Donald Trump announced late Friday night that he has accepted an offer from Fox News to debate Kamala Harris in September.
The former president said in a Truth Social post that the debate would be held in Pennsylvania on Sept. 4 and hosted by Fox News anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.
It’s unclear if the vice president has agreed to the Fox News debate. The Post has reached out to her campaign for comment.
Harris has wanted Trump to stick to the scheduled Sept. 10 debate on ABC News which was originally slated to be a showdown between Trump and President Biden.
The ex-president had previously agreed to the ABC News debate. But following Harris’ ascension to Democratic nominee for president after Biden dropped out of the race, Trump has complained that it would not be “fair.”
Trump also claimed Friday that his ongoing litigation against the ABC and anchor George Stephanopoulos has created a “conflict of interest” with the network.
“I spent Hundreds of Millions of Dollars, Time, and Effort fighting Joe, and when I won the Debate, they threw a new Candidate into the ring. Not fair, but it is what it is! Nevertheless, different Candidate or not, their bad Policies are the same, and this will be strongly revealed at the September 4th Debate,” Trump railed in the Truth Social post.
He said “the Rules will be similar to the Rules of my Debate with Sleepy Joe” but this debate would include “A FULL ARENA AUDIENCE” at a to-be-announced venue.
Trump’s campaign said previously that it would not finalize debate plans until Harris was formally declared the Democratic nominee.
Harris on Friday secured enough votes to secure her nomination — despite never winning a primary.
Trump has boasted for weeks about his victory over Biden after the president’s abysmal performance at their debate in June, which ultimately led to a movement within the Democratic party to get the 81-year-old president off the ticket.
Harris on Tuesday publicly taunted Trump at a campaign event for backing out of the Sept. 10 debate.
“Here’s the funny thing about that: So he won’t debate, but he and his running mate sure seemed to have a lot to say about me,” she said. “
“I do hope you’ll reconsider and meet me on the debate stage, because, as the saying goes, ‘if you’ve got something to say, say it to my face!’” she added, to raucous cheers from the audience.
