CNN issues deadline for Trump and Harris to agree to final 2024 debate
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The window for a final presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is closing.
The window for a final 2024 presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is closing. CNN has publicly offered to host a debate in Atlanta on October 23. Harris has accepted the invitation and welcomed the chance to debate Trump again, but Trump has rejected her calls. On Tuesday, CNN stepped up the pressure by writing to both campaigns and setting a Thursday deadline for a formal response. Debates, after all, can’t be produced overnight; the events take time to organize. “CNN sent invitations on September 21 to both Vice President Harris and former President Trump’s campaigns to participate in a CNN debate this fall as we believe the American people would benefit from a second debate between the two candidates for President of the United States,” the network said in a statement. “With less than 30 days to Election Day, we are placing a deadline for a formal response from both campaigns for this Thursday, October 10 at 12 p.m. ET to participate,” the network said. US presidential candidates typically meet for multiple televised debates, but this election year has been anything but typical since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race weeks after the first CNN-sponsored debate in June.