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Trump done with debates, Harris announces $47M in post-showdown donations

Harris says she believes she and the former president 鈥榦we it to voters鈥 to debate again
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Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, at a gathering of the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago. (Akilah Townsend/The New York Times)

on Thursday ruled out another presidential debate against as her campaign announced a massive fundraising haul in the hours after the two candidates met on stage.

Trump, the Republican nominee, posted on Truth Social that 鈥淭HERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!鈥 following and his June debate against President Joe Biden. In rejecting another debate, the former president suggested that a 鈥減rizefighter鈥 who loses a bout is always the one to call for a rematch.

A day earlier, he had said, 鈥淚 just don鈥檛 know,鈥 to the question of whether he would meet Harris for another debate. Some Republicans, including the No. 2 GOP Senator John Thune, Trump to debate against Harris again.

While he could still change his mind, his announcement means that Tuesday鈥檚 meeting will likely be the only time voters will see the two debate each other before the November election. watched the Trump-Harris debate.

Harris, the Democratic nominee, said during a rally in North Carolina on Thursday she believes that she and the former president 鈥渙we it to voters鈥 to debate again. Meanwhile, her campaign revealed that it had raised $47 million from nearly 600,000 donors in the 24 hours after her Tuesday debate against Trump.

鈥淭his historic, 24-hour haul reflects a strong and growing coalition of Americans united behind Vice President Harris鈥 candidacy that knows the stakes this November, and are doing their part to defeat Donald Trump this November,鈥 campaign chair Jen O鈥橫alley Dillon said.

The Tuesday debate was the first time that Trump and Harris had met, and the vice president largely controlled the tenor, goading Trump into agitated responses that contained . It came two months after Trump鈥檚 debate against Biden, whose led him to and endorse Harris as his replacement on the ticket.

Trump raised doubts earlier in the campaign as to whether he would debate Harris at all. The two eventually agreed on the Tuesday debate on ABC.

Trump called Harris a 鈥渘o-show鈥 for a debate date that had been proposed earlier this month. Instead of an event with Harris, Trump ended up going on Fox News for a solo town hall with host Sean Hannity.

Fox News has issued invitations to both campaigns for a debate in October.





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