{"id":2331065,"date":"2024-08-26T13:56:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T17:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-kamala-harris-back-out-of-a-debate-scheduled-for-sept-4\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T13:59:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T17:59:10","slug":"fact-check-did-kamala-harris-back-out-of-a-debate-scheduled-for-sept-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-kamala-harris-back-out-of-a-debate-scheduled-for-sept-4\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Kamala Harris Back Out Of A Debate Scheduled For Sept. 4?"},"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\">28<\/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%2Ffact-check-did-kamala-harris-back-out-of-a-debate-scheduled-for-sept-4%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=2331065&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>A post circulating on X (formerly\u2062 Twitter) alleges that Vice President Kamala Harris has withdrawn from \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-scott-enters-race-for-the-white-house-fec-filing-shows\/\" title=\"Tim Scott joins White House race, according to FEC filing.\">presidential debate scheduled<\/a> for September 4, calling her \u200d&#8221;Koward Kommie Kamala&#8221;. The post suggests that Harris, fearing \u2062her record \u2062would \u2062not hold up in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-eyes-on-kamala-harris-following-biden-debate-stumbles-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"All eyes on Kamala Harris following Biden debate stumbles - Washington Examiner\">unscripted debate<\/a>, is avoiding transparency in her election strategy. However, this claim has been fact-checked and deemed false. There is no evidence that Harris confirmed participation in such a debate. Instead, \u2062she delivered a speech at the Democratic National \u200dConvention,\u2063 where she \u200ccriticized former President Donald Trump, branding \u2062him \u200cas \u200c\u201cunserious\u201d and questioning his support from tyrants. The claims regarding her backing out\u2063 of the debate are unfounded and\u2062 misleading.  <\/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<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p><span>A post <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HankishTwitZone\/status\/1825925835053752384\"><span>shared on X<\/span><\/a><span>  claims Vice President Kamala Harris has backed out of a presidential debate scheduled for Sept. 4.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Koward Kommie Kamala suddenly backed out of FoxNews presidential debate scheduled for September 4!<\/p>\n<p>Everyone knows Kamala with her indefensible record can&rsquo;t survive unscripted debate &amp; she knows it too!<\/p>\n<p>No news conferences, no debates &amp; no transparency is her election strategy!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pS8Kbdb23I\">pic.twitter.com\/pS8Kbdb23I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &#128165;Hank&#128165; (@HankishTwitZone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HankishTwitZone\/status\/1825925835053752384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post is inaccurate. There is no evidence to suggest the Harris campaign agreed to a Sept. 4 debate.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Harris gave a speech on the final night of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) Thursday night to a convention hall that was at capacity, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/08\/22\/g-s1-19111\/watch-kamala-harris-dnc-speech-democratic-national-convention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR<\/a>. During her 40 minute speech, Harris called former President Donald Trump an &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-to-reflect-on-meteoric-rise-in-acceptance-speech-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris to reflect on meteoric rise in acceptance speech - Washington Examiner\">unserious man&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and claimed he is supported by tyrants, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>An X <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/demi-lovato-happens-against-gender-reveal-celebrations-there-are-males-with-vaginas-and-women-with-penises-2\/\" title=\"Demi Lovato HAPPENS Against Gender Reveal Celebrations: \u2018There Are Males With Vaginas And Women With Penises\u2019\">post claims<\/a> that Harris backed out of a debate. The post shows an image of Harris who appears to be in the middle of speaking, large text reading, &ldquo;She backed out of the debate.&rdquo; It also shows a Truth Social <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112992265497221475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post<\/a> from Trump that reads, in part,&nbsp; &ldquo;Comrade Kamala Harris has just informed us that she will NOT do the FoxNews Debate on September 4th.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Koward Kommie Kamala suddenly backed out of FoxNews presidential debate scheduled for September 4!&rdquo; The post&rsquo;s caption reads. &ldquo;Everyone knows Kamala with her indefensible record can&rsquo;t survive unscripted debate &amp; she knows it too! No news conferences, no debates &amp; no transparency is her election strategy!!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><span>This claim is inaccurate, however. A Harris campaign spokesperson told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-presidential-debate-update-raises-questions-1937563\"><span>Newsweek<\/span><\/a><span>  that the campaign had not agreed to any debates aside from the one scheduled for Sept. 10. &ldquo;We are open to another debate, and we&rsquo;ll continue those conversations,&rdquo; the spokesperson said. &ldquo;But to be clear, any additional debate would be subject to Trump actually showing up on September 10. We&rsquo;re not playing his games.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>An Aug. 15 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KamalaHQ\/status\/1824129202867564951\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span>  from the Harris campaign mentions a Sept. 10 debate and, if Trump attends, an additional debate on Oct. 1 between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz. The post does not mention a potential Sept. 4 debate anywhere. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/08\/14\/fact-check-donald-trump-claims-kamala-harris-put-in-place-a-policy-that-excuses-up-to-1000-worth-of-theft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Donald Trump Claims Kamala Harris Put In Place A Policy That Excuses Up To $1,000 Worth Of Theft)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Harris-Walz campaign statement on debates <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Wayy1edRT\">pic.twitter.com\/2Wayy1edRT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHQ\/status\/1824129202867564951?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Check Your Fact reached out to spokespeople for Fox News and Harris for comment.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post on X alleges that Vice President Kamala Harris has withdrawn from a presidential debate set for September 4. The post, which includes derogatory language about Harris, suggests that she is unable to handle an unscripted debate due to her record and claims that her campaign strategy involves avoiding transparency through the absence of news conferences and debates. However, this assertion is false. There is no evidence indicating that the Harris campaign had agreed to a debate on September 4. A spokesperson for the campaign clarified to Newsweek that they are only committed to a debate scheduled for September 10 and are open to discussing additional debates if former President Trump participates in the upcoming one. An earlier statement from the Harris campaign also referenced only the September 10 debate without mentioning any plans for a September 4 event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":613,"featured_media":2331066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2167485071-scaled-e1724415719140.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29362],"tags":[3896,13420,32438],"class_list":["post-2331065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-caller","tag-debate","tag-fact-check","tag-kamala-harris"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2167485071-scaled-e1724415719140.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331065","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\/613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2331066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}