Harris, Trump at odds over presidential debate

CNN —

After Vice President Kamala Harris accused former President Donald Trump of backtracking on a debate, the Trump campaign said Thursday it would not commit to hosting future debates until the Democratic Party officially chooses a nominee.

President Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the Democratic ticket on Sunday has thrown into doubt previous debate plans. Although the Biden and Trump campaigns have agreed to host a debate on ABC on September 10, it is unclear whether it will go ahead as planned.

“I agreed to the debate on September 10, as he had already agreed to,” Harris told reporters after landing at Andrews Air Force Base on Thursday. “Now it looks like he’s backtracking. But I’m ready. And I think voters deserve to see the split screen that exists in this race on a debate stage, so I’m ready. Let’s go.”

Steven Cheung, Trump's campaign communications director, said in a statement Thursday night that it would be inappropriate to schedule events with Harris because Democrats could still change their minds, since Harris is only the party's presumptive nominee.

Harris quickly responded on social media. What happened at any time, any place? she said in a post on X.

Democratic delegates are expected to vote virtually to confirm Harris as the party's nominee by August 7. Trump, for his part, officially clinched the Republican nomination last week at the Republican National Convention.

Trump told reporters earlier this week that he wanted to debate Harris, but had not yet agreed to anything.

“I didn’t agree to any deal. I agreed to debate Joe Biden,” Trump said at a news conference. “But I want to debate her, and she’s not going to be any different because they have the same policies. I think the debate is important in a presidential race, I really do. You kind of have an obligation to debate.”

Biden dropped out of the White House race a few weeks after a disastrous performance in a CNN debate last month. He endorsed Harris shortly after her announcement, and the vice president quickly racked up enough delegate support to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination. While those endorsements aren’t binding, Harris remains the favorite to take Biden’s place.

Harris would not say Thursday whether she was open to another proposed debate hosted by Fox News. Before Biden dropped out of the race, Harris had positioned herself to face Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, on the debate stage. In a brief call earlier this month, both candidates said they were looking forward to debating each other, but did not discuss specifics about when that would happen, CNN previously reported.

It's now becoming clear that those debate plans will ultimately not come to fruition, as Vance noted during a campaign stop in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, earlier this week.

“I was told I was going to debate Kamala Harris, and now President Trump is going to debate her?” Vance joked. “I’m a little pissed off about it, to be honest with you.”

CNN's Kristen Holmes, Steve Contorno and Kit Maher contributed to this report.

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