Vice President Kamala Harris has accepted a suggestion from CBS Information to take part in a vice-presidential debate this summer time, the Biden marketing campaign stated Thursday.
Harris accepted CBS Information’ proposed dates of July 23 or Aug. 13, the marketing campaign stated.
“The Biden-Harris marketing campaign has knowledgeable CBS Information that we settle for the community’s invitation to take part in a Vice Presidential debate, in studio, on both of two dates,” the marketing campaign stated.
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on Could 1, 2024 in Jacksonville, Fla.
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Trump has not but made his vice-presidential decide, thought a number of potential hopefuls look like working to get within the former president’s good graces by participation in his fundraisers and attending his New York prison trial.
The information of the vice-presidential debate got here a day after President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, agreed to 2 debates earlier than the final election. One can be a prime-time debate at ABC Information studios on Sept. 10. The talk will air on ABC Information, ABC Information Reside and Hulu. Earlier than that, they are going to take part in a CNN debate on June 27 in Atlanta.
The vice presidential debate would have the identical tips that the Biden marketing campaign outlined on Wednesday — together with that it could not have an in-person viewers, that there be agency cut-off dates for solutions, alternate turns to talk and candidate’s microphone ought to solely be on when it’s their flip to talk.
As a part of the controversy negotiations, the Biden marketing campaign proposed a vice-presidential debate in late July after the Republican Nationwide Conference. The previous president has stated he does not plan to make an announcement about his vice-presidential decide till nearer to the RNC.
“Effectively, I am not in a rush and we’ll do it someday across the conference, however we’ve plenty of nice folks within the Republican Celebration,” Trump stated in an interview with ABC affiliate WPVI in April, when requested a couple of potential vice presidential candidate.
“We stay up for the Trump marketing campaign accepting one among these dates in order that the complete debate calendar for this marketing campaign might be set,” the Biden marketing campaign stated.
Just like the presidential debates, the vice-presidential debates are occurring on an accelerated timeline. Vice presidential debates have historically been held inside the first two weeks of October. Harris and former Vice President Mike Pence squared off on Oct. 7, 2020.
ABC Information’ Sarah Beth Hensley, Lalee Ibsaa and Soorin Kim contributed to this report.