Walz Dodges CNN Debate Chal­lenge From Vance; Har­ris Open To Sec­ond Bout Against Trump

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Min­neso­ta Demo­c­ra­t­ic Gov­er­nor Tim Walz is refus­ing a sec­ond vice pres­i­den­tial debate held by left-lean­ing CNN, but Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris‘ cam­paign said it is will­ing to accept a sec­ond pres­i­den­tial debate against Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump in Octo­ber under a spe­cif­ic con­di­tion.
Short­ly after Vance accept­ed a CBS News debate on Octo­ber 1, which Walz pre­vi­ous­ly agreed to attend, Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris‘ pres­i­den­tial cam­paign released a state­ment that ruled out a CNN debate on Sep­tem­ber 18 that Vance also said he would accept.
“The debate about debates is over,” said Michael Tyler, com­mu­ni­ca­tions direc­tor for Har­ris-Walz 2024. He claimed for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump‘s cam­paign accept­ed their pro­pos­al for three debates, includ­ing one host­ed by ABC News on Sep­tem­ber 10. The third, Tyler added, would be anoth­er face-off between Har­ris and Trump in Octo­ber — con­tin­gent on Trump show­ing up to the ABC debate.
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