Vice President Kamala Harris has accepted an invitation to debate former President Donald Trump on October 23, according to CNN.
The Democratic candidate posted to X on Saturday that “I will gladly accept a second presidential debate on October 23. I hope [Trump] will join me.”
The two nominees for president first faced off earlier this month in an ABC debate – Harris’s first as the head of the Democratic ticket following President Biden’s decision to drop out.
“Vice President Harris is ready for another opportunity to share a stage with Donald Trump,” campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a statement to CNN. “Donald Trump should have no problem agreeing to this debate.”
It is unclear whether Trump will agree to CNN’s invitation after previously stating that “there will be no third debate.”
“When a prizefighter loses a fight, the first words out of his mouth are, ‘I want a rematch,’” he posted on Truth Social after the September debate. ”Polls clearly show that I won the debate against Comrade Kamala Harris, the Democrats’ Radical Left Candidate, on Tuesday night, and she immediately called for a second debate.”
According to CNN, the format would be similar to the consequential June debate the network hosted between Biden and Trump – 90 minutes with no live audience.
“Both Vice President Harris and former President Trump received an invitation to participate in a CNN debate this fall as we believe the American people would benefit from a second debate between the two candidates for President of the United States,” CNN said in a statement. “We look forward to receiving a response from both campaigns so the American public can hear more from these candidates as they make their final decision.”
