{"id":2334822,"date":"2024-08-31T13:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T17:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-seeks-trump-debate-with-mics-on-the-whole-time-in-contrast-to-biden-showing-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-31T13:49:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T17:49:48","slug":"harris-seeks-trump-debate-with-mics-on-the-whole-time-in-contrast-to-biden-showing-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-seeks-trump-debate-with-mics-on-the-whole-time-in-contrast-to-biden-showing-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris seeks Trump debate with mics on \u2018the whole time\u2019 in contrast to Biden showing &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fharris-seeks-trump-debate-with-mics-on-the-whole-time-in-contrast-to-biden-showing-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=2334822&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>Vice \u200bPresident Kamala Harris is urging former President \u2063Donald Trump to\u200d reject the advice of his team concerning the debate rules for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hutchinson-claims-he-has-qualified-for-first-republican-debate-rnc-yet-to-confirm\/\" title=\"Hutchinson asserts debate qualification, RNC confirmation pending.\">upcoming presidential debate<\/a> on September 10. Specifically, she is opposing the suggestion that microphones be muted when one candidate is speaking, a\u200b practice \u200bseen in Trump&#8217;s previous\u200b debate with President Joe \u2063Biden where his microphone was silenced \u2062to limit\u2063 interruptions. Harris argues\u200b that &#8220;if his \u200down \u200cteam doesn\u2019t have\u2063 confidence in him, the American people definitely can\u2019t,&#8221;\u2063 insisting on a transparent debate format with \u200cmicrophones \u2064on \u200cat all times. <\/p>\n<p>The proposed debate\u200d rules from ABC News include muted microphones, which the Trump\u200d campaign has agreed \u2064to, while Harris&#8217;s campaign has \u200bnot. This\u200c disagreement indicates\u2062 a potential stalemate regarding the debate format just days before the \u2063event. Although Trump \u2064has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-cites-grocery-prices-as-reason-voters-are-too-smart-to-support-harris-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Vance cites grocery prices as reason voters are \u2018too smart\u2019 to support Harris - Washington Examiner\">proposed additional debates<\/a> on networks like Fox News\u200c and NBC,\u200b Harris\u2019s comments \u200bcast doubt on whether\u200c the ABC News debate will\u200d proceed\u200b as planned.  <\/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 seeks Trump debate with mics on &lsquo;the whole time&rsquo; in contrast to Biden showing<\/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_1742772\" 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<\/a> is pressuring former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> to rebuff his advisers&rsquo; suggestion that microphones should be muted between candidate statements in their Sept. 10 presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In Trump&rsquo;s CNN debate against President Joe Biden, the opposing candidate&rsquo;s microphone was muted while the other candidate spoke in an attempt to prevent the interruptions that Trump was famous for in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-silent-as-ivy-league-transgender-man-beats-humiliates-women\/\" title=\"Media Silent as Ivy League Transgender Man Beats, Humiliates Women\">past debates<\/a>. Harris wants to change that before her first showing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump is surrendering to his advisors who won&rsquo;t allow him to debate with a live microphone,&rdquo; Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KamalaHarris\/status\/1829860220912222335\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>posted<\/a> on X. &ldquo;If his own team doesn&rsquo;t have confidence in him, the American people definitely can&rsquo;t. We are running for President of the United States.&nbsp;Let&rsquo;s&nbsp;debate in a transparent&nbsp;way&mdash;with the microphones on the whole time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>ABC News, the network presiding over the debate, has sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prayer-to-open-117th-congress-ends-with-amen-and-awoman-video\/\" title=\"Prayer to Open 117th Congress Ends with \u201cAmen\u201d and \u201cAwoman\u201d (VIDEO)\">proposed rules<\/a> to the Harris and Trump campaigns, with the rules including muted mics. The Trump campaign agreed to the rules, but the Harris campaign hasn&rsquo;t.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s public statement suggests the campaigns are still at an impasse over the rules of the debate just 11 days away. Trump has suggested holding additional debates with Harris, with them being on on Fox News and NBC, but Harris&rsquo;s statement suggests the only debate in which the two campaigns have firmly agreen on could be in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also wavered on the ABC News debate at times, suggesting the network is too hostile for him to debate on. He <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113035417108806850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>called<\/a> it &ldquo;ABC FAKE NEWS&rdquo; and said it is &ldquo;by far the nastiest and most unfair newscaster in the business.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kfBm2YaF5Pg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>expressed<\/a> his preference for microphones to always be on during the debate, but his campaign already agreed to rules on the unmuted microphones.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the Trump campaign for comment on Harris&rsquo;s proposal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ABC News debate rules will be similar to Trump&rsquo;s June 27 CNN debate with President Joe Biden. Biden dropped out less than a month after the debate&rsquo;s conclusion as his campaign&rsquo;s polling tanked.<\/p>\n<p>Onlookers <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DrinkRedbull1\/status\/1829877566158811260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>joked<\/a> that Harris wants unmuted microphones to produce another viral moment like the one she produced in her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-30-reasons-kamala-harris-would-be-a-terrible-president\/\" title=\"Top 30 Reasons Kamala Harris Would Be A Terrible President\">2020 vice presidential debate<\/a> with then-Vice President Mike Pence, in which she repeatedly said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m speaking.&rdquo;<\/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_1742772\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1742772\"}});<\/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>Harris is urging Trump to agree to a debate where microphones remain on at all times, opposing the advice from his team to mute them during candidate statements in their upcoming presidential debate on September 10. In Trump&#8217;s previous CNN debate with President Biden, Biden&#8217;s microphone was muted while Trump spoke to minimize interruptions, a tactic that has been associated with Trump in past debates. Harris criticized Trump for yielding to his advisors&#8217; lack of confidence in him and emphasized the need for an open and transparent debate format. She stated on X, &#8220;If his own team doesn\u2019t have confidence in him, then the American people definitely can\u2019t.&#8221; The proposed rules for the debate from ABC News include muted microphones, which Trump&#8217;s campaign has accepted but Harris&#8217;s campaign has not yet agreed upon. This indicates ongoing disagreements between the two campaigns just days before the event. While Trump has suggested additional debates on networks like Fox News and NBC, Harris\u2019s comments raise concerns about whether their scheduled debate will proceed as planned. Although Trump has expressed a preference for always having microphones active during debates, he previously consented to rules that include muting them. The Washington Examiner reached out for comments from Trump&#8217;s campaign regarding Harris&#8217;s stance. The rules set by ABC News are expected to mirror those used in Trump&#8217;s June 27 CNN debate with Biden, after which Biden\u2019s campaign saw a significant drop in polling support leading him to withdraw shortly thereafter. Observers have humorously noted that Harris may be seeking another memorable moment similar to her famous &#8220;I\u2019m speaking&#8221; line from her 2020 vice presidential debate against Mike Pence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2334823,"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\/Harris-Trump.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,3896,4021,39815,3634],"class_list":["post-2334822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-debate","tag-harris","tag-microphones","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harris-Trump.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334822","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2334822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2334823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2334822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2334822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2334822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}