With both presidential candidates looking for an advantage before next Tuesday’s showdown, the Harris campaign has complained that her mic will be muted when Trump is talking.
While agreeing to the rules of the debate, Harris’ campaign has written to the network saying the former prosecutor is unhappy about the candidates’ microphones being muted when it’s not their turn to speak.“Vice President Harris, a former prosecutor, will be fundamentally disadvantaged by this format, which will serve to shield Donald Trump from direct exchanges with the Vice President.
ABC News says both candidates agreed to the format in May and a source told CNN that the network may turn on the mics so viewers can hear what is happening if there is a substantial crossfire between Harris and Trump. The Harris campaign reportedly said it feared Trump would pull out if the microphones were left unmuted.
“Notwithstanding our concerns, we understand that Donald Trump is a risk to skip the debate altogether, as he has threatened to do previously, if we do not accede to his preferred format,” CNN reported the letter as saying. “We do not want to jeopardize the debate. For this reason, we accept the full set of rules proposed by ABC, including muted microphones.
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