The real story behind the Kamala Harris-Donald Trump hot mic feud
In an election in which neither party agrees on much, they agree on this: The first presidential debate of the year was catastrophic for President Joe Biden, who was ousted as the presumptive nominee of his party as a direct result.
In an election in which neither party agrees on much, they agree on this: The first presidential debate of the year was catastrophic for President Joe Biden, who was ousted as the presumptive nominee of his party as a direct result.
So as the scheduled Sept. 10 debate on ABC approaches, it’s no surprise now that Team Trump would want to keep the conditions of June’s debate precisely intact — and that Vice President Kamala Harris’ team wouldn’t.
That leads to the most recent dustup — which has been drawing out for days — over microphones, a topic that has proved to be the stickiest of all. The issue is whether the candidates’ microphones should be muted when it isn’t their turn to speak.
Republicans want them muted; Democrats don't.
Each team has had the benefit of seeing what it was like with muted microphones. Democrats say Trump appeared more docile last month when he wasn’t allowed to pop off when he pleased, giving him a false veneer of discipline. Republicans accuse Harris of fearing the silence of Trump’s muted microphone.
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