CNN discussed, on Monday, that the Republican candidate, the former President of the USA, Donald Trump, seems to be working in a different way from his campaign in terms of confirming the rules that his ‘ ruling his debate against the Democratic candidate, the Vice President, Kamala Harris, next month.
According to a source familiar with the matter, Trump’s team wants to turn off the microphones during the debate, except of course the microphone of the candidate who is responsible for speaking, as happened at his Trump’s first debate against President Joe Biden. , who announced that he was withdrawing from the presidential race after a disastrous performance during his.
But Trump said Monday that he prefers the candidates’ microphones to remain open at all times.
He explained in statements: “I don’t know, it doesn’t matter to me, maybe I’d rather be open,” in response to a reporter’s question.
Trump repeatedly questioned whether he would even participate in the debate, according to CNN.
The Harris campaign is asking ABC and other networks that want to hold a debate in October to keep their microphones on, according to a senior campaign official, a change from a June debate, when the Biden campaign then had to turn off microphones, except when required by the candidate. profession to speak.
“We told ABC and other networks that wanted to hold a debate in October that we believe both candidates’ microphones should be open for the entire broadcast,” said Brian Fallon, senior communications adviser. for the Harris campaign, in a statement.
He said: “We think that those in charge of the Trump campaign would prefer the microphone to be silent because they do not believe that their candidate can be president for only 90 minutes.”
On the other hand, the Trump campaign says that they agreed to the ABC debate against Harris, adopting the same organizational principles as the previous debate.
“We accepted the ABC debate on the same terms as the CNN debate (between Biden and Trump),” Jason Miller, a senior adviser to the Trump campaign, said in a statement.
He said Harris’ team, having already agreed to CNN’s rules for the debate, asked for the candidates to be seated, with the ability to practice comments and deliver opening speeches, stressing: “We said no any changes to the agreement- on rules.”
Miller said: “It’s interesting that this wasn’t brought up until now after the Harris campaign started preparing for the debate. Even their campaign spokesperson said the debate about the debates is over (..).
The Harris campaign responded to Miller that they were only looking for the two candidates to sit down and be able to read written notes.
ABC’s debate was formally approved earlier this month, although Trump has called for alternative arrangements, including a “full audience” debate hosted by Fox News.
The former president said Monday that he is “not spending a lot of time” preparing for the debate, as he has been preparing for it all his life, according to CNN.
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2024-08-26 18:38:28