Trump agrees to debate Sanders; Fox News is ‘interested’

Published 2:01 pm Thursday, May 26, 2016

<span class="ABriefbody">WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is welcoming Bernie Sanders’ proposal that they meet in a debate but is setting a high price for participating. His condition: The hosting TV network would have to put up millions of dollars for charity.</span>

<span class="ABriefbody">Representatives for Fox News and ABC News say the networks are "interested" in hosting such a showdown. The Fox News spokeswoman added that the network had proposed a Trump-Sanders debate in February and while Sanders agreed, Trump backed out.</span>

<span class="ABriefbody">Trump said Thursday a host network would make millions and should agree to turn over at least $10 million to women’s health causes.</span>

<span class="ABriefbody">Overlooking that impediment, Sanders tweeted in response to Trump’s comments, "Let’s do it in the biggest stadium possible."</span>””<div id="prtlt"></div>Isaac Brekken

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