{"id":2318723,"date":"2024-08-03T16:22:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T20:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-says-harris-scared-to-debate-because-shes-bad-unscripted-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-03T16:25:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T20:25:19","slug":"vance-says-harris-scared-to-debate-because-shes-bad-unscripted-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-says-harris-scared-to-debate-because-shes-bad-unscripted-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance says Harris scared to debate because she&#8217;s &#8216;bad&#8217; unscripted &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fvance-says-harris-scared-to-debate-because-shes-bad-unscripted-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=2318723&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>Senator\u200b J.D. Vance\u2063 (R-OH), \u200bacting as \u2062a spokesperson\u2063 for Donald\u2064 Trump, has been \u200bactively urging\u200d Vice President Kamala Harris to\u2062 engage in\u2063 a debate with Trump. Vance criticized Harris for \u2062being &#8220;bad&#8221; in unscripted situations, suggesting\u200c that her campaign is unwilling to \u200ddebate because of her performance under pressure. \u2064He praised \u2064Trump&#8217;s proposal for \u200da debate on Fox\u2063 News as\u2063 a &#8220;masterstroke,&#8221; emphasizing the\u200b importance of engaging with an audience for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/19-states-urge-biden-to-reinstate-keystone-after-colonial-pipeline-hack-caused-mass-gas-shortages\/\" title=\"19 States Urge Biden To Reinstate Keystone After Colonial Pipeline Hack Caused Mass Gas Shortages\">effective leadership<\/a>. Vance argued that if Harris declines\u200c the debate invitation, it would indicate her \u2064fear of participating. \u2064The \u200dcontext\u200d reflects ongoing \u2063political maneuvering between\u2062 Trump&#8217;s and Harris&#8217;s campaigns, \u2063with Trump previously agreeing to \u200ddebate on ABC \u200dbut\u200c later signaling a preference \u2063for Fox News, \u200dciting \u2062legal conflicts with ABC. The dynamics between these candidates are significant \u200bas\u2064 the\u2062 election approaches, highlighting contrasting approaches to public engagement and \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nc-dem-senate-challenger-votes-against-bipartisan-school-reopening-bill\/\" title=\"NC Dem Senate Challenger Votes Against Bipartisan School Reopening Bill\">campaign strategy<\/a>.  <\/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\">Vance says Harris scared to debate because she&rsquo;s &lsquo;bad&rsquo; unscripted<\/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_1722153\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance <\/a>(R-OH) has done his part as former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s vice presidential nominee to amplify his attempts to goad Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> into a debate.<\/p>\n<p>Vance described Trump&rsquo;s proposal for a debate on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fox-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Fox News<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a> on Sept. 4 before a &ldquo;full arena audience&rdquo; as a &ldquo;masterstroke.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Kamala campaign has been saying for a long time that President Trump is afraid to debate Kamala Harris, which of course is absurd because the last time he debated their nominee, that nominee withdrew two weeks later,&rdquo; Vance told SiriusXM&rsquo;s <em>Breitbart News Saturday<\/em> with Matt Boyle.&nbsp;&ldquo;The thing that we&rsquo;ve learned about Kamala, Matt, over the last four years is she&rsquo;s incredibly bad if she&rsquo;s not scripted, right?&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Trump &ldquo;feeds off of human beings, which is like natural and normal for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">political leader<\/a>,&rdquo; according to Vance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re supposed to lead people and to lead people you actually have to sort of like people and engage with them well,&rdquo; Vance said. &ldquo;So him having a crowd for this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate<\/a>, I think is really important because it will show his natural leadership ability. And it also shows, frankly, that people are kind of turned off by Kamala Harris.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hopefully, it happens, and hopefully, Kamala Harris agrees to it,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;If she doesn&rsquo;t, then clearly, she&rsquo;s the one who&rsquo;s afraid to debate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump and Harris campaigns have been posturing regarding a debate after Trump agreed to a match-up on ABC on Sept. 10 when President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden <\/a>was the Democratic nominee before he started signaling last week that he would prefer for it to take place on Fox News and that he could also &ldquo;make a case for not doing it.&rdquo; On Friday night, Trump declared his agreement with Biden had been &ldquo;terminated&rdquo; because the president is no longer his party&rsquo;s standard-bearer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am in litigation against ABC Network and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/george-stephanopoulos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>George Slopadopoulos<\/a>, thereby creating a conflict of interest,&rdquo; he added on social media, alluding to George Stephanopoulos. &ldquo;The Moderators of the Debate will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bret-baier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bret Baier<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marthamaccallum\/status\/1811813872111878343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Martha MacCallum<\/a>, and the Rules will be similar to the Rules of my Debate with Sleepy Joe, who has been treated horribly by his Party.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have agreed with FoxNews to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4th. The Debate was previously scheduled against Sleepy Joe Biden on ABC, but has been terminated in that Biden will no longer be a participant, and I am in litigation against ABC Network and George&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/1819582384821752214?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Harris campaign insists the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> will appear on ABC on Sept. 10 &ldquo;one way or the other to take the opportunity to speak to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-kills-trumps-attempt-to-move-next-presidential-debate-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris kills Trump\u2019s attempt to move next presidential debate - Washington Examiner\">prime time national audience<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re happy to discuss further debates after the one both campaigns have already agreed to,&rdquo; Harris campaign communications director Michael Tyler wrote Saturday in a statement. &ldquo;Mr. Anytime, anywhere, anyplace should have no problem with that unless he&rsquo;s too scared to show up on the 10th.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our statement on Donald Trump backing out of the debate he already agreed to <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r8VrZRI0q8\">pic.twitter.com\/r8VrZRI0q8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHQ\/status\/1819748584109076836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p> <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_1722153\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1722153\"}});<\/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>Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), who was once Donald Trump&#8217;s vice presidential nominee, has been actively encouraging Vice President Kamala Harris to engage in a debate. He praised Trump\u2019s suggestion for a debate on Fox News in Pennsylvania on September 4, calling it a &#8220;masterstroke.&#8221; Vance pointed out that the Harris campaign has claimed Trump is afraid to debate her, which he dismissed as ridiculous, noting that the last time Trump faced their nominee, that candidate withdrew shortly after. He remarked on Harris&#8217;s poor performance when not following a script and emphasized Trump&#8217;s ability to connect with people naturally as an essential quality for political leadership. Vance believes having an audience at the debate would highlight Trump&#8217;s leadership skills and indicate public disinterest in Harris. He expressed hope that Harris would agree to the debate; if she declines, it would suggest she is the one afraid of facing off against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing back-and-forth between the Trump and Harris campaigns regarding debates continues as Trump recently indicated he prefers Fox News over ABC for his matchup with Biden\u2014who is no longer considered his party&#8217;s candidate\u2014and announced he was terminating his agreement with ABC due to legal issues involving them. Meanwhile, the Harris campaign maintains that she will participate in an ABC event on September 10 regardless of these developments and expressed willingness to discuss additional debates afterward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2318724,"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\/Vance.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3896,4021,22273,15469,32076],"class_list":["post-2318723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-debate","tag-harris","tag-unscripted","tag-vance","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Vance.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318723","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\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2318723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2318724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}