Donald Trump: I will not hold another debate with Kamala Harris

2024-09-14 22:04:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Thursday he will not participate in another presidential debate against Democrat Kamala Harris. Some polls showed the Vice President winning the first debate between them on Tuesday.

"THERE WILL NOT BE A THIRD DEBATE", wrote the former President on the Truth Social network. Mr. Trump debated President Joe Biden in June before the Sept. 10 debate with Vice President Harris.

Although Mr. Trump took pride in his performance against Ms. Harris, six Republican donors and three advisers to Mr. Trump told the Reuters news agency that Ms. Harris had won the debate largely because the former president did not stay true to the messages he was supposed to deliver. to voters.

About 67.1 million people watched Tuesday's presidential debate, a marked increase in viewership from the June debate that ultimately led to President Joe Biden's withdrawal from the race, according to Nielsen data.

Speaking at an election rally shortly after Mr. Trump made the announcement at Social Truth, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris said "I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate."

While Mr. Trump wrote in his tweet that polls showed him winning the debate, some polls showed voters thought Ms. Harris performed better.

Among voters who said they had heard at least something about Tuesday's debate, Ms Harris received 53 per cent support, while 24 per cent did not, according to a poll by Reuters news agency and polling firm Ipsos released on Thursday. they said that Mr. Trump had won the debate.

The poll showed that 52 percent of registered voters believed that a single debate between the two would be enough, while 46 percent would like a second showdown between the candidates.

According to a CNN poll taken after the debate, a majority of viewers said Ms. Harris had a better performance than Mr. Trump.

A poll by the British research organization YouGov showed that 54 percent of respondents said that Ms. Harris, a Democrat, had won the debate, compared to 31 percent who thought that the winner was the Republican Trump.

Previous polls have shown that the two candidates have almost the same level of support, including in states that are expected to be decisive for the outcome of the elections./ Voa