{"id":2284579,"date":"2024-06-27T12:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T16:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-the-mic-rule-the-biden-camp-rooted-for-could-help-trump-at-first-debate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T12:04:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T16:04:24","slug":"why-the-mic-rule-the-biden-camp-rooted-for-could-help-trump-at-first-debate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-the-mic-rule-the-biden-camp-rooted-for-could-help-trump-at-first-debate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the mic rule the Biden camp rooted for could help Trump at first debate &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-the-mic-rule-the-biden-camp-rooted-for-could-help-trump-at-first-debate-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2284579&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary\u2064 describes\u2063 a situation where President \u200cJoe Biden&#8217;s campaign\u200d advocated for changes to \u200bmicrophone\u200b rules to bring more order to the first presidential debate. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-agrees-to-extend-un-nuclear-checks-for-3-months\/\" title=\"Iran agrees to extend UN nuclear checks for 3 months\">political analysts<\/a> believe these changes\u200c might actually benefit former President Donald\u200b Trump. \u2063The debate, which \u2062lasted 90 minutes,\u2064 took place on Thursday and involved discussions\u2063 between the two candidates. During the first \u200dpresidential debate,\u200c lasting 90 minutes on\u2063 Thursday, a contention arose \u200csurrounding the modification of\u2062 microphone rules, \u200cproposed \u200cby President\u200c Joe Biden&#8217;s campaign. The intent behind these changes was to\u2063 usher \u2063in greater procedural\u200b order during \u2062the debates. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-backed-stricter-death-penalty-bill-could-prompt-supreme-court-review\/\" title=\"DeSantis-backed stricter death penalty bill could prompt Supreme Court review\">political analysts speculate<\/a> that these new rules might inadvertently\u2062 favor former President Donald Trump. \u200bThe areas of\u200b discussion between the candidates were widely anticipated, \u2062but how these rule adjustments might influence the dynamics of debate and public perception remains a central\u2062 point of analysis \u200band\u200b interest.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Although President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s campaign pushed for mic rule changes to usher order into the first presidential debate, political analysts say the move could end up helping former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>During the 90-minute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate<\/a> on Thursday, the candidates\u2019 microphones will be cut when not speaking to prevent interruptions. The rule marks a departure from historic debate protocol and comes after viewers expressed intense frustration with the chaotic 2020 debates where candidates often talked over each other. <\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3056691\/rules-trump-biden-agreed-cnn-presidential-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">THESE ARE THE RULES TRUMP AND BIDEN AGREED TO IN CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump, in particular, drew backlash for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-administration-threatens-to-revoke-reporter-simon-atebas-press-pass\/\" title=\"Biden's administration may revoke reporter Simon Ateba's press pass.\">frequent interruptions<\/a> during his first presidential debate against Biden in 2020. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Donald Trump and Joe Biden during the first presidential debate on Sept. 29, 2020. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Trump campaign is on board with the mic change, a rule NBC News chief political analyst Chuck Todd <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6355731839112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>says<\/a> could help the former president gain credibility with viewers by making \u201cTrump seem more presidential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Todd warns that while the Biden campaign pushed for the mic rule because it \u201cso want[s] to have a different experience\u201d from the 2020 debates, Democrats might be doing the presumptive Republican nominee a favor.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The political analyst believes during the 2020 debates, while Trump\u2019s frequent interruptions angered Biden, they might have helped him win votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose moments of cross-talk, that frustrated Biden, that might have won him those debates. When you are protecting Trump from himself, you are doing him a favor,\u201d Todd <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b7t5UNA4V-0&#038;t=4s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>noted<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s campaign advocated for microphone rule changes to bring order to the first presidential debate. Analysts believe this may benefit former President Donald Trump. In the 90-minute debate, candidates&#8217; microphones will be muted when they are not speaking to avoid interruptions, marking a significant change from previous debates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2284580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2020-Debate.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33042,32741,33041,3634],"class_list":["post-2284579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden-camp","tag-first-debate","tag-mic-rule","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2020-Debate.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2284579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2284580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2284579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2284579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2284579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}