Trump and Harris agree to September debate on ABC

ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have agreed to a debate.

ABC News confirmed Thursday afternoon that the two candidates would stick to the Sept. 10 debate date originally set when President Joe Biden was still running for re-election.

Trump confirmed that he had accepted the invitation once again during a news conference at his Florida estate Mar-a-Lago.

“I think it’s very important to have debates,” Trump said Thursday. “I look forward to the debates because I think we have to set the record straight.”

Harris later wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, that she heard Trump “has finally committed” to debate her.

“I look forward to it,” she wrote.

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After Harris entered the race, Trump said he would debate Harris if it was on Fox News, saying ABC was biased.

Harris has accused Trump of “running scared” and trying to back out of the debate.

During his news conference Thursday, Trump repeatedly suggested Harris was not intelligent enough to debate him. Harris, for her part, has tried to goad Trump into debating and told an audience in Atlanta recently that if he had anything to say about her, he should “say it to my face.”

Trump grew visibly perturbed when pressed on Harris’ crowds and newfound Democratic enthusiasm, dismissing a question about his lighter campaign schedule as stupid.

Trump says he has not “recalibrated” his campaign despite facing a new opponent, a dynamic some Republican strategists have quietly complained about.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.

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