Kellyanne Conway pushes Trump to debate again so Vance doesn’t have ‘last word’

Kellyanne Conway has urged Donald Trump to debate Kamala Harris a second time to ensure that JD Vance doesn’t have the “last word.”

The former president swiftly dismissed rumors of a second debate following their first showdown last month – a showdown that many Republicans believed Harris won.

But while Trump appears to have shut the door on a second outing, former Trump advisor Conway hasn’t given up hope, claiming the former president’s response wasn’t “totally no”.

Thelongtime GOP strategist, who was Trump’s senior counsellor during his successful 2016 presidential campaign, publicly called for the Republican presidential candidate to accept a second debate while live on Fox News on Monday.

“I asked President Trump today, we interviewed for an hour, and I said to him: ‘The guy I know, you, is not going to be able to sit down after a 90-minute VP debate and let that be the last word in presidential debates,” she told host Jesse Watters.

“You’re going to say, when is our next one?’ And I hope he does that.”

The comments come as Ohio Senator JD Vance and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz are set to go head-to-head on Tuesday night for their first – and likely only – vice presidential debate.

It may prove pivotal in the success of the overall presidential ticket with two in three Democrats believing that vice presidential nominees carry significant impact on the outcome of the race, according to a Prolific poll commissioned for The Independent.

According to Conway, Trump will struggle to let his running mate Vance have the final word.

“You think there’s going to be another debate with Harris?” Watters asked plainly.

“He had said no, but he didn’t say totally no,” Conway replied. “That October 23rd one was seen as too late.