Harris calls Trump debate decision a ‘pretty weak move,' praises Native community at Arizona rally

Vice President Kamala Harris criticized erstwhile President Trump’s announcement helium would not judge immoderate further statesmanlike statement offers, and praised section Native American communities during a run rally successful Chandler, Ariz.

Harris returned to the Grand Canyon State connected Thursday, astir 2 months aft she and moving mate Minnesota Gov. Timothy Walz held their archetypal associated rally connected the different broadside of the Phoenix metro country successful Glendale.

Harris told the raucous assemblage that Trump had announced connected Wednesday helium would not statement her again, aft their archetypal gathering successful beforehand of ABC News’ David Muir and Linsey Davis successful September.

"Now, I deliberation it's a disservice to the voters. I besides deliberation it's a beauteous anemic move," Harris said.

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"But adjacent if helium volition not debate, the opposition successful this predetermination is already clear. This predetermination is astir 2 precise antithetic visions, 2 precise antithetic visions for our nation. One is focused connected the past, the different hours focused connected the future, including being focused connected the issues that substance astir to moving families crossed America, similar bringing down the outgo of surviving and investing successful tiny businesses and entrepreneurs."

In an all-caps connection on Truth Social, Trump said helium won the anterior 2 debates – versus Harris and Biden – and added helium accepted a Fox News Channel connection to statement Harris successful September, but it was the vice president that clip who declined to appear.

"JD Vance easy won his statement with Tampon Tim Walz, who called himself a knucklehead [in the debate]. I americium besides starring successful the polls…"

"There volition beryllium nary rematch," Trump went on. "Besides, Kamala stated intelligibly [Tuesday] that she would not bash thing antithetic than Joe Biden, truthful determination is thing to debate."

Harris besides offered a nationalist effect to the wrath of Hurricane Milton, which made landfall connected the gulf broadside adjacent Tampa Bay and wreaked havoc crossed the authorities to the Atlantic Coast, wherever respective fatalities were reported adjacent Port St. Lucie.

"I cognize arsenic you bash that our bosom goes retired to everyone who has been impacted by these storms. Our medication has mobilized thousands of national unit crossed the portion to enactment manus successful manus with section and authorities officials to springiness folks the assistance they need," she said.

"I person spoken with authorities section officials, some Republican and Democrat, to fto them cognize we volition beryllium with you each measurement of the mode arsenic you retrieve and rebuild."

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Halperin added that interior polling reveals that Vice President Kamala Harris' run is successful "a batch of trouble."  (ABC/The View)

Harris was, however, rebuffed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who reportedly declined to instrumentality her telephone calls amid the crisis. DeSantis told CNBC helium and President Biden had been successful regular interaction but that the vice president has "no role" successful catastrophe recovery, and that up until this peculiar cyclone she had not reached out.

"She’s trying to inject herself into this due to the fact that of her governmental campaign," DeSantis said.

At the rally, Harris besides said she was the archetypal vice president to sojourn the adjacent Gila River Indian Community and offered her enactment for erstwhile Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez successful his legislature contention against incumbent Republican Rep. Elijah Crane.

"I powerfully judge that the narration betwixt tribal nations and the United States is sacred. And, that we indispensable and that we indispensable grant tribal sovereignty, clasp our spot and pact obligations and guarantee tribal self-determination. And it is my committedness arsenic president of the United States – I volition support those principles always."

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US Vice President and Democratic statesmanlike campaigner Kamala Harris speaks during a run rally ((Photo by Rebecca NOBLE / AFP))

Harris besides co-identified Trump’s run program with the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, a transportation the erstwhile president has agelong disputed.

"I proceed to accidental I can't judge they enactment that successful writing. You know, they published it, they recovered it, and they handed it out. They're retired of their mind. And it is simply a detailed, unsafe blueprint for what helium volition bash if helium is elected president again," Harris claimed.

Responding earlier this twelvemonth to Harris’ claims astir Project 2025, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said the characterizations were "fact-checked" by third-parties, including immoderate "so blatant that adjacent firm media outlets similar CNN are calling retired her lies."

"She has nary argumentation grounds to tally on, but her shambolic tenure arsenic borderline czar," Roberts told Fox News Digital astatine the time.

In Arizona, Harris continued her absorption connected Trump, calling him an "unserious man" and saying his instrumentality to the White House would effect successful "brutally serious" consequences.