Donald Trump's campaign issued a statement Thursday night on the general election debates, claiming it's "inappropriate" to schedule a debate with presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
In the statement, Trump's campaign says it's waiting until Democrats "formally decide on their nominee" to schedule the next debate.
"There is a strong sense by many in the Democrat Party - namely Barack Hussein Obama - that Kamala Harris is a Marxist fraud who cannot beat President Trump, and they are still holding out for someone 'better,'" the statement says.
Harris told the Associated Press on Thursday that she's ready to debate Trump, and that Trump had previously agreed to a Sept. 10 debate date, when President Biden was still in the race.
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