Top Democrat claims Trump is 'afraid' to debate Kamala Harris because he doesn't want to face off with a 'strong black woman'

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer believes Donald Trump is excessively 'afraid' of 'strong achromatic woman' Vice President Kamala Harris to statement her.

The seasoned New York Democrat claimed nan erstwhile president was frightened to statement nan Democratic nominee during a Thursday question and reply pinch NBC News.  

'He's acrophobic to moreover statement Kamala Harris. He already said he wouldn't debate, you know?' Schumer said. 

'She's a beardown achromatic woman, Donald Trump whitethorn not wanna opportunity that, but it's existent and everyone knows it's true,' the apical Democrat continued. 'He's acrophobic to statement her.' 

But Schumer is not nan only Democrat to goad nan erstwhile president into debating Harris, different high-ranking statement members are tempting Trump too. 

The effort to get nan 45th president connected a shape to statement Harris is besides being pushed by Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg successful summation to different apical liberals. 

Buttigieg, utilizing nan aforesaid statement arsenic Schumer, called Trump 'afraid' of Harris successful an question and reply pinch MSNBC past week. 

'Tough talk is this guy's calling paper and now there's this bonzer show of weakness,' Buttigieg said.

'[Trump] said immoderate time, immoderate place, but much than that he agreed to this circumstantial debate, connected this circumstantial network, connected this circumstantial date, and now he's pulling out,' nan caput lamented connected Morning Joe.

'It shows that he's afraid,' Buttigieg continued.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is wide considered to beryllium Harris's first choice erstwhile it comes to picking a moving mate, besides utilized nan Democrat's now-common refrain. 

'Donald Trump is now acrophobic of debating [Kamala Harris] — and not conscionable because he knows she's a skilled debater,' Shapiro posted connected X this week. 

'He's frightened because he can't tally distant from his grounds immoderate longer — but present successful Pennsylvania, we haven't forgotten who he is and we aren't going back.'

Senate Democrats were eager this week to overgarment nan Vice President arsenic a skilled charismatic while many times referencing Trump arsenic a felon. 

Democrats will apt thin into this charismatic versus felon connection much arsenic nan title continues successful an effort to item Harris's grounds arsenic a San Francisco charismatic earlier she became a senator. 

Harris has moreover called retired Trump publically for waffling connected his committedness to debating successful September connected ABC. 

'What happened to 'any time, immoderate place'?' Harris said successful consequence to a station announcing Trump's backing retired of nan arena connected X. 

'If you sewage thing to say, opportunity it to my face,' Harris later said astatine a run rally successful Atlanta, Georgia, this week, receiving a raucous consequence for her remark. 

Trump, however, had agreed to statement President Joe Biden astatine nan September 10 ABC debate, not Harris.

Still, he did committedness to debate, 'any time, immoderate place.'

Trump run communications head Steven Cheung sought to explain Trump's committedness aft nan erstwhile president backed retired past week.

'Given nan continued governmental chaos surrounding Crooked Joe Biden and nan Democrat Party, wide predetermination statement specifications cannot beryllium finalized until Democrats formally determine connected their nominee,' he said.

'There is simply a beardown consciousness by galore successful nan Democrat Party - namely Barack Hussein Obama - that Kamala Harris is simply a Marxist fraud who cannot hit President Trump, and they are still holding retired for personification 'better.''

'Therefore, it would beryllium inappropriate to schedule things pinch Harris because Democrats very good could still alteration their minds.' 

The Democratic National Convention connected August 19 to 22 will officially determine nan party's nominee for president, but Harris has already secured capable delegates.

Trump, for his part, is still trying to get retired of nan look off. 

He has since referred to ABC 'fake news' and said he would alternatively person nan arena broadcasted connected Fox News.