When Biden dropped out, I pointed out that Harris should insist on hot mics and people game me a lot of grief. I don't wanna hear Trump either, but I want voters to hear him.
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June 27th?
When Biden was still president they made that agreement.
Oh I was confused on how kamala was going to debate trump in June. It's clear BIDEN was to debate in June, and did, and that was ultimately the event that led to him stepping down. So kamala takes over the September 10th debate.
Biden is still president. But we know what you meant.
Holy cow I really thought I missed something
Perhaps someone with so little self control of their utterances should not in fact get to be elected to the highest office in the land. Just a thought.
I'd argue that should go for any gov't office ... which is why I'd never run in any election. :p
That went in the opposite direction from what I expected. I figured it’d be team orange that wanted the orange man to be able to interrupt, not that they’d fear him doing so. I’m on the side for hot mics as of now.
I guess Kamala wins either way now. Either they get hot mics and she has the strength to use his bluster and rudeness against him, or they don't, and she can calmly set out her points in complete sentences, with facts, without being interrupted. They've pre-cast his bullying interruptions as "lack of self-control" rather than "assertion of power."
Sometimes the questions take more time than the candidates are actually given. I can’t blame them for trying to talk over each other every god damned minute.
That's part of the debate skill set, answering questions in limited time. There is almost always more to say about a subject, especially when you're a politician
I would argue at that level going over time is a part of the skill set. People watching these debates care less about what you say and more about how you say it. Dominating the conversation is better than superior policy and they know it.
Or, they should.
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You are a gem
Compromise: The off-screen mic should be at half volume and use a high-pitched chipmunk voice changer effect.
I can get behind this.
I am surprised its team Harris is the one who want unmuted microphones. The whole time I thought it woukd be Trump
Look back to the first 2020 Biden Trump debate. Up until Biden 2024 performance, it was arguably one of the worst debate performances of all time.
Harris wants to give him enough rope to hang himself.
I could have sworn Ds wanted muted mics because trump was just talking over everyone and trampling the debate structure?
Yeah but now they want to make him look bad. His team don’t think he can control himself when he’s not supposed to be talking, so they want him muted.
It’s ridiculous. Just stick with what was already agreed on.
They want to let him make himself look bad.
Make him look bad? Everyone knows he's bad, and and half the country loves that. I don't see how this is going to help Kamala. Unless she can hold her own and push back when he talks over her (which will be incessant), this move seems largely in his favor. I do hope I'm proven wrong, though!
It looks like they're still doing the September debate with muted mics that was already agreed upon but they're negotiating for a possible October debate without muted mics.
I saw that statement too, and I agree. Yes it's embarrassing for Trump's team to admit that they need to mute him, but you can never underestimate how the guy can derail any discussion if you just allow him to talk over you, no matter how good a debater the person on the other side is.
Definitely want to hear what he says under his breath, it will show everyone who he truly is (most of us already know though).
Same for Kamala obviously. Doubt she would say anything terrible. Mainly because she's, I don't know, respectable, descent, or something.
He's looking for any reason to weasel out of this because he knows he has no chance against a former prosecutor with a sound mind.
We won’t get to hear him say the N word if he’s muted. Just a thought.
Yeah he’s clearly dying to say it
If Donald drops a hard-R he will gain back some Repub voters who have been losing interest. Everyone else already knows he is racist.
Many racists draw the line at a hard R. For some of them it hits to close to home.
Maybe they should mute the mics for the TV broadcast but also host a separate stream on the internet with full audio from both mics. That way Trump isn't encouraged to interrupt, but we get to see him saying crazy shit if he tries.