Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Agree to Participate in Dueling TelevisaUnivision Town Halls
There may or may not be another debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, but both candidates have agreed to appear in another high-profile TV setting: Town halls to be hosted by the Spanish-language media giant TelevisaUnivision.
The media company says that both the Trump and Harris campaigns have agreed to the town halls, which will be held next month. The Trump town hall (titled Los Latinos Preguntan … Donald Trump Responde) is set for Tuesday Oct. 8 at 10 p.m., and will be held in Miami, Florida. The Harris town hall (Los Latinos Preguntan … Kamala Harris Responde) will be held Thursday Oct. 10 at 10 p.m. in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Televisa En punto anchor Enrique Acevedo will serve as moderator for both town halls, with an audience comprised of undecided Hispanic voters.
Univision and its streaming service ViX will air the town halls with a Spanish translation, with the full English-language version available on the Noticias Univision YouTube channel.
“Noticias Univision serves as a two-way bridge: we bring every voice to our community while conveying the concerns of Latinos to those in power,” said Daniel Coronell, president of Noticias Univision in a statement. “There are more than 36 million Hispanics eligible to vote in the U.S., making them the largest minority in the country, with the power to influence the outcome of the race for the White House and the future of the nation,” he added.
It is entirely possible that the TelevisaUnivision town halls are the closest thing voters get to an unscripted appearance by the candidates before the election, with another debate very much uncertain. Harris previously accepted a CNN debate, while Trump appeared to reject another debate following the first matchup between the two.
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