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Another Trump-Harris Debate? Fox Extends the Invite

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Fox News has invited presidential contenders Donald Trump and Kamala Harris to participate in a possible second debate on either Oct&period; 24 or 27&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Republican Trump and Democrat Harris debated each other for the first time on Sept&period; 10&period; Trump has said there would not be another debate before the Nov&period; 5 election&period; He rejected a past invitation from CNN for an Oct&period; 23 debate&comma; accepted by Harris&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In its statement&comma; Fox News Media president &amp&semi; Executive Editor Jay Wallace and Vice President of Politics Jessica Loker said a second debate &&num;8220&semi;would present an opportunity for each candidate to make their closing arguments&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Fox News Media executives sent a letter to the Harris and Trump campaigns offering to host another debate in Pennsylvania on either October 24 or 27&comma; with Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum as moderators&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Wallace and Locker also pointed out that New York Times opinion senior editor David Swerdlick called for Harris to debate Trump on Fox News in a piece published on Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Fox News&&num;8217&semi; proposed criteria and format mirror those of the CNN debate in June and September&&num;8217&semi;s ABC showdown&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Fox News proposed a 90-minute debate with two commercial breaks&comma; with only Baier and MacCallum asking questions&period; A coin flip would determine podium placement and order of closing statements&period; Candidates would stand behind podiums without any props or pre-written notes&comma; and there would be no live audience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Trump&comma; 78&comma; has repeatedly ruled out another faceoff against Harris&comma; 59&comma; but the network seems hopeful that it can get him to change his mind&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Previously&comma; both Biden and Harris refused to accept invitations to debate Trump on Fox&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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