{"id":2327630,"date":"2024-08-20T14:59:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T18:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-to-snub-first-debate-trump-announces-alternate-plans\/"},"modified":"2024-08-20T15:02:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T19:02:36","slug":"kamala-harris-to-snub-first-debate-trump-announces-alternate-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-to-snub-first-debate-trump-announces-alternate-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris to Snub First Debate &#8211; Trump Announces Alternate Plans"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fkamala-harris-to-snub-first-debate-trump-announces-alternate-plans%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=2327630&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>Vice President Kamala Harris has opted out \u2062of a planned debate with former \u200bPresident Donald Trump scheduled for September 4 on\u200b Fox News. Trump announced her \u2063withdrawal on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>, suggesting that she was unable to defend her record on various issues, including her\u2062 stance on fracking in Pennsylvania and \u200bher \u200dperformance \u200brelated \u2064to \u200cborder security, which he criticized \u2062as allowing an &#8220;open border.&#8221; Instead \u2062of\u2062 the debate, Trump will participate in \u200da Tele-Town \u200cHall hosted by Sean \u200bHannity \u2064in Pennsylvania. \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Harris previously \u2062expressed her\u200b eagerness to debate,\u2062 urging \u200bthat voters\u2062 deserve\u200b to see the contrasting views of the candidates. A representative from her campaign accused Trump\u200b of being afraid to face her and lacking a positive vision. Trump countered, stating that debating Harris is crucial for the country, emphasizing the need for a comparison \u2064of the candidates&#8217;\u200b campaign\u2063 substance. <\/p>\n<p>There has been criticism aimed at the Harris campaign for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-hur-report-kneecaps-the-biden-campaigns-2024-basement-strategy\/\" title=\"Hur Report undermines Biden&#039;s 2024 &#039;Basement Strategy\">avoiding \u2064public appearances<\/a> and interviews, with analysts suggesting they should be \u200bmore transparent with the media as the election approaches.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section>\n<p>Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris has pulled out of a proposed Sept. 4 debate on Fox News, according to former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Comrade Kamala Harris has just informed us that she will NOT do the FoxNews Debate on September 4th,&rdquo; Trump posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112992265497221475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am not surprised by this development because I feel that she knows it is very difficult, at best, for her to defend her record setting Flip-Flopping on absolutely everything she once believed in,&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Trump cited &ldquo;her statements that THERE WILL BE NO FRACKING IN PENNSYLVANIA and her HORRIBLE Performance on the Border.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/112992265497221475\/embed\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Calling her the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/recently-retired-border-patrol-union-president-lays-disappointing-truth-kamala-harris-immigration-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden administration&rsquo;s<\/a> &ldquo;Border Czar,&rdquo; he noted that on her watch, &ldquo;millions of criminals and people from mental institutions and terrorists, have been allowed to pour into our Country, totally unchecked and unvetted. It&rsquo;s called, and she LOVES IT, an OPEN BORDER!!!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Rather than the debate on September 4th, I have agreed to do a Tele-Town Hall, anchored by Sean Hannity, for Fox. It will take place in the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania &ndash; Details to follow!&rdquo; Trump posted.<\/p>\n<p>In earlier jousting over debate dates, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-campaign-accused-booting-customers-restaurant-replacing-paid-actors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris campaign<\/a> framed itself as raring to go, with Trump the alleged impediment to debating.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Voters deserve to see the split screen that exists on a debate stage. I&rsquo;m ready. So let&rsquo;s go,&rdquo; Harris had <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KamalaHarris\/status\/1816557433084432587?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We aren&rsquo;t surprised Trump wouldn&rsquo;t show his face,&rdquo; Harris campaign representative James Singer said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump &ldquo;is afraid to debate, and has no positive vision to present to the American people,&rdquo; Singer said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/08\/07\/trump-debate-harris-fox-00173039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, however, said the nation needs to compare the candidates on the substance of their campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to debate her,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s important for the country that we debate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/neither-harris-nor-walz-are-willing-to-be-interviewed-by-anyone-but-each-other\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Review<\/a>, Jim Geraghty noted that the Harris campaign has adopted an isolationist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/espns-stephen-smith-calls-hiding-kamala-harris-somebody-gotta-say-something\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Think about it: Harris has been the de facto nominee for almost a month, and Walz has been Harris&rsquo;s running mate for nearly two weeks now,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Neither one has done a single interview or press conference &mdash; no sit-down with &lsquo;60 Minutes,&rsquo; no meeting with a newspaper editorial board, no Sunday shows. No interviews with local network television affiliates in swing states. Not even an on-the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-leak-says-biden-whines-about-bad-coverage-to-reporters-in-off-the-record-conversation\/\" title=\"Report: Leak Says Biden Whines About Bad Coverage To Reporters In Off-The-Record Conversation\">-record chat<\/a> with Walz&rsquo;s hometown papers or radio stations,&rdquo; he argued.<\/p>\n<p>Geraghty said it was &ldquo;long past time that the mainstream media started giving Harris and Walz a lot more grief about their shameless effort to avoid questioning between now and Election Day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He shared on social media, \u201cComrade Kamala Harris has just informed us that she will NOT participate in the Fox News Debate on September 4th.\u201d Trump expressed that he was not surprised by this decision, suggesting that she finds it challenging to defend her inconsistent positions on various issues. He referenced her previous statements about fracking in Pennsylvania and criticized her performance regarding border security.<\/p>\n<p>Trump labeled her as the Biden administration&#8217;s &#8220;Border Czar,&#8221; claiming that under her leadership, &#8220;millions of criminals and individuals from mental institutions and terrorists have entered our country unchecked.&#8221; He referred to this situation as an &#8220;OPEN BORDER&#8221; which he claimed she supports. Instead of participating in the debate, Trump announced his plan to hold a Tele-Town Hall event hosted by Sean Hannity in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, during discussions about debate schedules, Harris&#8217;s campaign had positioned itself as eager to engage while accusing Trump of being reluctant. Harris had stated on X that voters deserve to see their differences clearly displayed during a debate. A representative from her campaign remarked that they were not surprised by Trump&#8217;s avoidance of the debate due to his lack of a positive agenda for Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Trump countered this narrative by emphasizing the importance of debating each other\u2019s policies for the benefit of the country. In an analysis for National Review, Jim Geraghty pointed out that both Harris and her running mate Walz have been avoiding media interactions since becoming de facto nominees\u2014failing to conduct interviews or press conferences with major outlets or local media in key states\u2014and suggested it was time for mainstream media to hold them accountable for their lack of engagement leading up to Election Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2327631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/harris-trump-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[38699,32438,32603,38700],"class_list":["post-2327630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-debate-snub","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-news","tag-trump-announcement"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/harris-trump-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327630","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2327630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2327631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2327630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2327630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2327630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}