Kamala Harris' campaign is demanding that microphones stay unmuted at the next debate.
It's a break from Joe Biden, who insisted on microphone muting at the June 27 debate.
It indicates the vice president thinks outbursts from Trump would end up benefiting her.
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Kamala Harris' campaign has a new demand for her debate with Donald Trump: that each candidate's microphone stays unmuted the whole time.
"The VP is ready to debate Trump live and uncensored," Harris' advisor Brian Fallon wrote on X on Monday. "Trump should stop hiding behind the mute button."
Fallon suggested that Trump's campaign would not agree to that condition, writing that Trump "should reject his handlers' attempts to muzzle him via a muted microphone."
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Listening_Heads on August 26th, 2024 at 15:19 UTC »
Yep. Turning off Trump’s mic artificially gives him the restraint he doesn’t have, and that lack of restraint is one of his biggest flaws. Why do him such a huge favor?
strenuousobjector on August 26th, 2024 at 15:17 UTC »
Nothing works better on Trump than implying he's too scared or weak to do something. I bet this works.
Also, I can see the benefit of leaving the mics on. Once people ignore the reason why muting was suggested in the first place, it makes Trump look more reasonable than he actually is. With mics on he will almost certainly say something stupid for her to pounce on.
ianrl337 on August 26th, 2024 at 14:57 UTC »
Which is hilarious because originally that is what his team wanted