{"id":2330886,"date":"2024-08-26T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-team-fighting-muted-mics-at-abc-debate-after-biden-requested-rule-report-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T09:02:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:02:28","slug":"harris-team-fighting-muted-mics-at-abc-debate-after-biden-requested-rule-report-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-team-fighting-muted-mics-at-abc-debate-after-biden-requested-rule-report-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris team fighting muted mics at ABC debate after Biden requested rule: Report &#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\">32<\/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%2Fharris-team-fighting-muted-mics-at-abc-debate-after-biden-requested-rule-report-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=2330886&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 article discusses a dispute\u200d regarding debate \u200drules for the upcoming televised debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Harris&#8217;s campaign is opposing a rule requested by Biden&#8217;s campaign, which mandates muted\u200b microphones for candidates\u2062 who are not currently speaking. Traditionally, microphones are live throughout debates, allowing for interruptions. As the debate on September 10 approaches, Harris&#8217;s team is advocating for both candidates&#8217; microphones to remain\u2063 active. They believe this \u200bcould highlight any lapses in composure from Trump. A campaign advisor claimed that muted microphones are preferred by Trump&#8217;s team, suggesting they doubt his ability to maintain a presidential demeanor without the rule. Meanwhile, the\u200d Trump campaign \u200bargues that the Harris \u2064campaign is now seeking to change the rules out of concern for Harris&#8217;s performance. the article highlights the tensions and strategies at play as the debate nears.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris team fighting muted mics at ABC debate after Biden requested rule: Report<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1737933\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a>&lsquo;s campaign is reportedly seeking to reverse a debate rule pushed for by President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>&lsquo;s campaign in the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"debate\">debate<\/a> against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>: muted microphones.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In nearly all televised presidential debates, the microphones were on throughout the event, with either candidate able to interrupt the other. For the 2024 debates, the Biden campaign requested that microphones be muted during the debate when it is not a candidate&rsquo;s turn to speak, to which the Trump campaign agreed, and that was the policy for the CNN debate between Trump and Biden in June.<\/p>\n<p>As the ABC News debate on Sept. 10 approaches, a <em>Politico<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/08\/26\/kamala-harris-donald-trump-debate-abc-microphones-00176294\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"report\">report<\/a> claims the Harris campaign wants to change the microphone policy back to the old rule of having always live microphones for both candidates. It also reports the Harris campaign wants the rule change because it thinks Trump could say something if he loses his composure.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have told ABC and other networks seeking to host a possible October debate that we believe both candidates&rsquo; mics should be live throughout the full broadcast,&rdquo;&nbsp;said Brian Fallon, Harris campaign senior adviser for communications.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) responds to a question on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC at Texas Southern University in Houston. (AP Photo\/David J. Phillip)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Our understanding is that Trump&rsquo;s handlers prefer the muted microphone because they don&rsquo;t think their candidate can act presidential for 90 minutes on his own,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We suspect Trump&rsquo;s team has not even told their boss about this dispute because it would be too embarrassing to admit they don&rsquo;t think he can handle himself against Vice President Harris without the benefit of a mute button.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Muting microphones is the latest debate about the debates after the Trump campaign was initially uncommitted to continuing with the ABC News event against Harris because it had been negotiated with the Biden campaign, not the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carson-points-out-that-every-democratic-plan-has-backfired-in-trumps-favor-as-seen-in-the-bible-2\/\" title=\"Carson points out that every Democratic plan has backfired in Trump&#039;s favor, as seen in the Bible\">vice president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s campaign. The Trump campaign agreed to the debate, as negotiated with the Biden campaign, and pushed for further debates as well, but the Harris campaign has only agreed to the ABC debate and possibly a second debate in October.