By The New York Times (U.S.) | Created at 2024-09-30 04:42:53 | Updated at 2024-09-30 11:31:28
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At a rally in Las Vegas, Vice President Kamala Harris played up the vice-presidential debate set for Tuesday and pushed for another face-off with former President Donald J. Trump.
- Sept. 30, 2024, 12:10 a.m. ET
Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday tried to taunt former President Donald J. Trump into participating in another debate as she rallied supporters in Nevada.
Ms. Harris opened by previewing the vice-presidential debate set for Tuesday between her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, and the Republican, Senator JD Vance of Ohio, saying “their debate should not be the last word.”
“I’m trying to debate Donald Trump again, and I think he should debate again,” Ms. Harris told 7,500 supporters at an expo center in Las Vegas. “The American people have a right to hear us discuss the issues. And as you say here in Las Vegas, I’m all in. I’m all in. Even if my opponent is ready to fold.”
Ms. Harris was widely seen as the winner of the only debate between her and Mr. Trump, which took place on Sept. 10. But the race barely moved afterward, according to national polls. The former president has said he will not participate in another debate, even as some of his allies have urged him to reconsider. Ms. Harris said earlier that she had agreed to a second debate hosted by CNN on Oct. 23.
Her remarks on Sunday came in the battleground state of Nevada, where the election remains a virtual dead heat, with Ms. Harris leading Mr. Trump by one percentage point, according to a New York Times polling average. But Nevada and the other southwestern battleground, Arizona, have become somewhat less of a priority for the Harris campaign as it focuses on the must-win “blue wall” states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The Harris campaign is spending more on television and digital advertising in those three states than in Arizona and Nevada, and she has traveled more extensively there. This week, she will again campaign in all three blue wall states.
