Kamala Harris would have you believe that she’s being the bigger person in accepting the rules of this ABC News debate that includes having microphones muted when the other person is talking.
She claims that because Trump is a flight risk for the debate, they are compelled to accept the rules to ensure the debate actually happens.
Here’s what she wrote:
New: Kamala Harris campaign has just accepted in a letter to ABC News the rules of next week's debate against Donald trump, including mics being muted when it's not a candidate's turn to speak, per person familiar with debate negotiations.
That had been the final hang-up.
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) September 4, 2024
In their letter to ABC News, Harris campaign wrote in part:
"Vice President Harris, a former prosecutor, will be fundamentally disadvantaged by this format, which will serve to shield Donald Trump from direct exchanges with the Vice President."
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) September 4, 2024
More from Harris campaign letter to ABC News:
"Notwithstanding our concerns, we understand that Donald Trump is a risk to skip the debate altogether, as he has threatened to do previously, if we do not accede to his preferred format. We do not want to jeopardize the debate."
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) September 4, 2024
This is total bull**** and they know it. They wanted the mics unmuted so Trump could interrupt and she could do what she did to Mike Pence by saying “I’m speaking”. Because that’s all she has is punch lines; she has no real substance with which to win the debate.
Harris lackey MJ Lee adds this:
There have been some assurances offered to the Harris campaign about how the network would handle any moments of significant cross talk, including mics being turned on, as well as moderator discouraging disruptive interruptions and explaining to viewers what is being said.
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) September 4, 2024
Assurances? From what Lee says it sounds like Kamala might have gotten her way to some degree if they are going to turn the mics on for ‘significant cross talk’ and ‘explain’ to viewers what is being said. How does this ‘significant cross talk’ happen and what exactly does it mean when they will ‘explain’ what is being said? If Trump says something while muted, the moderators are going to tell everyone what he said?
The Trump campaign should demand to know exactly what these assurances are because it sounds like the rules just changed a bit.