Harris facing Trump: Let’s get ready to rumble!

At press time, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris were scheduled to debate on Sept.10 in Philadelphia. Harris accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States on Aug. 22 at the DNC just over a month after incumbent President Joe Biden announced his plan to withdraw from the race on Jul 21. Harris’s road to becoming the Presidential nominee has been contrary to the traditional American approach, critics have noted. They say her nomination was decided before the American people heard her policies or assessed her debate performances. With the state of the current economy being a hot topic, and the two major parties having opposing positions, tensions are high. Critics say the American people are eager to know if Harris shares the same economic plan as the current administration; they say voters are not happy with the state of today’s economy. It’s not out of the ordinary for presidential candidates to have a tough debate or opposite agendas. However, this debate may prove to be historic. The vice president’s critics point out that Harris has yet to publicly debate, unlike any other presidential candidate, and has yet to be on the same stage as Trump. As the Democratic Party held on for dear life, President Biden stepped aside and announced he was endorsing Harris. Only one sitting vice president, George H. W. Bush, has been elected president since 1836. The Democratic Party appears to be rolling the dice in hopes of the odds being in Harris’s favor. According to the Associated Press, Harris proposes an expansion of tax incentives for small business, and to increase taxes for wealthy Americans and large corporations. On the other hand, Trump wants the American people to benefit from trillions of dollars in tax cuts. The question of who can do more for the middle class seems to be one of the Trump campaign’s main focuses. The Democratic and Republican nominees started to rumble months ago; the most recent discrepancy being the Harris campaign believes both microphones should always remain live until the conclusion of the debate, while the Republican candidate did not agree. However, Harris has finally accepted the rules set forth by ABC for the debate scheduled in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.