US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has announced that he will no longer participate in debates with his Democratic rival Kamala Harris. Trump wrote about this on his social media platform Truth Social, Komersant ukrainskyi
reports citing the BBC.
“When a boxer loses a fight, the first words he says are: “I want a rematch”. The polls clearly show that I won the debate against the radical left-wing Democratic candidate Kamala Harris on Tuesday night, and she immediately called for another debate,” Trump wrote.
He later repeated his statements at a campaign rally in Arizona.
Trump added that Harris should “focus” on her job as vice president.
Shortly after the post was published, Harris took to the stage at a rally in North Carolina, where she expressed her desire to meet with the former president again.
“I believe we owe it to the voters to have another discussion,” the vice president said.
It is worth noting that many polls conducted after Tuesday’s debate showed that Harris performed better than her Republican opponent.
According to a CNN poll, 63% of respondents believe that Harris won the debate. In contrast, 37% of Americans believe that Trump won.
Statistics from media analytics company Nielsen show that 67.1 million people watched the debate, significantly more than the 51.3 million who watched the June debate between Trump and Biden.
The polls show the two candidates in an extremely tight race with only two months to go before the election.