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[text/observer network chen sijia] on september 21, local time, us vice president and democratic presidential candidate harris announced that she accepted cnn's invitation to participate in the second presidential election debate on october 23. but her rival, us republican presidential candidate trump, rejected the invitation, saying that the debate was "too late."

"vice president harris is ready to take on trump again, and there should be no reason for trump not to participate in this debate, which will have the same format and setup as the cnn debate he participated in and won in june, when he praised cnn's moderators, rules, and ratings," harris' campaign manager jen o'malley dillon said in a statement. "the american people should have the opportunity to see harris debate trump before they vote."

harris later posted on the social platform: "i am happy to accept the second presidential debate on october 23. i hope trump can join in."

cnn said the second debate is scheduled to be held in the cnn studio in atlanta, georgia, and will last 90 minutes. trump and harris will answer questions from the host without a live audience. cnn said they have sent invitations to trump and harris, "we look forward to receiving responses from both campaign teams so that the american public can hear more of the candidates' voices when making their final decision."

the format of this debate is similar to the debate between trump and us president biden in june this year. cnn said that the debate in june overturned the campaign process, and biden, who performed poorly, eventually announced his withdrawal from the election and supported harris as the democratic presidential candidate.

but trump refused cnn's invitation, saying it was "too late" to hold another debate. trump held a campaign rally in wilmington, north carolina later on the 21st, where he said: "the problem with the second debate is that it's too late and the voting has already begun."

the 2024 u.s. presidential election will be held on november 5, but minnesota, south dakota and virginia began early voting on september 20 local time.

cnn pointed out that according to tradition, after the vice presidential candidate debate next month, the presidential candidates of the two parties in the united states should make their last speech in the televised debate. republican vice presidential candidate, ohio senator vance and democratic vice presidential candidate, minnesota governor waltz will hold a televised debate on october 1 local time.

on the 12th, trump said that he would not hold the next presidential election debate with harris. he posted on his own social platform "real social": "there will be no third debate!" but just one day later, on the 13th local time, trump's tone changed. he told the us media that "if the mood is good", he might agree to another debate.

harris' campaign team was dissatisfied with trump's attitude, accusing him of "changing his position every day." harris also said, "i think we need to have another debate because this election and what it is about are extremely important."

trump and harris had their first debate on the evening of september 10, local time, hosted by abc. although both sides claimed to have won the debate, most american media believed that harris performed better in the debate and had the upper hand.

cnn veteran anchor chris wallace declared that the debate was "devastating" for trump and that "trump looked old tonight." a pro-republican fox news commentator also wrote that as the debate continued, trump was clearly frustrated and became more sharp and divisive, and that "the winner in this showdown is obvious."

however, the us media also pointed out that it is still unknown whether and how the debate performance will affect the voting results in november. the latest poll results released by the new york times on the 19th showed that the debate did not bring harris an advantage. with one and a half months left before the election, trump and harris are still evenly matched, with support rates of 47% each in the united states.

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