By EFE
01 Aug 2024, 07:43 AM EDT
Harrisburg – Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday accepted a challenge from Vice President Kamala Harris, his virtual rival for the November election, to debate on camera.
“Okay, Kamala. Go ahead. Challenge accepted. Let’s compare our record point by point,” the former president said at his first rally in the key state of Pennsylvania since the June 13 attempt on his life at a campaign event in Butler.
“It’s going to fall,” Trump told a crowd of about 14,000 at Harrisburg’s Holland Arena, a stadium designed for livestock shows and rodeos that Trump compared to Madison Square Garden.
Trump went on the attack against Harris in the capital of Pennsylvania, a state where the two presidential candidates are technically tied in the polls.
The Republican called Harris a “fake” and “left-wing extremist” and accused her of creating chaos on the border with Mexico.
On Tuesday, Harris said at an event in Atlanta: “If Trump has something to say to me, he should say it to my face,” in a challenge to Trump to accept a debate in September, which the Republican has not confirmed he is willing to do.
Trump has criticized the agreement to host the second debate on September 10 on ABC News and has proposed that the conservative channel Fox News host it.
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