Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg thinks former President Donald Trump is probably going not wanting ahead to a future presidential debate towards Vice President Kamala Harris.
Throughout an look on CNN’s “The Source” on Tuesday, Buttigieg advised anchor Kaitlan Collins that he believes Trump is “afraid” to debate Harris as a result of “she’s going to be so effective, and she’s going to lay bare his inability to talk about anything but himself and his past.”
When Collins famous that Trump had mentioned on Tuesday that he would “absolutely” debate Harris, Buttigieg identified the timing of Trump’s preliminary complaints concerning the debate.
The Trump marketing campaign had beforehand agreed to 2 presidential debates main as much as the November election. The primary debate was held on June 27, and the second is ready for Sept. 10, with ABC Information internet hosting.
However hours after Biden dropped his bid for reelection and endorsed Harris as the brand new Democratic nominee shortly afterward on Sunday, Trump took to Fact Social to complain that his marketing campaign has needed to “start all over” with the money and time it spent combating Biden. He additionally referred to as for the talk to be held on Fox Information as an alternative.
“Now that Joe has, not surprisingly, has quit the race, I think the Debate, with whomever the Radical Left Democrats choose, should be held on FoxNews, rather than very biased ABC,” Trump wrote.
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“What changed?” Buttigieg requested Collins. “From when he said he was ready to do an ABC debate and when he now says he’s not. ABC didn’t change, Donald Trump didn’t change, but there’s a new candidate, and clearly, he hesitates to debate her on the exact same terms.”
Buttigieg mentioned he’s excited for Individuals to see the distinction between Harris and Trump.
“She’s going to be very effective in reminding Americans that issue after issue, they already agree with us. They already agree with her and Democrats,” he mentioned earlier than referencing points corresponding to reproductive rights and Democratic insurance policies on taxes and gun violence.
