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From Fox News: Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign team was reportedly left “scrambling” to rework their debate strategy after losing their bid to change the rules on microphones.
Former President Trump and Harris will face off for the first time on Tuesday in Philadelphia, in a debate moderated by ABC News. While the Harris campaign had insisted on moving forward with the debate as previously negotiated between the Biden and Trump Teams, it appears they were expecting the rules to change to make the microphones live throughout the event.
“Kamala Harris had planned to object, fact-check and directly question Donald Trump while he was speaking during their debate next week,” Politico reported on Friday. “But now, with rules just finalized to mute the candidates when their opponents speaks, campaign officials said Harris advisers are scrambling to rewrite their playbook.”
The Harris campaign, according to the report, had wanted un-muted microphones “so that the vice president could lean on her prosecutorial background, confronting the former president in the same way she laced into some of Trump’s Supreme Court nominees and Cabinet members during Senate hearings.”
Now, some Harris campaign officials are complaining that she will be “handcuffed” by the rules, which were negotiated by Joe Biden’s team earlier this summer, the report states.
Washington Examiner reporter Byron York noted, “In the long argument over debate microphones, many thought the issue was the prospect of Trump interrupting Harris. Now it appears the issue was Harris’s plan to interrupt Trump.”
In the long argument over debate microphones, many thought the issue was the prospect of Trump interrupting Harris. Now it appears the issue was Harris’s plan to interrupt Trump. From @politico https://t.co/U52l85JaA7
— Byron York (@ByronYork) September 9, 2024
The 90-minute debate between Trump and Harris will be held in Philadelphia Tuesday evening.
It will be hosted by ABC News anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis, and is scheduled to start at 9:00 pm ET. There will be no live audience in the room.
Hahahahahahahaha. . . No, she’s worried she might actually have to talk about policy instead of trying to “prosecute” Trump or screech, “Excuse me, I’m talking” every few minutes. . . Harris team worried she’ll be ‘handcuffed’ by debate rules set by Biden. https://t.co/khrynkRBZ4
— Ned Ryun (@nedryun) September 9, 2024
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