How Many Occasions Will Trump’s Debate Mic Be Muted

The evening didn’t come with out controversy. Beforehand, Politico reported that Harris’s marketing campaign requested a slight change to the occasion — that the microphones observe their beforehand (and traditionally) established format of remaining on whereas every candidate’s counterpart is talking.

“Now we have advised ABC and different networks in search of to host a potential October debate that we imagine each candidates’ mics must be stay all through the complete broadcast,” the Harris marketing campaign’s senior adviser, Brian Fallon advised Politico. 

“Our understanding is that Trump’s handlers want the muted microphone as a result of they don’t suppose their candidate can act presidential for 90 minutes on his personal,” they continued.