{"id":2315903,"date":"2024-07-30T09:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T13:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-can-make-a-case-for-not-debating-kamala-harris-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-30T09:26:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T13:26:49","slug":"trump-says-he-can-make-a-case-for-not-debating-kamala-harris-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-can-make-a-case-for-not-debating-kamala-harris-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he can \u2018make a case\u2019 for not debating Kamala Harris &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-he-can-make-a-case-for-not-debating-kamala-harris-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2315903&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent\u2064 interview\u2062 with Fox News&#8217; Laura Ingraham, former President \u2063Donald Trump expressed that he is \u200cconsidering debating Vice\u200b President Kamala Harris but also stated he could\u200b argue \u200cagainst participating. The \u2062context arose after President Joe Biden exited the presidential race, \u2062leading Harris to gain significant delegate support. Trump \u2063raised concerns about the\u2062 upcoming debate scheduled for September 10, criticizing the host, ABC\u200b News, as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">fake news<\/a>.&#8221; He indicated \u2063he wouldn&#8217;t\u200c confirm \u2064his debate participation until Harris officially becomes the Democratic nominee, with \u2062her campaign suggesting he\u2063 might be afraid to face her. Trump described Harris as &#8220;far more \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-democrats-election-heist-too-big-to-fail\/\" title=\"Is the Democrats\u2019 Election Heist \u2018Too Big to Fail\u2019?\">radical left<\/a>&#8221; \u2064than Biden and claimed she is a \u2063weaker candidate. Additionally, Trump reiterated prior comments made at \u2063a Christian summit, where he suggested that Christians may not need to \u200dvote \u2062again after his presidency, stating he would &#8220;fix the country.&#8221; He clarified\u2064 that \u2064his intention was to mobilize Christian voters, despite concerns over interpretations of his\u2063 statements \u200dsuggesting an end to democracy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump says he can &lsquo;make a case&rsquo; for not debating Kamala Harris<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1716365\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>During a sit-down interview with Fox News&rsquo;s Laura Ingraham, former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> said he is leaning toward debating Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> but &ldquo;can also make a case for not doing it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> stepped out of the presidential race, and Harris immediately received the support of the majority of the delegates, Trump began to question having the next debate scheduled for Sept. 10 being hosted by &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republican-candidates-criticize-vice-president-kamala-harris-for-her-role-as-border-czar\/\" title=\"Senate Republican candidates criticize Vice President Kamala Harris for her role as &quot;border czar.\">fake news&#038;rdquo<\/a>; ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said he wouldn&rsquo;t commit to a debate with Harris until she becomes the Democratic nominee, but the Harris campaign claimed he is &ldquo;scared.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to do a debate,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;But I also can say this. Everybody knows who I am. And now people know who she is.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump said it is important for the debate to be held before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-endorses-new-york-mayoral-candidate-in-apparent-bid-to-pull-progressives-away-from-andrew-yang\/\" title=\"AOC Endorses New York Mayoral Candidate In Apparent Bid To Pull Progressives Away From Andrew Yang\">early voting begins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The answer is yes, but I can also make a case for not doing it,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump described Harris as &ldquo;far more radical left&rdquo; than Biden.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s a worse candidate than him,&rdquo; Trump said. <\/p>\n<p>Ingraham also brought up comments that Trump made at a Christian summit in which he urged attendees to vote and promised they &ldquo;wouldn&rsquo;t have to vote anymore&rdquo; after this election because he would &ldquo;fix the country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump didn&rsquo;t back down from making those comments.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2527070&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=350d43f181d99841400e98b4ee495f3d\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;That statement is very simple,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;I said vote for me, you&rsquo;re not going to have to do it ever again. It&rsquo;s true because we have to get the vote out. Christians are not known as a big voting group.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He said he would &ldquo;straighten out the country&rdquo; for Christians so that they wouldn&rsquo;t have to worry about voting again.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I won&rsquo;t need your vote. You can go back to not voting,&rdquo; Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>Ingraham asked if Trump meant they wouldn&rsquo;t have to vote for him again because he would not be eligible to run again in 2028. She then brought up that Democrats were twisting his words to mean he would bring an end to democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said he had not heard that criticism but insisted he wanted to encourage Christian voters to come out and vote for him. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Christians do not vote well. They vote in very small percentages. Why? I don&rsquo;t know. Maybe they&rsquo;re disappointed in things that are happening,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;I say, &lsquo;You don&rsquo;t vote. I&rsquo;m saying go out, you must vote.&rsquo; But I said to the Christians in the room, thousands of them. I said, typically, Christians do not vote.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, former Biden White House communications director&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4797737-trump-threat-elections-bedingfield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kate Bedingfield<\/a> said she thinks Trump only cares about Christians voting now since this will be the time he will appear on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think he is saying I won&rsquo;t be on the ticket either way, so who cares,&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KBeds\/status\/1817571676478906673\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">she posted on X<\/a>. &ldquo;Which is hideously damning in its own right, cause this is what the Republican Party has turned itself inside out and shredded its credibility for &mdash; to become a stan account for this one awful, narcissistic guy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1716365\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1716365\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During an interview with Fox News&#8217; Laura Ingraham, former President Donald Trump expressed that he is inclined to debate Vice President Kamala Harris but also believes he has valid reasons for not participating. Following President Joe Biden&#8217;s exit from the presidential race, which led to Harris gaining the majority of delegate support, Trump began to question the upcoming debate scheduled for September 10, which is set to be hosted by &#8220;fake news&#8221; ABC News. He stated that he wouldn&#8217;t agree to a debate with Harris until she officially becomes the Democratic nominee; however, her campaign accused him of being &#8220;scared.&#8221; Trump remarked, \u201cI want to do a debate,\u201d adding that while he recognizes his own identity and now understands who she is as well, it\u2019s crucial for the debate to occur before early voting starts. He characterized Harris as \u201cfar more radical left\u201d than Biden and claimed she is a weaker candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Ingraham also referenced Trump&#8217;s comments made at a Christian summit where he encouraged attendees to vote and suggested they wouldn\u2019t need to vote again after this election because he would &#8220;fix the country.&#8221; Trump stood by his remarks: \u201cThat statement is very simple&#8230; I said vote for me; you\u2019re not going to have to do it ever again.\u201d He emphasized his intention of mobilizing Christian voters who typically have low turnout rates. <\/p>\n<p>When asked if this meant they wouldn\u2019t need to vote for him again due to potential ineligibility in 2028, Ingraham noted that Democrats were misinterpreting his words as suggesting an end to democracy. Although Trump claimed not be aware of such criticisms, he reiterated his desire for Christian voters\u2019 participation: \u201cChristians do not vote well&#8230; I say you must vote.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Former Biden White House communications director Kate Bedingfield responded by suggesting that Trump&#8217;s newfound focus on Christian voter turnout stems from self-interest since he&#8217;ll appear on the ballot this time around. She criticized him on social media for what she sees as damaging behavior within the Republican Party in support of one individual<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2315904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trump_rally_6644.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3896,32438,5894,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2315903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-debate","tag-kamala-harris","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trump_rally_6644.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}