Game on: ABC News says Harris, Trump have agreed to presidential debate on Sept. 10

David Bauder, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC News says that some Republican statesmanlike nominee Donald Trump and his Democratic counterpart, Kamala Harris, person agreed to meet successful a statement connected Sept. 10.

The network’s announcement connected Thursday came soon aft Trump told a news convention that he had agreed to 3 debates pinch Harris successful September connected abstracted networks. The Harris run had nary contiguous comment.

Trump is rejoining nan ABC statement days aft posting connected his societal media web that he would not look connected nan network, citing a suit he has filed. His determination sets up a highly anticipated infinitesimal successful an predetermination wherever nan first statement led to a monolithic alteration successful nan title — pinch Democratic President Joe Biden ending his reelection bid and endorsing Harris.

“I deliberation it’s very important to person debates,” Trump said Thursday. “I look guardant to nan debates because I deliberation we person to group nan grounds straight.”

At a backstage fundraiser successful Paris connected Thursday, Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, said he “cannot wait” to spot his woman statement Trump. He was successful Paris arsenic caput of nan U.S. delegation to nan Summer Olympics closing ceremony.

Fox News has besides projected a statement betwixt Harris and Trump to return spot connected Sept. 4, and NBC News is angling to aerial 1 connected Sept. 25.

Trump besides said he wants his vice statesmanlike candidate, JD Vance, to statement Harris’ prime for veep, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, connected CBS. The web is discussing imaginable dates to propose for that meeting.

ABC says that David Muir and Linsey Davis will mean nan Sept. 10 contest. That’s nan aforesaid day that Trump and Biden had agreed to their 2nd and last debate, earlier Biden’s determination put that arena successful doubt.

Any statement promises to return connected other value pinch polls showing a tight title betwixt nan erstwhile president and existent vice president. While Harris has ridden a activity of excitement among Democrats since inheriting nan mantle from Biden, she has yet to look astatine a news convention aliases springiness an question and reply to a journalist.

Republicans are already making that an issue. Vance, successful a station connected X arsenic Trump was successful his news convention connected Thursday, said Harris was hiding down a TelePrompter. “It’s been 18 days since she answered existent questions from nan media,” he wrote.