The Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her opponent Donald Trump have agreed on the rules for the upcoming TV debate on ABC. The debaters must stand for 90 minutes, are not allowed to bring notes, and when one of them speaks, the other’s microphone is turned off. This agreement was preceded by a dispute over the microphones. Specifically, the question was whether they should be muted when the political opponent speaks.
It is agreed that during the duel the microphones of the person who is not speaking will be muted.
Will not have to fiddle with the microphone: Donald Trump.
Foto: Alex Brandon (Keystone)
Harris apparently backed down. A spokesperson for the Democrat’s campaign team said that they preferred that both candidates’ microphones remain on throughout the broadcast. “We believe Trump’s advisers prefer the microphone to be silent because they do not believe their candidate can behave in a presidential manner for 90 minutes,” they said in a statement.
TV duel between Biden and Trump has an impact
Trump may have learned from the TV debate with the then Democratic presidential candidate, US President Joe Biden, in June. At the time, the microphones of the person who was not speaking were muted. According to reports, the muting was done by Biden’s team. The Democrats wanted to prevent Trump from constantly interrupting the 81-year-old Democrat. After the debate, however, observers came to the conclusion that the muted microphones actually helped Trump because the 78-year-old seemed more controlled. Biden’s performance, on the other hand, was a disaster – and resulted in his withdrawal from the race. (DPA)
