Carville argues Harris should debate Trump ‘when he’s in an ankle bracelet’

Democratic strategist James Carville wants Vice President Kamala Harris to put former President Donald Trump‘s New York criminal conviction in the spotlight in the conversation about debates.

Trump and Harris have been trading jabs over when the two should debate. Harris has agreed to a Sept. 10 ABC debate, which Trump agreed to with President Joe Biden in May, but then backtracked on and has now proposed the two debate on Fox on Sept. 4. Carville suggested on MSNBC’s Inside with Jen Psaki that Harris should agree to a debate on Fox, but on the day when Trump gets sentenced for his conviction.

“I think that she should say I’ll debate him on Fox on the night of Sept. 18, because I happen to know he’s going to be in Manhattan on the 18th because that’s when they’re gonna sentence him,” Carville said.

“And I’m sure Judge Merchan would give a delay in the execution of the sentencing to allow him to show up at a debate. So if you want to have a debate, let’s have it on Fox and let’s have it September the 18th when he’s in an ankle bracelet,” he added.

Trump and Biden agreed to two debates, one on June 27 on CNN and another on Sept. 10 on ABC, in May. Biden’s performance at the June debate served as the catalyst for the president to heed mounting calls for him to drop out of the race, doing so less than a month following the Atlanta debate.

Since Harris entered the race two weeks ago, the two sides have negotiated on any new debates. When she was Biden’s running mate, Harris had committed to a vice presidential debate.

Trump was convicted on charges related to a hush money payment made prior to the 2016 election in June. Sentencing was originally scheduled for July but was delayed until September.