Kamala Harris reveals whether she's ready to debate Trump in September

Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday that she wants to instrumentality to nan statement nan Biden and Trump campaigns agreed to earlier she became nan apt Democratic statesmanlike nominee and accused her force of 'backpedaling.'

Speaking to reporters astatine Joint Base Andrews, Harris pointed retired Trump had antecedently agreed to nan September showdown. That statement was group to return spot September 10 and beryllium organized by ABC News.

'You person been asking maine astir nan statement and I'll show you I'm fresh to statement Donald Trump,' Harris said. 

'I person agreed to nan antecedently agreed upon September 10 debate. He agreed to that previously. Now, present he is backpedaling, but I'm ready,' Harris claimed.

The vice president said voters 'deserve to spot nan divided surface that exists successful this race' connected a statement stage. 'I'm ready. Let's go!' she declared.

After President Joe Biden dropped retired of nan title connected Sunday, erstwhile President Donald Trump started pushing to person nan 2nd statement moved distant from ABC News to a much conservative-friendly network.

'Now that Joe has, not surprisingly, has discontinue nan race, I deliberation nan Debate, pinch whomever nan Radical Left Democrats choose, should beryllium held connected FoxNews, alternatively than very biased ABC,' Trump posted connected Truth Social Sunday evening.

Within 48 hours of Biden dropping retired of nan race, Harris had secured capable Democratic delegates to go nan presumptive nominee. 

In a telephone pinch reporters hosted by nan Republican National Committee Tuesday, Trump said he would 'absolutely' statement Harris and moreover suggested location beryllium much than one.

'I want to statement her, and she’ll beryllium nary different because they person nan aforesaid policies,' Trump said. 'I would beryllium consenting to do much than 1 statement actually.'

However, Trump said he was not 'thrilled' astir it being moderated by ABC News. 

The Fox News Channel revealed connected Wednesday that it had reached retired to some campaigns astir hosting a debate. 

In a letter, Fox News President Jay Wallace sounded a statement connected September 17 successful nan battleground authorities of Pennsylvania. He noted it would return spot conscionable arsenic early voting successful nan authorities gets underway. 

He besides suggested anchors Bret Baier and Martha  MacCallum could mean it.

The first statesmanlike statement connected June 27 hosted by CNN successful Atlanta is seen arsenic a turning constituent for Biden. His disastrous capacity connected primetime tv sparked mounting concerns complete whether he was fresh to service a 2nd term. 

 Multiple Democratic lawmakers started calling for nan president to measurement speech amid questions complete whether he could hit Trump. Less than a period later, Biden bowed retired of nan race.