The final debate proposal from Fox News featuring former president Donald Trump and vice president Kamala Harris has been declined.
The debates could have taken place in Pennsylvania on October 24th or 27th, according to Fox News's Martha MacCallum, who made the announcement on October 9th, claiming that the network had made its "final pitch" to the campaigns of Trump and Harris on a possible debate, as Newsmax reported.
She said Fox was “offering a chance for them to make their closing argument.”
In a second debate, MacCallum said, the network saw "a great opportunity to give the people one more chance to see them both onstage, and to make up their minds" by allowing Trump and Harris to face off again.
“THERE WILL BE NO REMATCH!” Trump wrote in response on Truth Social, putting to rest any questions about where his campaign stands on the issue of a possible debate.
Thanks to the contentious nature of the upcoming election, questions have arisen about the reaction from the Democrat candidate, but Harris' campaign has not responded to requests for comment.
For his part, the Republican nominee said “there is nothing to debate” due to Harris appearance on ABC-TV’s “The View."
During the appearance, she said she couldn’t think of a single presidential policy or action she would have handled differently if she had been president instead of President Joe Biden.
“It is very late in the process” prior to the Nov. 5 election, Trump said, noting, “voting has already begun.”
Nearly three million Americans have already cast their ballots as of October 9th, according to statistics from the Election Lab at the University of Florida.
On June 27, CNN held a debate in Atlanta where Trump and Biden, his initial Democratic challenger, squared off, causing mixed reactions, with both candidates seeming to think they won the match.
Biden endorsed Harris and withdrew from the presidential race less than 30 days after taking heat for his performance in the debates. She was nominated for president by the Democratic Party not long after.
In a September 10 ABC News debate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Trump and Harris went head to head. Subsequently, her campaign suggested holding an additional debate but the president has turned down the offer.
One of the suggested Fox dates was already booked for the former president. The famous Madison Square Garden in New York City was reserved for Trump's speech on October 27.
