{"id":2318704,"date":"2024-08-03T15:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T19:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-harris-debate-the-debates-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-03T15:23:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T19:23:17","slug":"trump-and-harris-debate-the-debates-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-harris-debate-the-debates-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and Harris debate the debates &#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\">18<\/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-and-harris-debate-the-debates-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=2318704&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>The article discusses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-era-dawning-as-joint-china-russia-warship-fleet-aggressively-approaches-alaska-coast\/\" title=\"China and Russia&#039;s united warship fleet rapidly approaching Alaska signifies the dawn of a new era.\">evolving dynamics<\/a> between former President\u2063 Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris \u2063regarding upcoming debates. Following Trump&#8217;s selection of\u200d Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate, Harris challenged Vance to \u200ca debate, \u200dindicating the Biden-Harris\u200b campaign&#8217;s initial intentions to project normalcy amid\u200d political upheaval. However, as Harris has now \u2062become the Democratic presidential nominee,\u2064 her focus has shifted to a potential debate with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign is also \u2062reassessing debate agreements, suggesting the terms established previously with Biden are no longer valid. Both \u2062campaigns are engaged in strategic maneuvering, with Harris adopting a cautious stance against Trump\u200d while \u2063mocking his earlier\u2064 &#8220;anytime, anyplace&#8221; debate claims. The article highlights how Trump&#8217;s debate strategies often revolve\u200c around serving his political interests, noting his previous successes in outshining opponents during debates, including in 2016 against Hillary\u200d Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>As the political landscape becomes more competitive \u200bwithout Biden, the stakes of a Trump-Harris debate are\u2063 raising questions about format and strategy, with both camps aiming to \u2062redefine the rules in their favor. Ultimately, the tensions and negotiations\u200b around the debates reflect broader campaign dynamics and\u200c the significance of public performance in presidential politics.  <\/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 and Harris debate the debates<\/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_1713869\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>When former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> chose Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3089174\/the-gops-bet-with-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>his running mate<\/a>, Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> was quick to challenge Vance to a debate.<\/p>\n<p>In her congratulatory voicemail, Harris urged Vance to accept a debate on CBS News on either July 23 (since passed) or Aug. 13. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Vice President Harris is prepared to debate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance<\/a>,&rdquo; Biden campaign spokesman T.J. Ducklo told reporters during the Republican convention on the day the pick was announced. &ldquo;We have accepted the proposal from CBS News &mdash; I think as folks are aware &mdash; to participate in that debate, and we feel very good.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Nobody expects Harris to debate Vance on Aug. 13. That gauntlet was thrown down by the then Biden-Harris campaign trying to project normalcy amid a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3087602\/the-tide-is-turning-against-biden-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic revolt<\/a>. The race has since changed and Harris is now the Democratic presidential nominee. For her, it&rsquo;s a debate with Trump or bust.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign believes the same logic applies to the presidential debates: The race has changed, and what they agreed to do when President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> was on top of the ticket is null and void. Now new terms need to be agreed to with the new Democratic nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Harris believes that she inherited the Biden debate terms, much as she inherited his delegates and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newly-introduced-omar-act-would-block-lawmakers-from-paying-spouses\/\" title=\"Newly Introduced \u2018OMAR Act\u2019 Would Block Lawmakers from Paying Spouses\">campaign funds<\/a>. She is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3109742\/trump-agrees-debate-harris-on-his-own-terms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>mocking Trump<\/a> for abandoning his &ldquo;anytime, anyplace&rdquo; stance on debating, adopted when Biden was still the presumptive nominee.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But while scoring points against Trump&rsquo;s bravado, Harris noticeably isn&rsquo;t adopting it: She seems no more interested in debating Trump on Fox News than he is in debating her on ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>This is the sort of jockeying that many expected to take place when Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3067725\/bidens-big-bluff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>publicly challenged<\/a> Trump to a debate &mdash;&nbsp;&ldquo;Well, make my day, pal&rdquo; &mdash;&nbsp;on terms that seemed quite favorable to the Democrats&rsquo; then standard-bearer. No Fox News, no conservative moderators, no live audiences, no interruptions, no late fall debates at all.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Trump quickly accepted Biden&rsquo;s terms. The former president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3059824\/trump-bets-debating-biden-help-no-matter-what\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>bet<\/a> that simply getting up on stage with Biden would set up a contrast favorable to him. Trump was right, so much so that the June 27 encounter knocked Biden out of the race.<\/p>\n<p>This time, the ground rules matter more. Therefore, the Trump campaign would like another shot at a debate on Fox, which the Democrats have always rejected no matter whether Biden or Harris was at the top of the ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has always debated based on what serves his political interests. He skipped the Republican primary debates this year to avoid giving his opponents any oxygen. It worked. While former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nikki-haley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nikki Haley<\/a> used the debates to pull ahead of the rest of the field, she never got particularly close to beating Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015 and 2016, Trump used the GOP debates to upstage a large field of more established politicians. He made their relative polish and experience look like inauthenticity, and none matched his charisma or star power.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s debates against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hillary-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hillary Clinton<\/a> in 2016 were unconventional and uneven. But he scored some points against the Democratic nominee and his performances were good enough to survive the <em>Access Hollywood <\/em>scandal and ultimately win the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The record against Biden was even more mixed. Trump came in too hot against Biden in their first debate in 2020, skipped the next scheduled debate because it was going to be held virtually after his COVID-19 infection, and then settled down a little the second time he debated Biden. Four years later, Trump scored the most lopsided win in the history of presidential debates.