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VP Harris Raises More Questions After Turning Down Trump Debate Offer

By Updated: ELECTION 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris has raised new questions about her ability to be a fearsome leader in an uncertain world over a decision she made to avoid an additional debate with former President Donald Trump. In fact, he took to social media Monday night to excoriate her after she declined his request to debate on Fox News next month, ahead of early voting in some states.

The network debate scheduled for September 4th has been canceled, according to Fox News, which extended a debate offer to both candidates earlier this month. The Harris campaign has informed the Trump campaign that she will not be participating. The debate, which was supposed to be moderated by Fox anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, will not take place.



“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, including her statements that THERE WILL BE NO FRACKING IN PENNSYLVANIA and her HORRIBLE Performance on the Border,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. In place of a Fox News debate, Trump said he would participate in a town hall hosted by anchor Sean Hannity the night of September 4th in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.

A second debate offer from NBC News, scheduled for September 25th, has been accepted by Trump but not yet by Harris. The vice president’s campaign has indicated she might agree to a second presidential debate in October. Meanwhile, vice presidential candidates Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will meet for their debate on October 1st, broadcast by CBS News. The only debate Harris has agreed to with Trump will take place on Sept. 10.

Vice President Kamala Harris has refused to hold a formal press conference for nearly a month after she was essentially anointed by President Joe Biden to become the Democratic nominee. But she did finally take some questions from reporters on Sunday, and it didn’t go well, as many predicted.

Harris was taking questions after arriving in Chicago ahead of the Democratic National Convention, which is set to begin on Monday. One reporter asked about her economic plans, which critics have said are similar to those of the former Soviet Union and current communist regimes.

Harris has proposed a plan that would empower the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state attorneys general to impose substantial fines on grocery stores and their suppliers if their prices are deemed excessively high. Additionally, she aims to provide $25,000 to “first-generation home buyers” and to “forgive” medical debt, primarily targeting individuals who support the Democratic Party.

“You unveiled your economic policies last week. Can you explain how you’re going to pay for those, and can you give me an example of what other policies you want to unveil next?” the reporter asked. Harris went on to respond with what many have characterized as her typical “word salad” answer.

“Well, I mean, you just look at it in terms of what we are talking about, for example, around children, and the child tax credit, and extending the EITC. That is at $6,000 for the first year of a child’s life. The return on that investment, in terms of what that will do and what it will pay for, will be tremendous,” the vice president said, adding that the Biden-Harris regime has “reduced child poverty by 50 percent” without providing specifics.

“And then what we’re doing in terms of the tax credits, we know that there’s a great return on investment. And when we increase homeownership in America, what that means in terms of increasing the tax base, not to mention property tax base, what that does to fund schools, again, return on investment,” Harris continued while her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, looked on.

“I think it’s a mistake for any person who talks about public policy to not critically evaluate how you measure the return on investment. When you are strengthening neighborhoods, strengthening communities, and in particular the economy of those communities, and investing in a broad-based economy, everybody benefits, and it pays for itself,” she claimed.

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