{"id":2331026,"date":"2024-08-26T13:06:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T17:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-didnt-like-muted-mics-at-debate-but-thinks-it-should-be-the-same-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T13:09:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T17:09:34","slug":"trump-didnt-like-muted-mics-at-debate-but-thinks-it-should-be-the-same-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-didnt-like-muted-mics-at-debate-but-thinks-it-should-be-the-same-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump \u2018didn\u2019t like\u2019 muted mics at debate but thinks \u2018it should be the same\u2019 &#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\">34<\/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%2Ftrump-didnt-like-muted-mics-at-debate-but-thinks-it-should-be-the-same-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=2331026&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>Former President Donald Trump expressed \u200dhis preference against\u2062 muted microphones in his upcoming debate against Vice President Kamala Harris\u2063 but stated that the rules should remain consistent with previous\u200d debates. Harris&#8217;s \u200bcampaign \u2063has pushed for \u2062an unmuted format during their scheduled debate on September 10, arguing against the\u200b rules \u2063established in \u200bthe June debate with \u200dPresident \u2063Biden, where microphones were muted when a candidate wasn&#8217;t speaking. Trump criticized Harris&#8217;s campaign for attempting to change\u200c the debate rules just\u2063 days before the \u2062event, suggesting that her team is looking for\u2064 excuses to avoid debating. He claimed \u200bthat while he \u200bpersonally would prefer active microphones, he is inclined to stick to the agreed rules, which\u200d involve muting the mics. Harris&#8217;s senior advisor responded by indicating \u2062that Trump&#8217;s comments settled the debate arrangements for the scheduled event.  <\/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\">Trump &lsquo;didn&rsquo;t like&rsquo; muted mics at debate but thinks &lsquo;it should be the same&rsquo;<\/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_1737028\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> said he doesn&rsquo;t want the microphones muted during his debate with Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> but said her campaign shouldn&rsquo;t be allowed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3133999\/harris-team-fighting-muted-mics-abc-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">change the rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s campaign has pushed to change the rules for the ABC News debate between her and Trump on Sept. 10 to have the microphones unmuted for the entire debate. During Trump&rsquo;s debate with President Joe Biden in June, the microphones were turned off when the candidate wasn&rsquo;t speaking.<\/p>\n<p>The muted microphones were a request of the Biden-Harris campaign for the June debate, and Harris&rsquo;s team criticized Trump for trying to change the parameters in future debates with Harris. However, her camp tried to change the rules themselves days before the pair are set to face off. <\/p>\n<p>Trump responded to the debate over the debate at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-call-double-standard-on-greenes-committee-removals-point-to-omar-remarks\/\" title=\"Republicans Call Double Standard on Greene\u2019s Committee Removals, Point to Omar Remarks\">campaign stop<\/a> in Falls Church, Virginia, on Monday morning, saying that while he was not a fan of the muted microphone rule, it should remain the same as the previous debate.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2566904&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=afbdc880e1a1399bbb79ea1e40908ff3\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;We agree to the same rules. I don&rsquo;t know, doesn&rsquo;t matter to me. I&rsquo;d rather have [the microphones] probably on, but the agreement was that it would be the same as it was last time. In that case, it was muted,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t like it the last time, but it worked out fine. Ask Biden how it worked out. It was fine, and I think it should be the same,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The former president said he suspects the Harris campaign&rsquo;s attempt to change the rules is a way for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> to get out of the debate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We agreed to the same rules &mdash;&nbsp;same rules and same specifications. And I think that&rsquo;s probably what it should be, but they&rsquo;re trying to change it. The truth is, they&rsquo;re trying to get out of it because she doesn&rsquo;t want to debate. She&rsquo;s not a good debater. She&rsquo;s not a smart person. She doesn&rsquo;t want to debate,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Fallon, the Harris campaign&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-adviser-lott-trump-votes-subtracted-biden-votes-inflated\/\" title=\"DOJ Adviser Lott: Trump votes subtracted, Biden votes inflated\">senior adviser<\/a> for communications, responded to Trump&rsquo;s statement by saying in an X post that Trump &ldquo;resolved&rdquo; the matter with the statement and that &ldquo;everything is now set for Sept 10th.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump said unmuting the mics &ldquo;doesn&rsquo;t matter to me.&rdquo; Always suspected it was something his staff wanted, not him personally.<\/p>\n<p>With this resolved, everything is now set for Sept 10th. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l98QiTD9lh\">https:\/\/t.co\/l98QiTD9lh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianefallon\/status\/1828089108734054572?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump said unmuting the mics &lsquo;doesn&rsquo;t matter to me.&rsquo; Always suspected it was something his staff wanted, not him personally. With this resolved, everything is now set for Sept 10th,&rdquo; Fallon said on X.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The response came despite the former president saying in the clip that he believes the rules should not change from the muted microphones of the June debate.<\/p>\n<p>The ABC News debate between Trump and Harris is scheduled to take place in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, with both campaigns leaving open the possibility of a debate in October. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">vice presidential debate<\/a> between Trump&rsquo;s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), and Harris&rsquo;s running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), is set to be hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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_1737028\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1737028\"}});<\/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>Former President Donald Trump expressed his preference against muted microphones for his upcoming debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, but he believes the rules should remain unchanged. Harris&#8217;s campaign has advocated for unmuted microphones throughout the ABC News debate scheduled for September 10. In a previous debate with President Joe Biden in June, the microphones were muted when candidates were not speaking\u2014a rule requested by the Biden-Harris team. Trump&#8217;s team criticized this request and accused Harris&#8217;s campaign of trying to alter the rules just days before their face-off.<\/p>\n<p>During a campaign event in Falls Church, Virginia, Trump stated that while he personally prefers unmuted mics, he thinks they should adhere to the same guidelines as before: &#8220;We agreed to the same rules&#8230; I\u2019d rather have [the microphones] probably on&#8230; but it was muted last time.&#8221; He also suggested that Harris\u2019s push to change the rules might be an attempt to avoid debating because she is not a strong debater.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Brian Fallon, senior adviser for communications on Harris&#8217;s campaign, remarked on social media that Trump had effectively settled the issue and confirmed everything is ready for September 10. Fallon noted that Trump&#8217;s indifference towards unmuting suggests it was more of a concern from his staff than from him personally. The debate between Trump and Harris will take place in Philadelphia on September 10, with both campaigns considering an additional debate in October. A vice presidential debate featuring Trump&#8217;s running mate Sen. J.D. Vance and Harris\u2019s running mate Gov. Tim Walz is scheduled for October 1 hosted by CBS News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2331027,"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\/trump-muted-mics-debate.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3896,39277,5894,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2331026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-debate","tag-muted-mics","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/trump-muted-mics-debate.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331026","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=2331026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2331027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}