Will There Be a Debate Between Harris and Trump?
Or will they be debating empty lecterns?
While we are waiting for Harris to make the biggest decision of her life, I would like to discuss the upcoming debate.
Yes, yes, I have seen the newest University of Massachusetts Amherst poll showing her pulling ahead of Trump, 46% to 43%. I would like to see a few more polls before I change my mind about the outcome of the election.
Specifically, I want to see if she has momentum, what Bush Senior called the Big Mo. Can she continue to gain ground against Trump? Or, at the very least, maintain the lead that she has now?
In the meantime, let’s talk debates. You may recall that Trump had agreed to two debates with Biden. The first one resulted in Biden dropping out of the race. The second one is scheduled for September 10 on ABC.
Trump is trying desperately to wiggle out of that debate. First, he claimed that he had agreed to debate Biden in September, not Harris, so the debate was off. Then he said that it would be a conflict of interest because he is suing ABC for defamation.
We all know that he will continue to come up with excuses to try and get out of the debate without appearing to be a coward. He knows that Harris will eviscerate him on the debate stage, but he…