- The second US presidential debate is scheduled to take place on television ABCMain photo: EFE
Former US President Donald Trump said on July 23 that he would be willing to debate the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris, on several occasions.
“I would actually be willing to have more than one debate,” the Republican candidate said in a call with the media organized by the Republican National Committee.
The former president said he sees it as a positive thing that candidates confront their ideas through a debate. The tycoon was officially nominated as a candidate at the Republican Convention, which took place between July 15 and 18, two days after of the attack he suffered at a rally in Pennsylvania.
Trump also criticized the fact that the second debate will be held on television. ABCas agreed with Joe Biden’s campaign months ago. The first took place in CNN on June 27 and many experts believe that, due to his performance, that event was the trigger Biden’s abandonment of his re-election bid.
The former president said he is not “enthusiastic” about having a debate organized by ABCIn a message on Truth Social published on July 21, he asked that the debate be on the conservative channel Fox Newsinstead of in ABC.
Kamala aims to win the Democratic nomination
On July 21, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris thanked President Joe Biden for his support in her role as his replacement in the race for the White House and confirmed that she wants to be chosen by the Democratic Party to face Republican Donald Trump in November.
“I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and intend to win this nomination,” she said in a letter published an hour after Biden announces that he is withdrawing from the presidential race and asked for support for Harris.
The vice president said she will do everything in her power “to unite the Democratic Party” and the nation to “defeat Donald Trump.” “We have 107 days until Election Day. Together we will fight. And together we will win,” she said.
According to Harris, Biden’s decision to decline his bid for re-election as US president is a “selfless and patriotic” act.
“On behalf of the American people, I thank Joe Biden for his extraordinary leadership as President of the United States and for his decades of service to our country. His remarkable legacy of achievement is unparalleled in modern American history and surpasses the legacy of many presidents who have served two terms,” he said.
Harris recalled that she met Biden through her son Beau (who died of a brain tumor) because they worked together as prosecutors and she recalled that he had “the same values” as his father.
How many delegates does Kamala Harris need to be nominated?
US Vice President Kamala Harris is emerging as the presumptive Democratic Party candidate, with 1,976 delegates out of the 4,000 in total. The minimum number of delegates a Democratic candidate needs is 1,968, a figure Harris has already surpassed.
The Democratic Convention, which is the event where the candidate for that political party is officially nominated, will be held in the city of Chicago (Illinois) between August 19 and 22 of this year.
With information from EFE.
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