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.
Trump has an ongoing litigation against CBS or whoever they initially suggested and agreeing to appear there would have provided a conflict of interest they could have used against him. Of course he wouldn't accept their initial challenge and they knew that it would be a win/win for them; either he fucks up his lawsuit or they start whining about it to make him look bad.
It was ABC, but yeah. Trying to force him to do business with someone he's in a legal battle with is hilariously slimy.