A new presidential debate between Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump is being considered after the current vice president accepted a meeting arranged by CNN for October 23, although the former president stated that "it's too late" by that date.
Since Harris's campaign has responded positively to this offer and has challenged Trump to accept. "Vice President Harris is ready to share the stage with Donald Trump again," said campaign director Jen O'Malley Dillon in a statement, adding that "Donald Trump should have no problem accepting this debate."
CNN proposes a format similar to the one that Trump and President Joe Biden had in the Atlanta studios, according to the network. That meeting marked a turning point in the re-election ambitions of the current occupant of the White House and the electoral campaign in general.
However, Trump's campaign insisted that the former president will not participate in another debate. "The problem with another debate is that it's too late, voting has already begun," Trump said at a campaign rally this Saturday from Wilmington, North Carolina.
"Now he wants to have a debate just before the elections with CNN because he is losing spectacularly," he added in his statements.
In addition, Trump said that Kamala "has already participated in one debate, I in two. It's too late to participate in another. I would love to do it, in many ways, but it's too late. The voters have already voted and they are out there."
This criterion from Trump aligns with what he wrote after the debate with Harris earlier this month. "There will be no third debate!" posted the former president on the social network Truth Social.
For her part, Harris, at a rally shortly after Trump's announcement, remarked: "I think we owe it to the voters to have another debate."
A survey conducted by CNN after the presidential debate between Harris and Trump on September 10 revealed strong results that supported a victory for the current vice president in that meeting organized by ABC.
Among the topics on the agenda were immigration, abortion, the economy in the United States, and the armed conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine.
63% of registered voters who watched the debate considered Harris to be superior to Trump, compared to 37% who thought otherwise.
The survey included 605 people nationwide and shows a significant change compared to expectations prior to the debate, when voters were evenly split at 50% on which candidate would perform better.
The results also reflect that 96% of Harris's supporters believed she did a better job, while among Trump's supporters, 69% gave the victory to the former president.
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