Trump refuses Harris call for October debate

22/9/2024 7:50

        Donald Trump on Saturday (Sep 21) rejected a second debate against Kamala Harris before the Nov 5 election, saying it was "too late" with early voting already underway in some states.
        
        Earlier in the day, Harris's campaign said she had accepted an invitation from broadcaster CNN to participate in a debate on Oct 23. It would have been the candidates' second debate, after a Sep 10 encounter that most pundits said she had won.
        
        "The American people deserve another opportunity to see Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump debate before they cast their ballots," her campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon said in a statement.