Harris campaign calls for second debate less than an hour after Trump’s performance is panned by critics
Multiple campaign officials working for Vice President Kamala Harris called for a second debate less than an hour after the conclusion of the Democratic nominee’s first showdown against former President Donald Trump.
“That was fun. Let’s do it again in October,” Harris campaign communications director Brian Fallon wrote on X.
The Harris campaign in a press blast also called for an October debate.
“Vice President Harris is ready for a second debate. Is Donald Trump?” asked Harris-Walz campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon.
“Donald Trump was totally incoherent. He was angry and rattled,” O’Malley Dillon assessed, referring to answers from the 45th president about abortion, Jan. 6 and the specter of Project 2025.
Michael Tyler, Harris’ communications director, told The Post the campaign is looking to do another debate in mid-October.
“We certainly want another debate in October,” he said, adding that “initial conversations about a second debate” have already taken place.
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Trump, 78, has already accepted an invitation from NBC News to participate in a Sept. 25 debate that has yet to be confirmed by Harris.
The former president also agreed to a Sept. 4 debate on Fox News that was shot as a town hall in Harrisburg, Pa., after Harris balked at the network’s invitation.
“He has already accepted an NBC debate and a Fox debate. It’s Kamala Harris who hadn’t accepted prior debates,” Danielle Alvarez, a senior Trump campaign adviser, told The Post.
Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told The Post that the former president’s team would “absolutely” be interested in an October debate against the vice president.
Leavitt also noted the previously agreed-to Sept. 25 debate.
Networks are ready to get in on the potential October action as well.
Tuesday night, Fox News reupped its previous offer to host a second presidential debate between Harris and Trump, with executives at the media outlet sending out a letter to both campaigns asking for their participation.
The missive noted the outlet’s high ratings, “capabilities and reputation” and proposed a format identical to Tuesday’s ABC News debate and Trump’s June forum with President Biden, according to Fox News.