Will Donald Trump Debate Kamala Harris?

I don’t think he will, and here’s why.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readJul 23, 2024
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While Vice President Kamala Harris is not officially the Democratic nominee following President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the race and not seek reelection, it’s beginning to feel more and more inevitable at this point. Since the weekend, it’s been announced that a majority of Democratic delegates have declared their support for her.

Christal Hayes with The BBC reports:

“Vice-President Kamala Harris has secured the support of a majority of Democratic delegates to become the party’s nominee for president.

A survey by the Associated Press on Monday evening said she had received the endorsement of more than the 1,976 delegates needed to win the nomination in the first round of voting.

That means Ms Harris is on course to be crowned the party’s standard bearer and take on Republican Donald Trump in November’s presidential election.

It becomes official when party delegates hold a roll call vote ahead of next month’s Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago.

Delegates are people who are selected to represent their electoral area. Their pledges of support are non-binding until the vote but unlikely to change…”

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Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx