For over a month, former President Donald Trump has unsuccessfully tried to get the newly coronated Kamala Harris to agree to the traditional three presidential debates historically scheduled between the Republican and Democratic nominees. But the vice president, who has answered fewer than 15 questions and sat for zero interviews since President Joe Biden endorsed her to replace him at the top of the ticket 36 days ago, refused three of Trump’s offers, agreeing only to one debate on Sept. 10 and another between the running mates, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), on Oct. 1.

Now, Harris’s campaign is shifting the goalposts once again. Although Harris convinced Trump to agree to the ABC News debate without committing to the other two proposed presidential debates under the initial terms of Trump’s agreement with the current president, Harris suddenly wants to renegotiate the predetermined rules that governed both the career-ending debate for Biden on CNN and the one on ABC next month. After five weeks of hemming and hawing from Harris, an objective observer can only come to one conclusion: Harris is terrified of debating Trump, and she should be.