JD Vance's Team Says He Won't Debate Kamala Harris Ahead Of The DNC

[ificandream]

Source: Huffington Post

By Marita Vlachou

Sen. JD Vance, former President Donald Trump’s running mate, won’t debate Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the Democratic National Convention next month, the Trump campaign said Wednesday, citing uncertainty about who the Democratic candidate will be.

While Trump officially announced Vance as his VP pick earlier this week, calling him the “best suited” person for the role, growing pressure on President Joe Biden to step down from the race following his poor performance at the CNN debate in late June has led to questions about whether Harris could replace him at the top of the Democratic ticket.

Democrats will officially nominate their candidates by the end of their party convention scheduled for Aug. 19-22.

“We don’t know who the Democrat nominee for Vice President is going to be, so we can’t lock in a date before their convention,” Brian Hughes, a senior adviser for the Trump campaign, said in a statement on the VP debate. “To do so would be unfair to Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker, Gretchen Whitmer, or whoever Kamala Harris picks as her running mate,” Hughes added, referring to popular Democratic governors who have been floated as potential candidates on the party’s ticket should Biden drop out.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-vance-kamala-harris-debate_n_6698e26ae4b0e9707971a508

[mwb970]

1. Look at the cowardly bully as he runs away from a scary woman!

How low CAN the trump cult sink?

[rurallib]

2. "We don't know who the Democrat nominee for Vice President is going to be,"

That should have thrown any real journalists into convulsions of laughter

[Scarlet Begalas]

7. "We don't know who..."

The line that got me was "“To do so would be unfair to Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker, Gretchen Whitmer, or whoever Kamala Harris picks as her running mate,” as if Rethugs ever care about what's fair for Democrats. They are just sickening.

Reminds me of how Rethugs in 2000 said Gore should stop fighting for votes "for the good of the country," as if they cared about that. Why didn't they ask Bush to give up "for the good of the country?"

They try to make themselves sound noble when in reality they're a bunch of cheaters and liars who will do anything to win.

[CincyDem]

3. Hate (hate) to say even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

I have a ticket. Biden Harris. But until the collective “we” have a ticket…makes sense.

[CousinIT]

4. Too bad #HillbillyChicken isn't trending on Xitter. n/t

[Warpy]

5. Of course he won't, he's a blowhard and a chickenshit but

he's got barely enough brains to realize she'd wipe the floor with him.

[Bayard]

6. Fraidy Pants!

[William Seger]

8. He could commit to debate (TBD) if he had any balls

[iluvtennis]

9. Fk him. Kamala can just continuing campaigning for Joe Biden - she's very good at it. n/t

[msongs]

10. the tradition is no debates til after conventions. its a sensible rule. nt

[manicdem]

11. Be cautious

I really hope it remains a Biden/Harris campaign. However if Biden were to drop out and Harris becomes the nominee, then it would have proved Vance correct and blowback on us.

Best to withhold comment for the time being.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. Biden-Harris Campaign Statement on JD Vance Refusing to Debate Vice President Harris

Link to tweet

[Rhiannon12866]

16. Thanks for posting!

[Javaman]

13. Chicken shit nt

[Hikerchick57]

14. IMO, I think VP Harris would put Vance in his place, she would trounce him. He's just a #*&$@(insert your favorite word)

[valleyrogue]

15. I'd just as soon he never debate her. It wouldn't help us.

He's slick and articulate while being a vile extremist, and Harris isn't the best debater out there given what I have seen from her during the 2020 presidential campaign.

The best VP debate I ever saw was with Biden and Paul Ryan back in 2012. It was a thing of beauty. Biden played with Ryan like a cat with a mouse. That was the most entertaining debate I ever saw.

[Bengus81]

17. I knew that would happen,my GAWD what she could nail him with............n/t

[Bengus81]

19. Do an empty podium debate Kamala. n/t

[FakeNoose]

18. Of course Vance needs to get his talking points from Peter Theil

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

20. We don't know who the VP candidate is until the DNC happens.

Probably, Biden will choose Harris.

Possibly, Harris will choose someone else for her Veep.

I'm hoping for option 1