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Former President Donald Trump rejected a challenge for a second presidential debate from Vice President Kamala Harris.
"When a prizefighter loses a fight, the first words out of his mouth are, "I WANT A REMATCH." Polls clearly show that I won the Debate against Comrade Kamala Harris, the Democrats' Radical Left Candidate, on Tuesday night, and she immediately called for a Second Debate," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday (September 12).
"She and Crooked Joe have destroyed our Country, with millions of criminals and mentally deranged people pouring into the USA, totally unchecked and unvetted, and with Inflation bankrupting our Middle Class. Everyone knows this, and all of the other problems caused by Kamala and Joe - It was discussed in great detail during the First Debate with Joe, and the Second Debate with Comrade Harris. She was a no-show at the Fox Debate, and refused to do NBC & CBS. KAMALA SHOULD FOCUS ON WHAT SHE SHOULD HAVE DONE DURING THE LAST ALMOST FOUR YEAR PERIOD. THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!"
A few hours after Trump made his post, Harris again called for another debate during a rally in North Carolina.
"Two nights ago, Donald Trump and I had our first debate," she told the crowd, according to CNBC. "And I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate because this election and what is at stake could not be more important."
Trump previously debated President Joe Biden in June. Biden's poor performance in the debate ultimately led to him dropping out of the race a few weeks later and endorsing Harris to run. She quickly secured support amongst Democrats and locked up the nomination ahead of the Democratic National Convention in late August.
After much back and forth, the Harris and Trump campaigns agreed to debate on ABC News, using the same rules for the debate between Trump and Biden back in June.
While there was talk about two other debates before the election in November, Trump's comments appear to have closed the door on that possibility.