Former President Donald Trump signaled he is willing to debate Vice President Kamala Harris, in an interview on Fox News on Monday night, but stopped short of fully committing to it despite his insistence last week that he will have “more than one debate” with his presumptive Democratic opponent.
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During his interview with Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham, Trump was repeatedly asked about his willingness to debate Harris, to which he responded “I want to do a debate” before outlining several reasons why he thinks it's not necessary.
Trump said everyone knew who he was and “now people know who she is” before accusing Harris of wanting to defund the police and a proponent of “high taxes.”
When Ingraham warned that people may say he is afraid of debating Harris, Trump pushed back, saying he’s leading in all the polls “by a lot” and “leading in all of the swing states”—despite recent surveys showing a close race.
Trump eventually said, “I’ll probably end up debating”, but later added, “I can also make a case for not doing it.”
Trump also took a shot at ABC News, the agreed-upon network for the next presidential debate. “I don’t like rewarding fake news…They’re going to make tens of millions of dollars with this debate. I don’t like ABC.”
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During the interview, Trump once again spoke about the way Harris laughed, something he has repeatedly mocked on his campaign trail despite critics pointing out it is a sexist trope. Trump told Ingraham “She got rid of the laugh, I noticed. I haven’t seen the crazy laugh.” The former president said he thinks someone “convinced her” to get rid of her laughter adding “That’s a laugh of a crazy person, but I noticed she’s not using that laugh anymore.” When Ingraham said she liked laughter, Trump interjected “Not her laughter.”