strategist suggested the former president may face more scrutiny if he refuses to show up for the previously agreed upon date and time on ABC.

Speaking with MSNBC host Katie Phang, Susan Del Percio agreed with the host that the former president looks like a coward for trying to change the venue and hosts after the Harris campaign publicly called him out for "Running straight to Fox News to bail him out."

As Phang put it, "This idea that he wants to go to Trump-friendly grounds of Fox and he will do it before some huge live kind of audience, I mean what is the idea of the fact that he actually won't meet Kamala where he agreed to meet her before?"

"He is scared of her, that's why his attacks on her are basically hateful and mean," Del Percio shot back.

"There's no substance to anything he has to say about the vice president," she continued. "And let's not forget, now we are going to have a candidate up there — we going to see two people debating and I do believe she will debate him even if it means going to Fox."

"But she's going to present a case and Donald Trump is going to be left stumbling and wandering off and not finishing his sentences and talking about sharks and boats in and who knows what," she predicted and then added, "And I think he is afraid of that comparison, even if they both agree to a Foxx debate. I still think he says at the end of the day, 'I'm a no-show.'"

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'Why not do it?' Conservative cornered on CNN over 'terrified' Trump changing debate terms

David McAfee
August 3, 2024 

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A Republican was put on the defense on Saturday as a Democratic insider put him on the spot over Donald Trump's decision to back out of a previously agreed upon debate on ABC, in favor of a Fox News appearance.

Appearing on CNN, Democratic strategist Maria Cardona cornered Republican strategist Alex Vogel over Trump's decision to make a new plan for a debate on Fox News. The former president has argued that, because President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, a renegotiation of the terms is warranted.

When asked about Trump's motives for the attempt to change venue and other terms, Cardona described Trump as "terrified."

"I think it shows that he wants to do it on Fox. He wants to do it with an audience because those two things are like security blankets for him and that's what he needs right now, this race has completely discombobulated him and the people around him," she said. "They have no idea how to approach running against somebody who is so accomplished, who is whip smart, who has a background as a prosecutor and Donald Trump is a 34 times convicted felon."

The host noted that ABC and Fox News are very different networks, and asked Vogel why Trump would fight for such a change.

"The audience is something that he thrives on or believes he could thrive on. So what's your response to that?" the host asked.

"A couple of things. Number one, it's important to remember. We had a Biden campaign and a Trump campaign. And for the first time in American history, we had a presidential campaign go blue screen of death, literally completely brick and meltdown," Vogel replied. "And the party on a dime has said, we're going to anoint somebody new. It is absolutely critical..."

The host interrupted to refocus on the original question, saying, "It's a different network that is very much more Trump-friendly."

"It's different campaign. It's a completely different dynamic than therefore, let's have a conversation about how to debate," Vogel said. "People deserve frankly, to be introduced to her. I know how those previous debates have been. I remember watching Tulsi Gabbard do her her magic in the debate the last time that Vice President Harris ran, and I also know how the last debate went for President Trump and Joe Biden. I do not believe in any way this is a lack of interest in being on a debate stage with her. But why should..."

Cardona interrupted him, saying, "Then why not just keep it? That's what they agreed to. Is he afraid of doing it on ABC? Then why not do it?"

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