Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are scheduled to face off on September 10 in a debate hosted ...

Harris relents on muting debate microphones. The vice president made an unsuccessful push to have Donald Trump's microphone left on when it wasn't the former president's turn to speak.

The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Monday that it planned to mute the microphones of Trump and Biden as the other gives two-minute opening statements at the beginning of each of six ...

The great debate microphone muting drama of 2024 has come to a quiet end. Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign has begrudgingly agreed to have her and former President Donald J. Trump’s ...

President Joe Biden’s campaign had made the muting of microphones, except for the candidate whose turn it is to speak, a condition of his decision to accept any debates this year. Some aides ...

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.

But Biden is no longer running for president. And Harris’ campaign wants the microphones to be hot at all times during the ABC debate — as has historically been the case at presidential debates.

Trump says Harris ‘trying to get out of’ debate over unmuted microphones demand By . Josh Christenson and Diana Glebova. Published Aug. 26, 2024. Updated Aug. 26, 2024, 12:29 p.m. ET.

Trump and Harris agreed to a September 10 debate on ABC News, but are bickering over whether candidates’ microphones will be muted when it’s not their turn to speak have put the event at risk.

During that debate, the muted mic seemed to keep Trump focused, as Biden stumbled over many of his statements. More about Donald Trump Kamala Harris US election 2024. Join our commenting forum.

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