The Trump campaign is accusing Vice President Kamala Harris’ team of spreading false information about the upcoming presidential debates. According to Trump’s camp, Harris’s claim that they’ve agreed on a series of debates is simply not true.

The controversy began with former President Donald Trump announcing his plan to participate in three presidential debates. Shortly after, Harris’s campaign released a statement claiming Trump had accepted their proposal for three debates — two presidential and one vice-presidential.

However, Trump’s National Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, quickly shut down that claim.

“Let’s be clear: President Trump will be on the debate stage THREE times with Fox News, ABC, and NBC/Telemundo,” Leavitt told the Daily Caller.

She emphasized that Senator J.D. Vance, Trump’s running mate, will also participate in two vice-presidential debates against Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. “If Harris and Walz don’t show up, an empty podium can stand in their place, proving to the American people just how weak they are,” she added.

Leavitt also dismissed Harris’s suggestion of an October debate, calling it nothing more than political smoke and mirrors. “There’s been no proposal from a network for an October debate. They’re just throwing that out there needlessly,” she said.

Harris’ campaign had boldly declared that “the debate about debates is over,” but Leavitt made it clear that’s not true.

She believes Harris’s advisors are trying to protect her from facing Trump directly.

In her words: “Harris’s advisors do not trust her competence and skills to debate President Trump. So they are trying to get away with seeing how she performs on the September debate, and then maybe they’ll commit to an October debate. That’s not how this works.”

The ongoing debate drama between the Trump campaign and the Republican candidate’s opponent on the other side of the political aisle has been simmering for months. Both sides agreed early on to bypass the usual process of working with the Commission on Presidential Debates, choosing instead to negotiate directly with each other and the networks. But these negotiations have been anything but smooth.

Trump had been calling for debates with President Joe Biden during the Republican primary season, but Biden only agreed after months of hesitation. The debate in June turned out to be disastrous for Biden, leading to a wave of criticism that eventually pushed him out of the race. With Biden gone and Harris stepping in, the Trump campaign argued that previous debate agreements were null and void, which set off the current back-and-forth over debate terms.

As it stands, the only debate both sides have firmly agreed upon is the Sept. 10 event on ABC News.

But with Harris apparently pushing for a second debate in October — after early voting has already begun in many states — the Trump campaign isn’t budging. They want the debates to happen sooner, giving voters a clear choice before they cast their ballots.

Leavitt didn’t hold back when discussing Harris, calling her a “COWARD” who “refuses to do a press conference, refuses to take a sit-down interview, and refuses to accept the three debate invitations agreed to by President Trump.”

She accused Harris of avoiding unscripted moments because she “can’t defend her dangerously liberal record and failed four years in the White House.”