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The pressure is on former President Trump to debate Vice President Harris again now that she has accepted a CNN invite for an October match-up, with Republicans encouraging him to go up against her a second time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans argue that Trump can have a better, more disciplined performance a second time around after Harris was widely seen by voters as the winner of the debate ABC hosted earlier in September. Strategists say the former president has nothing to lose by partaking in another debate, particularly after Harris\u2019s performance did little to move the needle in a race largely seen as a dead heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in a very tight race. I like where President Trump stands,\u201d said Steve Cortes, a former adviser to Trump. \u201cHowever, I think any of us who do polling, who read polling carefully realize that this race is super, super tight and in that environment, I don\u2019t think we should skip an opportunity to speak in front of a super large audience of Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harris on Saturday accepted CNN\u2019s invite for a debate on Oct. 23, after her campaign called for a second debate. Trump, however, said he believes it\u2019s \u201ctoo late\u201d to have another debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe\u2019s done one debate. I\u2019ve done two. It\u2019s too late to do another. I\u2019d love to, in many ways, but it\u2019s too late. The voting is cast,\u201d Trump said in North Carolina, referring to his first debate against President Biden on June 27, which predicated Biden dropping out of the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s GOP allies argue a second debate against Harris presents an opportunity for the former president to improve on his first debate performance by staying focused on policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t take the bait and focus on policy,\u201d said Dan Eberhart, a Trump donor, who said he wants to see Trump take part in a second debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf he focuses on policy, he wins,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But staying on policy isn\u2019t always Trump\u2019s strong suit. Republicans have taken particular issue with Trump\u2019s move during the debate with Harris to elevate baseless claims about Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would say that I\u2019m not sure what group of persuadable voters are motivated by that issue,\u201d Eberhart said, referring to the false claims about migrants in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cortes said he could see both sides to Trump\u2019s strategy on immigration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing unafraid of touching supposedly third rail topics is part of his strength,\u201d Cortes said. \u201cBut at the same time, we need to make sure we don\u2019t major in the minors. Let\u2019s focus on the most important aspect of illegal migration, which is that the whole country is being overrun by illegal migrants and that is particularly painful for small towns who don\u2019t have the capacity, the budget, the infrastructure to deal with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked about Republicans calling on him to debate a second time, the Trump campaign pointed to a Truth Social post from the former president in which he said he won the first debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen a prizefighter loses a fight, the first words out of his mouth are, \u2018I WANT A REMATCH,\u2019\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe was a no-show at the Fox Debate, and refused to do NBC & CBS,\u201d he said.
\u201cKamala should focus on what she should have done during the last almost four year period. There will be no third debate!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harris, meanwhile, has increased the pressure on Trump to accept the CNN invite. The vice president told donors at a New York City fundraiser Trump \u201cseems to be looking for an excuse to avoid\u201d another match-up and said they owe it to the voters to agree to debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJoin me on the debate stage. There\u2019s more to talk about. Voters of America deserve to hear \u2026 what\u2019s your plan, what\u2019s my plan,\u201d Harris said, referring to Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite Harris\u2019s debate performance being hailed by voters, her slight lead over Trump nationally and in swing states grew by less than 1 percentage point and, in some states, Trump\u2019s lead grew slightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harris holds a 3.6 percentage point lead over Trump nationally, according to The Hill\/Decision Desk HQ polling aggregate, a lead that has grown slightly since the day before the debate, when she had a 3.2 percentage point lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans who claim the moderators in the ABC debate this month were unfair to Trump compared to their treatment of Harris, think Trump is right to decline a second debate against her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe last debate was the worst moderated debate in presidential history, and frankly there is no guarantee it\u2019s going to get any better,\u201d said Republican strategist Ford O\u2019Connell. \u201cHe\u2019s not going to get a fair debate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O\u2019Connell also questioned the point of doing a third debate, given that early voting has kicked off in a number of states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat benefit do you actually get out of it at this juncture?\u201d O\u2019Connell said. \u201cThe only way that he has a debate is if he has what he perceives as fair moderators or a fair set up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GOP strategist Matt Gorman, a former senior adviser to Sen. Tim Scott\u2019s (R-S.C.) presidential campaign, argued that Harris should have to do more media interviews, rather than another debate against Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe debate about debates has become tiresome. Not giving Harris a debate deprives her of the proverbial oxygen she needs. She\u2019d rather be in a debate, prepped with memorized answers, than forced to take [one-on-one] reporter questions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, other Republicans think Trump participating in another debate is too risky for him, pointing to his lack of discipline in the first debate against Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not clear debates have ever helped Trump, other than when Biden beat himself,\u201d said Bruce Mehlman, a former official under former President George W. Bush. \u201cUnless Trump could ensure more aggressive moderators or prepare harder and executive a disciplined strategy, a second debate is as likely to harm as help his campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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