(NewsNation) — Former Trump White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci and Democratic governmental strategist James Carville hold that Republican statesmanlike nominee Donald Trump needs to statement Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris to basal a accidental in the 2024 election.
Trump proposed debating Harris connected Fox News connected Sept. 4, but the Harris run countered that Trump is “running scared," trying to backmost retired of a antecedently scheduled ABC debate.
If Trump and Harris can't travel to an agreement, the erstwhile president volition "get destroyed by the Democrats and independents," Scaramucci said Monday connected "CUOMO."
"Imagine the self-emasculation of him calling her a 'DEI hire', and past helium can't bring himself to a statement stage," Scaramucci said. "Somebody connected his unit is going to archer him, 'You got to amusement up astatine that debate.'"
Carville suggested Harris instrumentality the Fox statement pitch, but to bash truthful Sept. 18, the aforesaid time arsenic Trump's "hush money" sentencing successful Manhattan.
"If Trump doesn't statement her (Harris), if helium backs out, the Democrats are conscionable going to beryllium brutal and relentless astir him being frightened to statement a girl."
Harris on Friday secured the required fig of votes for the nomination. The accomplishment came little than 2 weeks after President Joe Biden announced helium would nary longer question the nomination and endorsed Harris for the role.
“Donald Trump is moving frightened and trying to backmost retired of the statement helium already agreed to and moving consecutive to Fox News to bail him out,” Harris run Communications Director Michael Tyler wrote successful an authoritative statement. “He needs to halt playing games and amusement up to the statement helium already committed to on Sept 10. The vice president volition beryllium determination 1 mode oregon the different to instrumentality the accidental to talk to a premier clip nationalist audience.”
NewsNation's Katie Smith contributed to this report.