<\/p>\n<p>That may have been a pyrrhic victory, since Trump now faces a much more competitive race with Biden gone. (Though the hostile press coverage of his attempts to renegotiate the debate terms with Harris suggests he probably couldn&rsquo;t have turned Biden down.) The politics of a Trump-Harris debate are unclear.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats would like the debate to resemble Trump&rsquo;s appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists convention: a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3106274\/kamala-harris-honeymoon-republicans-worried-changed-presidential-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>contentious event <\/a>where the Republican nominee fights with the moderators and rants angrily about whether Harris is black. If Trump avoids this spectacle, Democrats can portray him as weak. This isn&rsquo;t low-polling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chris-christie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chris Christie<\/a> calling Trump &ldquo;Donald Duck.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But Republicans would also like to get Harris in an unscripted setting and have her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-we-cant-guarantee-covid-19-relief-by-march\/\" title=\"White House: We can\u2019t guarantee COVID-19 relief by March\">answer tough questions<\/a> about her rapidly shifting policy positions. And while she is a much more disciplined communicator than Trump, a lot of the fodder for anti-Harris ads has come from her past debates.<\/p>\n<p>The June 27 debate blew up Biden&rsquo;s basement strategy and made it impossible to hide him from the electorate until Election Day. Harris can still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3107864\/basement-blitz-harris-borrows-tactics-biden-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>run a version of that play<\/a> in a truncated campaign. Republicans would prefer to avoid that outcome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is still a chance Harris and Trump debate. The polls after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic convention<\/a> may dictate which side is more willing to give on debate terms.<\/p>\n<p>This year has shown that debating can have unpredictable results.<\/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_1713869\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1713869\"}});<\/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>Trump and Harris Discuss Debate Dynamics<\/p>\n<p>Following former President Donald Trump&#8217;s selection of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris promptly invited Vance to engage in a debate. In her congratulatory voicemail, she encouraged him to participate in a CBS News debate on either July 23 (which has already occurred) or August 13. Biden campaign spokesperson T.J. Ducklo informed reporters during the Republican convention that &#8220;Vice President Harris is ready to debate J.D. Vance.&#8221; He added that they had accepted CBS News&#8217; proposal for the debate and felt confident about it.<\/p>\n<p>However, few anticipate that Harris will actually debate Vance on August 13. This challenge was issued by the then Biden-Harris campaign as a way to project stability amid Democratic unrest. The political landscape has since shifted, with Harris now serving as the Democratic presidential nominee; for her, it&#8217;s all about debating Trump or nothing at all.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign shares this perspective regarding presidential debates: given the changes in the race dynamics, any prior agreements made when President Joe Biden was leading are no longer valid and new terms must be negotiated with the current Democratic nominee. While Harris believes she has inherited Biden&#8217;s terms for debates\u2014similar to how she received his delegates and campaign funds\u2014she is also mocking Trump for moving away from his previous &#8220;anytime, anyplace&#8221; approach to debating when Biden was still seen as the presumptive nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Despite criticizing Trump&#8217;s bravado, Harris does not seem eager to engage him in a Fox News debate any more than he is inclined to appear on ABC News with her. This maneuvering mirrors what many anticipated would happen after Biden publicly challenged Trump\u2014a challenge framed favorably towards Democrats\u2014with stipulations like no Fox News involvement or conservative moderators.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Trump quickly accepted these conditions during their previous encounters because he believed simply sharing a stage with Biden would highlight differences advantageous to him\u2014a strategy that ultimately proved successful enough for him to win the presidency after knocking Biden out of contention following their June 27 encounter.<\/p>\n<p>Now though, establishing ground rules holds greater significance; thus, Trump&#8217;s team seeks another opportunity for a Fox-hosted debate\u2014something Democrats have consistently rejected regardless of whether it was under Biden or Harris&#8217;s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Historically speaking, Trump has always approached debates based on what benefits his political agenda most effectively; this year he opted out of Republican primary debates altogether so as not to give rivals an advantage\u2014a tactic that worked well since Nikki Haley managed only limited success against him despite using those platforms strategically.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s past performances against Hillary Clinton were unconventional yet effective enough for him even amidst scandals while his record against Joe Biden showed mixed results due largely in part due how heatedly he approached their first meeting before opting out of another scheduled virtual event post-COVID infection before moderating himself somewhat during their second face-off.<\/p>\n<p>Four years later marked one of Trump&#8217;s most decisive victories within presidential debates but may have come at too high a cost given today&#8217;s more competitive environment without Joe Biden present (though media scrutiny surrounding attempts at renegotiating terms suggests turning down such opportunities might not have been feasible).<\/p>\n<p>The implications surrounding potential Trump-Harris debates remain uncertain; Democrats hope it resembles an earlier contentious event where tensions flared between candidates while Republicans aim instead toward exposing vulnerabilities within her policy shifts through unscripted exchanges\u2014even if she&#8217;s generally regarded as more disciplined than Trump overall\u2014given much criticism directed toward her stems from past performances during similar events previously held throughout campaigns leading up until now which ultimately undermined strategies meant keep candidates hidden from public view until Election Day arrives ahead soon thereafter!<\/p>\n<p>There remains some possibility they could still end up debating each other depending upon polling outcomes following upcoming conventions influencing willingness among both sides regarding negotiation over terms set forth beforehand!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2659,"featured_media":2318705,"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\/08\/trump_harris_debates.webp.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[15571,4021,5894,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2318704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-debates","tag-harris","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/trump_harris_debates.webp.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318704","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\/2659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2318704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2318705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}