Harris accepts second debate invitation from CNN and urges Trump to join

Kamala Harris has accepted an invitation from CNN to participate in a debate on 23 October, her campaign said on Saturday.

“Donald Trump should have no problem agreeing to this debate. It is the same format and setup as the CNN debate he attended and said he won in June, when he praised CNN’s moderators, rules and ratings,” campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a statement.

Trump debated Joe Biden in June when the US president was still running for re-election. Biden performed so badly that he ended up dropping out of the race in July, and Harris, his vice-president, ascended to the nomination.

The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The two are close in the polls before the election on 5 November.

Harris and Trump held their first presidential debate earlier this month in Philadelphia, with Harris, the Democratic nominee for the White House, widely deemed to have won.

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Reuters contributed reporting