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Trump, Harris trade off on upcoming presidential debate: Open mics, right?

2024-08-27 18:30:46Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Trump, Harris trade off on upcoming presidential debate: Open mics, right?
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The two presidential candidates, Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and her Republican rival, former President Donald Trump — have never met or spoken to each other, but they are clashing over the terms of their first showdown. is scheduled for September 10.

When the two caucuses agreed to the 90-minute nationally televised debate on ABC News in East Philadelphia, it was on the same terms under which former President Trump debated President Joe Biden in late June, with the microphones turned off. while the other candidate was speaking.

Now, Vice President Harris is calling for the microphones to be left on throughout the debate. It's a move that could lead to livelier, more direct exchanges between the two candidates — or so many exchanges that the millions of viewers expected to tune in may struggle to hear the candidates' competing views.

Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Ms. Harris's campaign, claimed that "Trump's aides prefer the microphone off because they don't think their candidate can be presidential for 90 minutes alone." He said Vice President Harris “is willing to deal with Trump's constant lies and real-time interruptions. Trump needs to stop hiding behind the mute button."

Former President Trump appeared to signal that it wouldn't make a big difference for him, telling reporters on Monday: “We agreed to the same rules. I don't know, it doesn't matter to me… The deal was that it would be the same as last time. In that case they were switched off".

"The truth is they're trying to get out of the deal," former President Trump accused Vice President Harris' campaign team. Mr. Trump himself suggested in a Sunday evening post on his Truth Social platform that he might not appear at the ABC debate. Former President Trump expressed his displeasure about the network's Sunday news show featuring a "so-called Trump Haters Panel" and rhetorically asked, "Why would I debate Kamala Harris? on that network?” He called on supporters to wait for further developments.

The June 27 debate between former President Trump and President Biden played a key role in this year's presidential campaign. The 81-year-old Biden's poor showing, losing his flow of thought and failing to directly challenge former President Trump, prompted Democratic allies in Congress to ask him to end his re-election campaign. He withdrew from the race on July 21 and threw his support behind Vice President Harris, while top Democratic officials quickly embraced her candidacy.

Ms. Harris and Mr. Trump have never met in person or spoken on the phone, although they regularly exchange political views. When Mr. Trump was president, Ms. Harris was in the audience during his State of the Union addresses in the House of Representatives, but sat at a distance from the podium where former President Trump spoke.

Microphones have been turned off for both major party candidates in most previous presidential debates.

If Ms. Harris's request is granted and the microphones are not turned off throughout the debate, the prospect of civilized exchanges between the two candidates is likely to be less likely.

In 2020, when Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden debated for the first time, the microphones were kept open and the candidates often interrupted each other and made comments while the rival spoke. Political analysts called the event a failure and one of the worst presidential debates.

The second debate of 2020 with the microphones off was widely regarded as more substantive than the previous showdown./VOA


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