On Tuesday, Harris will go toe-to-toe with Trump on the ABC News debate stage for the first time amid this year’s presidential election.
Ahead of this week’s presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Senator John Fetterman, both Democrats, issued warnings on Sunday to the vice president.
On Tuesday, Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, will go toe-to-toe with Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, on the ABC News debate stage for the first time. Nerves and excitement will be high that night as Americans tune in to the much-anticipated debate in Philadelphia following a dismal performance from President Joe Biden in Atlanta in late June when he went up against Trump.
Biden’s debate performance had magnified concerns about his age and ability to beat Trump and led to concerns within the Democratic Party, with some urging him to exit the race so the party could pick a new nominee. Weeks later on July 21, Biden announced he was ending his reelection campaign and endorsed Harris to take his place. Harris then launched her own bid for president and later accepted the party’s nomination at the Democratic National Convention on August 22.
In an interview with CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, Buttigieg spoke about the upcoming debate as he warned that while Harris is “focused and disciplined”, it will take more “to deal” with Trump.
