Former US President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, announced he will not participate in another presidential debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee.
Trump, in a post Thursday on his social media platform Truth Social, said he won the debate ABC News hosted in Philadelphia on Tuesday night and that Harris has refused to accept debate invitations from Fox News, NBC News and CBS News.
Harris, in a social media post on X, said Thursday, "we owe it to the voters to have another debate.".
Harris's campaign also claimed victory in the first debate between the two. "Vice President Harris commanded the stage on every single issue that matters to the American people," said a statement earlier.
A CNN poll of debate watchers showed 63 per cent agreed that Harris turned in a better performance onstage in Philadelphia, Xinhua news agency reported.
In fact, according to Fox News, 12 voters on the panel thought Harris won the debate, while five believed Trump did. Many said that he didn't know how to attack his new opponent in the presidential race.
The New York Times wrote that since the debate, many Democratic strategists and officials cheered Harris's performance, while Republicans complained about the "tenor of the questions" from the moderators and acknowledged Trump's "missed opportunities" to unleash focused attack lines.
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