Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has backed off from its demand that microphones be unmuted for the duration of Democratic nominee’s upcoming debate against former President Donald Trump.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has backed off from its demand that microphones be unmuted for the duration of Democratic nominee’s upcoming debate against former President Donald Trump.
“Candidates’ microphones will be live only for the candidate whose turn it is to speak and muted when the time belongs to another candidate,” read the debate rules released by ABC News on Wednesday.
The Sep. 10 showdown in Philadelphia had been agreed to by both campaigns in early August, but the Harris team launched a last-minute bid to change the debate rules over fears that having microphones muted for parts of the 90-minute event would be favorable for Trump.
Harris’ senior adviser for communications Brian Fallon argued that the muted mics rule “fundamentally disadvantaged” the vice president, in a letter sent to the network before the rules were released, according to Politico.
