Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson stated Friday on his podcast that Vice President Kamala Harris asking for a second debate signals that she may be behind within her “internal polls.”
After the first debate between former President Donald Trump and Harris, some political pundits sided with Harris as the winner. However, on “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” Hanson noted that if Harris’ team believed they had won, they wouldn’t “risk it” with a second appearance as the team has requested a second debate.
“Well Trump really ran with that, he said, ‘Yea if you’re looking for a prize fight … the first guy that asks for a rematch knows he lost.’ That’s one interpretation — the other interpretation is that it’s a close race and they think they gained a point and they’ll gain another one. But whatever the interpretation is it tells me that her internal polls do not show that she has a lead,” Hanson said.
“Because if they really do believe she won the debate and if they really do believe she ahead with the momentum then they wouldn’t want to risk it. It’s like winning a hundred dollars at the casino and not wanting to risk it,” Hanson continued.
Hanson noted that while some say Harris won the debate against Trump, he criticized her “content” and argued Trump should refuse participation with certain outlets if a second debate occurs.
“So I think that a they weren’t sure — according to elite taste, which puts a high premium on comportment, behavior and mannerisms, which is a good thing in a way, but not so much content. Then they think she won the debate and they think that maybe that she can do it again. But that also tells me it’s even or she’s behind,” Hanson said.
“I’m not sure Trump should do it and if he does it, he should no way in the world have anybody on that stage from NBC, ABC, CBS, CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, NPR, PBS — nada,” Hanson continued. “Because they’ll do it again, and they’ll bait him, and bait him, and bait him, and bait him and get him angry.”
Trump has stated he would not be seeking another debate after Harris’ campaign had released a statement calling for another showdown between the two candidates. Prior to Tuesday, Trump had offered to debate Harris on two additional dates which included Sept. 4 hosted by Fox News and Sept. 25 which would be hosted by NBC News.
“She was a no-show at the Fox Debate, and refused to do NBC & CBS. KAMALA SHOULD FOCUS ON WHAT SHE SHOULD HAVE DONE DURING THE LAST ALMOST FOUR YEAR PERIOD. THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
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Time to change out the swamp
There must be a reason why Biden and Harris have so much hate for our Constitution, the Judges that enforce our laws, who sit on the Supreme Court. Is it because it interferes with their China First Policy? Never before in the history of our Country has there been so many law suits filed against the Biden\ Harris, an their abuse of power, Constitutional violations, since America has been formed. One would think all lawyers at the DOJ are their personal legal army, It’s OK to attack our laws, while in reality it’s the tax payers who are paying those lawyer salaries and they are being paid without financial approval of Congress or tax payers to pursue their radical agenda,without regard for the voters interest or welfare. This is abuse of power and must be stopped. Biden was really never calling the decision shots for his office and Harris is like a real life AI figure who can only say or read what’s scripted for her or printed on the teleprompter. Time to change out the swamp, Federal government has gotten too big too corrupt and too wasteful, we don’t need another four years of tax payers dollars being abused