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;ABC offered the exact same debate rules as CNN, and we accepted &mdash; as did the Harris camp. We did not ask for any &lsquo;changes,&#8217;&rdquo; Jason Miller, senior adviser to Trump, told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now, after the Harris campaign has begun debate prep, they&rsquo;re clearly concerned about what they&rsquo;re seeing from Harris&rsquo;s performance and want a whole host of rules changes. This is interesting considering the Democrats wrote the initial debate rules and loved them until President Trump knocked Joe Biden out, and Harris spokesman Michael Tyler said on the record that the debate about debates was over. The only explanation here is that the Harris campaign is looking for an off-ramp to get out of the debate,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>reached out to the Harris campaign for comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump participate in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-employees-increasingly-worried-about-their-job-security-after-wave-of-exits\/\" title=\"CNN Employees Increasingly Worried About Their Job Security After Wave of Exits\">presidential debate hosted<\/a> by CNN on Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The muted microphones in the CNN debate in June were generally well received, with fewer interruptions occurring than in the Trump-Biden debates in 2020. The rules themselves were overshadowed by Biden&rsquo;s performance, which raised further questions about his age and mental acuity and led to his dropping out of the race in July.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Harris and Trump campaigns have agreed to a Sept. 10 debate hosted by ABC News and an Oct. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walz-and-vance-agree-to-at-least-one-vice-presidential-debate-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Walz and Vance agree to at least one vice presidential debate - Washington Examiner\">1 vice presidential debate<\/a> between Harris&rsquo;s running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), and Trump&rsquo;s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), hosted by CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>A second debate between Harris and Trump could be scheduled for October, with Harris&rsquo;s and Trump&rsquo;s campaigns showing a willingness for an additional faceoff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1737933\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1737933\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s campaign is reportedly trying to overturn a debate rule that was advocated by President Joe Biden&#8217;s team during the initial debate against former President Donald Trump, which involved muted microphones. Traditionally, in most televised presidential debates, microphones remain active throughout the event, allowing candidates to interrupt each other. For the upcoming 2024 debates, Biden&#8217;s campaign requested that microphones be muted when a candidate is not speaking; this was agreed upon by Trump&#8217;s campaign and implemented during their June CNN debate. As the ABC News debate on September 10 approaches, a report from Politico indicates that Harris\u2019s team wants to revert back to having both candidates&#8217; microphones live at all times. They believe this change is necessary because they think Trump might make unguarded comments if he loses his composure. Brian Fallon, a senior communications adviser for Harris\u2019s campaign, stated they have informed ABC and other networks that both candidates\u2019 mics should remain active throughout the broadcast. He suggested that Trump&#8217;s team prefers muted mics because they doubt his ability to maintain composure for 90 minutes without assistance from a mute button.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of microphone muting has become contentious after Trump&#8217;s campaign initially hesitated about participating in the ABC News event since it had been arranged with Biden&#8217;s camp rather than Harris\u2019s. Ultimately, Trump\u2019s team agreed to participate under the same rules as those negotiated with Biden and expressed interest in additional debates; however, Harris&#8217;s campaign has only committed to this one and possibly another in October.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Miller, a senior adviser for Trump, remarked that while both campaigns accepted ABC&#8217;s rules mirroring those of CNN without requesting changes initially\u2014now it seems like Harris\u2019s camp is worried about her performance and seeking various rule modifications as she prepares for the debate. He noted it was curious since Democrats had previously supported these rules until Trump outperformed Biden last time around.<\/p>\n<p>The muted microphone format used during June&#8217;s CNN debate received positive feedback due to fewer interruptions compared to previous encounters between Trump and Biden in 2020. However, concerns regarding Biden\u2019s age and mental sharpness overshadowed these rules after his performance led him to withdraw from the race in July.<\/p>\n<p>Both campaigns have confirmed participation in an ABC News debate on September 10 as well as an October 1 vice presidential debate featuring Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) against Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), hosted by CBS News; there may also be another potential face-off between Harris and Trump later in October<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2330887,"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\/08\/kamala-harris-abc-debate-mics.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36059,3620,3896,4021,39277],"class_list":["post-2330886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abc-news","tag-biden","tag-debate","tag-harris","tag-muted-mics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kamala-harris-abc-debate-mics.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330886","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2330887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}