Vice President Kamala Harris is planning to show up for the previously agreed-upon debate set for September 10 on ABC – even if Donald Trump does not
Reuters: https://archive.ph/GPWlJ
the debate he already agreed to
The vice president will be there one way or the other to take the opportunity to speak to a prime time national audience
Image being so fucking treacherous that you play taksie-backsies with the presidential candidate elected by your party just a few months before the election because he turned out to be incredibly unpopular, only to turn around and claim that the opponent isn't showing up to an agreed-on debate when he clearly didn't agree to it.
For that matter, if ABC gives Kamala airtime alone it should be treated as the campaign contribution that it is.
He did, and she refused. Likely because this one is a trap and she needs that much "prep time" to be remotely ready to take him on after being a literal background character for years and society looking down on sucking dick on stage.
Its basically both of them trying to set up the debate to be most beneficial for them, but while Trump's proposal makes him look stronger and more capable (being earlier, being with backstabbers like Fox), hers makes her look scrambling.