US Vice President Kamala Harris will go head-to-head with former President Donald Trump in a widely anticipated debate that will be held on Tuesday.
Both Democratic and Republican nominees hope to court voters for a race in which neither candidate has a commanding edge over the other, according to recent polls from CNN and the New York Times.
In an interview on Monday, Harris said she predicts Trump will “speak a lot of untruths” and expects him to attack her racial and gender identity.
The vice president said she is hoping to make the case that Trump “tends to fight for himself” as opposed to her commitment to “work on behalf of voters”.
Meanwhile, Trump has warned that he will jail election officials he considers cheats.
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In a post on his Truth Social platform late Sunday night, the Republican nominee said he would also support regulations for the legalisation of marijuana.
ABC News officially announced the rules of Tuesday’s debate last week after weeks of both candidates lobbying for rules they said would “increase transparency”.
ABC said both candidates had agreed to the format which would largely mirror the structure of CNN’s presidential debate between Trump and President Joe Biden in June.
Here are the rules of the face-off:
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- The candidates’ microphones will be muted when their opponent speaks.
- There will be no audience.
- The candidates will not be permitted to have written notes.
- No staff can visit both candidates during the two commercial breaks
- The candidates cannot ask questions of one another
- Trump, according to ABC News, won a virtual coin flip to determine podium placement and order of closing statements during the debate. Trump chose to offer the last closing statement, and Harris chose the right podium position on screen.
The contest presents an opportunity for Trump to reshape gaps in his previous spar with Biden while appealing to voters as he seeks a political comeback.
Harris will try to save an election Democrats seemed doomed to lose before Biden bowed out.
Biden’s prospects sharply declined after his debate with Trump.
The president’s speech was mostly inaudible and slurred, with many questioning his mental alertness.
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