Commission Will Mute Mics During Final Trump Biden Debate
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On Monday, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced that former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump will have their microphones muted during portions of the second and final presidential debate on Thursday night. While left-leaning articles highlight that the change in rules drew a quick rebuke from Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh, right-leaning articles highlight that in the first presidential debate, Trump interrupted 145 times.
A left-leaning article by CNN highlights that the change in rules drew a quick rebuke from Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh who charged, without evidence, that the decision is an “attempt to provide advantage to their favored candidate.” In a letter to the commission on Monday, Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien called muting the candidates’ microphones “unacceptable.”
NPR published a centrist article reporting that under the new rules, Biden and Trump will each have two minutes of uninterrupted time to speak at the beginning of every 15-minute segment of the debate. Thursday’s debate comes a week and a half before the Nov. 3 Election Day.
The New York Post published a right-leaning article highlighting that in the first presidential debate, which Trump claimed he won, the president interrupted Biden or Fox News moderator Chris Wallace 145 times. Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien said that despite the change of course, the president will still debate Biden.