{"id":16764,"date":"2024-03-10T00:50:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T00:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/10\/vp-kamala-harris-dodges-question-whether-shed-debate-trump-running-mate\/"},"modified":"2024-03-10T00:50:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T00:50:20","slug":"vp-kamala-harris-dodges-question-whether-shed-debate-trump-running-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/10\/vp-kamala-harris-dodges-question-whether-shed-debate-trump-running-mate\/","title":{"rendered":"VP Kamala Harris dodges question whether she\u2019d debate Trump running mate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paywall has-gated-overlay gated-article-body\">\n<p class=\"speakable\">Vice President Kamala Harris will not commit to debating former President Donald Trump\u2019s eventual running mate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Harris dodged the question of a vice-presidential debate during a Friday interview with NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We just got through the State of the Union. And I\u2019m just so excited about what we accomplished last night and our president,\u2019 Harris told NBC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The vice-president\u2019s evasion of the question is far from unique \u2014 the question of whether anyone in the White House will go toe-to-toe with the Trump campaign this fall has been a long-unanswered question.<\/p>\n<p>The question of President Biden\u2019s health and mental fitness has been a long-standing concern of both Republicans and Democrats. A presidential debate is traditionally seen as an opportunity to assess candidates\u2019 ability to think on their feet and speak under pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Harris similarly refused to give a straight answer on Friday when asked whether Biden would debate Trump himself before the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, the 2024 GOP frontrunner and presumptive nominee, posted his offer to debate Biden on Wednesday afternoon \u2014 just hours after his final GOP challenger Nikki Haley suspended her campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Referencing Trump\u2019s challenge, ABC News correspondent Mary Bruce asked Harris whether Biden would commit to debating his likely rival.<\/p>\n<p>Harris instead pivoted to a discussion of Thursday night\u2019s State of the Union address and claimed that Biden had successfully portrayed himself as \u2018passionate\u2019 and \u2018principled.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But given what you argue is at stake here, will you take the chance to show voters more of what they saw last night to take on Trump directly in debates?\u2019 Bruce pressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We\u2019ll get to that at some point, and we\u2019ll deal with that,\u2019 Harris replied. \u2018But the point is, right now, on this day after the State of the Union, I think the president laid down the facts for the American people in terms of what\u2019s at stake. And I thought he did an extraordinary job.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital\u2019s Nikolas Lanum contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris will not commit to debating former President Donald Trump\u2019s eventual running mate. Harris dodged the question of a vice-presidential debate during a Friday interview with NBC News. \u2018We just got through the State of the Union. And I\u2019m just so excited about what we accomplished last night and our president,\u2019 Harris <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16764","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}