Categories: Politics

Kamala Harris accepts invitation to debate Trump VP pick

Vice President Kamala Harris has agreed to debate former President Donald Trump’s eventual pick for his running mate. 

Harris accepted an invitation to debate Trump’s eventual vice-presidential pick during the summer, offering July 23 and August 13 as options.

Trump is expected to announce his vice-presidential pick during the GOP convention, which begins on July 15. 

TRUMP ACCEPTS BIDEN OFFER TO DEBATE HIM IN JUNE AND SEPTEMBER

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris walk back to the Oval Office after an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

“I don’t say anything is 100%, but you’re getting pretty close,” Trump said of selecting his running mate. “I’ll be doing it in Milwaukee. We’re going to have a great time.”

An official with the Biden campaign told Politico they “look forward to the Trump campaign accepting one of these dates so that the full debate calendar for this campaign can be set.”

The debate will be broadcast by CBS News and hosted inside the network’s studios.

WHY BIDEN DID THE DEBATE THROWDOWN, TRUMP AGREED, AND THE RISKS FOR EACH SIDE

Former President Donald Trump headlines a Republican National Committee spring donor retreat, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Donald Trump 2024 campaign)

In a letter obtained by Fox News Digital, the Biden-Harris campaign proposed that the first debate be in late June, after Trump’s New York criminal trial is likely to be over and after Biden returns from meeting with world leaders at the G-7 Summit. 

A second presidential debate would occur in September prior to the beginning of early voting.

The Biden-Harris campaign asked that the debates occur inside a TV studio, with microphones that automatically cut off when a speaker’s time limit elapses. 

CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Donald Trump argues with Joe Biden during the first 2020 U.S. presidential debate hosted in Cleveland, Ohio. (Getty Images )

The letter also asked that the debates involve just the two candidates and the moderator — without “an in-person audience with raucous or disruptive partisans and donors” that Trump feeds on. 

They also want the debates without the participation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. or other independent or third-party candidates. 

Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman and Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.

Share

Recent Posts

Vets group patching border fence pledges vigilance amid Trump success: ‘There are still gaps’

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — A group of U.S. military veterans that formed to respond…

40 minutes ago

Reparations fight hits Congress as GOP looks to defund new DC task force

FIRST ON FOX: A group of House Republicans is moving to have federal funds blocked…

40 minutes ago

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to avoiding a government shutdown tonight

Expect the Senate to take a test vote to break a filibuster around 2 p.m.…

40 minutes ago

Dr Oz to face Senate grilling on Capitol Hill in bid to run Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid,…

40 minutes ago

VP Vance jeered at Kennedy Center concert: video

People jeered Vice President JD Vance at the Kennedy Center on Thursday night. "Boos for…

40 minutes ago

Hamas agrees to release Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage

close Video Hamas agrees to release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander Hamas is expected to release…

2 hours ago