We need a presidential debate: Americans want to know who Kamala Harris really is

The mainstream media seems to be back to its usual honeymoon with the Democratic Party, the same media that a few weeks ago destroyed President Biden, today presents Kamala Harris as a smiling optimist who will save the country from the "threat to democracy" that Trump signifies. Harris has always been very unpopular, both among voters and within her own part, but still, she should not be underestimated. Kamala alone is one thing. Kamala with the help of the media is another. 

That is why, as soon as possible, the country needs a debate to really know who the Democratic candidate is. Trump has already accepted Fox News' proposal for a debate, and now we are waiting for Kamala's response to find out if the face-off will actually take place.

Kamala has been all but lost during the three and a half years in the Biden administration. It's hard for anyone to try to explain what she did during all that time. And even after President Biden dropped out of the presidential race, due continued to be absent. She hasn't done interviews, and we haven't seen her speak without a teleprompter yet. For now, this seems to point to a new campaign from the shadows. It wouldn't be unusual; it’s what the Democrats have gotten us used to in recent presidential elections. 

President Trump has to stop the Democrats from hiding their nominee and simply let the media fight her battles for her. The GOP needs to demand a debate as soon as possible. To some, the small improvements Kamala has been making in the polls are just a product of a brief honeymoon of a new candidate. Maybe so. But that bubble needs to burst as soon as possible. Americans need to know what Harris thinks about the fundamental issues facing the country and what her plan for governing is.

President Trump debating Harris poses no risk. The Republican is already widely  known by all Americans, he handles all national and international policy issues well and his experience as a president is absolutely clear. On the other hand, Harris would have to prepare herself a lot to be able to demonstrate in a debate that she has good command of the fundamental issues necessary to be president. But beyond experience and knowledge, a debate is the opportunity for Trump to ask the vice president, on behalf of Americans, how Kamala would govern this country if she were to win the election.

Is the Kamala of now different from the senator described by GovTrack as the most liberal of all Democrats? The Democratic Party candidate has to answer many questions that are not going to be at all easy in the midst of a campaign in which she not only has to win the undecided vote, but also win back the vote of the extreme left that is dissatisfied with the Democratic Party.

Pitifully, it seems that the mainstream media is not very eager to ask her about the fundamental issues of this country, and much less so because of her record as a senator and as attorney general of California. So President Trump should, before the media rolls out its entire campaign featuring a new Kamala, have an exchange with his counterpart and show Americans the abysmal difference between the policies each wants to implement.

It will be very easy for President Trump to compare Kamala's ideas of capitalism versus socialism. Point to the vice president's soft-on-crime record and her proposals to strengthen security at all levels. Regarding the border, surely Kamala will have a hard time trying to defend the policies that have led to the immigration disaster we are all witnessing.

America is waiting for Trump to do the job the media should do and make it easier for the country to get to know the real Kamala.