Vice President Kamala Harris mentioned Tuesday that she hopes former President Donald Trump will meet her on the talk stage later this yr regardless of his obvious efforts to skip out on these plans now that she’s the Democrats’ presumptive nominee to face him in November.
Harris rallied a crowd of 10,000 supporters in Atlanta on Tuesday, her first go to to Georgia after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and cleared the best way for her marketing campaign.
“It is a people-powered marketing campaign, in reality … the momentum on this race is shifting, and there are indicators that Donald Trump is feeling it,” the vp mentioned. “You will have observed.”
Trump has now repeatedly expressed doubt about collaborating within the subsequent debate, scheduled for Sept. 10 on ABC Information. And whereas he mentioned Monday he would “in all probability” debate Harris in some unspecified time in the future, he added that “all people is aware of who I’m,” suggesting a debate look could not profit him.
In Atlanta, Harris hit the previous president for backing out of these plans, repeating her ding that Trump and his working mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, had been “simply plain bizarre” and had a “lot to say about me.”
“Right here’s the humorous factor about that,” Harris mentioned. “So he received’t debate, however he and his working mate positive appear to have loads to say about me.”
“Nicely, Donald, I do hope you’ll rethink to satisfy me on the talk stage,” she mentioned, “as a result of because the saying goes, for those who’ve acquired one thing to say, say it to my face.”
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Harris has catapulted into the marketing campaign over the previous 10 days, elevating greater than $200 million and signing up greater than 170,000 volunteers. And up to date polls have proven her closing the hole in most swing states.