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Donald Trump sparked a chaotic mentation astir his upcoming statement with Kamala Harris by claiming that ABC News will thief nan vice president cheat.
The erstwhile president was speaking during a municipality hallway on Fox News Wednesday, erstwhile he predicted that nan Disney-owned tv web would supply Harris with questions for nan statement up of their showdown.
'They're going to get nan questions, I've already heard they're going to get nan questions successful advance,' Trump told Fox big Sean Hannity successful Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 'I'm not judge it's gonna thief her that much.'
Trump and Harris are group for their first statement successful Philadelphia connected Tuesday, September 10 pinch ABC moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis.
Trump said he only agreed to nan statement astatine nan 'unfair' web because nan vice president wouldn't work together to immoderate others.
Donald Trump tore into ABC News arsenic he alleged nan web will thief Kamala Harris 'cheat' successful their statement adjacent week by providing nan questions and prompts up of time
Fox News projected a statement connected Wednesday evening successful Harrisburg. While Trump's squad accepted, Harris declined nan invite.
'They're very nasty, and I deliberation a batch of group are going to beryllium watching to spot really nasty they are, really unfair they are,' Trump said of ABC News. 'I agreed to do it because they wouldn't do immoderate different networks.'
'The different point is, her champion friend is nan caput of nan network,' Trump said, referencing Harris' adjacent relationship pinch Disney executive Dana Walden. 'Her husband's champion friend is joined to nan caput of nan network.'
Trump besides said that ABC News intentionally provides canvass results that show him astatine a terrible disadvantage because they deliberation it will sway voters not to formed their ballots if they deliberation their preferred campaigner is excessively acold down to win.
'ABC is nan worst web successful position of fairness,' Trump lamented of nan first statement hosting network. 'They had a canvass wherever I was 17 points down a mates of days anterior to nan predetermination – I was 17 points down successful Wisconsin. And they do that truthful group don't ballot because group say, you know, 'hey, I emotion Trump, but he's 17 points down. I'm not going to spell retired and vote.'
'They are nan astir dishonest web – nan meanest, nan nastiest, but that was what I was presented with,' he continued. 'I was presented pinch ABC.'
Trump said location is simply a 'clause successful nan contract' that says ABC News cannot supply nan questions aliases statement prompts to either campaigner earlier nan arena adjacent week.
While nan erstwhile president still thinks Harris will cheat to get her hands connected nan questions, he isn't convinced it will springiness her an advantage.
Vice President Kamala Harris has a adjacent narration pinch Disney executive Dana Walden – but ABC News assures she will not beryllium progressive successful nan readying aliases carrying retired of nan statement successful Philadelphia adjacent week
Dana Walden (right) has been adjacent pinch Harris since 1994 and her hubby Matt Walden (left) has known Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff since nan 1980s. The mates are credited pinch their matrimony aft they introduced Harris and Emhoff via a unsighted date
'So I deliberation you mightiness springiness her nan questions and springiness her nan answers pinch nan questions,' Trump said. 'I'm not judge it's going to thief her.'
ABC this week finalized nan campaigns' backmost and distant complete rules and logistics of nan debate.
Trump says that too conscionable nixing microphone muting, Harris besides wanted to beryllium down astatine desks and beryllium allowed to bring pre-written notes to their faceoff.
But Harris did not get immoderate of her demands met.
Microphones will beryllium muted erstwhile candidates are not speaking, they will beryllium opinionated down podiums and nary prepared notes aliases props are permitted connected stage. They will beryllium fixed a portion of paper, pen and a vessel of water.
