House Dem Says Trump Scared To Face Harris After Court Cases: ‘I Wouldn’t Want to See Another Prosecutor Either – Especially a Black One’

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) claimed former President Donald Trump is afraid to debate Vice President Kamala Harris as she referenced his ongoing legal issues and his campaign’s decision to refrain from scheduling a debate until Democrats officially have a nominee.

Trump and President Joe Biden were scheduled to debate for a second time on Sept. 10 but Biden dropped out of the race last Sunday. While Harris is her party’s presumptive nominee, Democrats will not officially crown a candidate to face the former president until next month’s Democratic National Convention.

On MNSNBC’s The Katie Phang Show on Saturday, host Katie Phang welcomed Crockett to discuss the 2024 election and, in particular, claims from Harris Trump had backed out of a debate against the vice president.

“I have to say Donald Trump is chickening out of a debate with Kamala Harris,” Phang claimed. “I think that’s a big tell that he’s not willing to go toe to toe with a former prosecutor like Kamala.”

She asked the congresswoman, “Your thoughts on why Donald Trump can’t buck up and actually do what he promised he was going to do?”

Crockett cited Trump’s numerous criminal cases and claimed he was afraid to face Harris – the former San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general – not only because she is a former prosecutor but also because she is a woman of color.

“If I was Donald, I wouldn’t want to see another prosecutor, either, especially a Black one because every time it seems us like a Black prosecutor gets their hands on Donald Trump, it doesn’t really go well for him,” Crockett said. She continued:

When you look at New York, whether you’re looking at ag Letitia James taking away his ability to operate businesses in the state of New York, or whether we are looking at Alvin Bragg and the fact that his freedom actually hangs in the balance because he’s got these 34 felony convictions, at the hands of Alvin Bragg. Or we look down in Georgia where he’s been running away from Fani Willis and turning it every which way that he could because that grand jury was able to indict him and a number of his codefendants that pled guilty, and he does not want to face the music there.

Crockett concluded, “So yeah, if I was him, yeah, I would be shaking in my boots as well.”

In a Thursday statement, Trump’s communications director Steven Cheung said, “Given the continued political chaos surrounding Crooked Joe Biden and the Democrat Party, general election debate details cannot be finalized until Democrats formally decide on their nominee.”

Watch above via MSNBC.

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