Kamala Harris' campaign taunted Donald Trump and his "handlers" in a dispute over the rules for their upcoming presidential debate.The former president has suggested he might not take part in the Sept. 10 debate because he doesn't believe ABC News would be an impartial host, and his team would like ...
  • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    3 months ago

    The Harris and Trump teams don’t agree about whether mikes should be cut when their opponent is speaking.

    You might think Team Harris wants the mikes cut. But actually, they want the mikes kept on throughout the debate. Team Trump wants them cut, because they are afraid Trump won’t be able to control himself and end up looking bad. Which I think is hilarious.

    • sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      11·
      3 months ago

      Team Trump wants them cut, because they are afraid Trump won’t be able to control himself and end up looking bad. Which I think is hilarious.

      thats what team Harris says, doesnt mean its true if you want to be neutral.

      I am sure team Trump woukd say something like we dont want Harris intruptting Trump when its his turn.

      I am pro Harris but I agree with muting mics

      • barsquid@lemmy.world
        3·
        3 months ago

        We have ample evidence of Donald not shutting the fuck up. It is true. Neutrality doesn’t mean shoving aside the evidence of objective reality.

      • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        team Trump woukd say something like we dont want Harris intruptting

        Then I have the perfect solution. Mute Harris but keep Trump’s on. What could go wrong?

  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    3 months ago

    Strategically speaking, why does Harris want open mics? I thought Dems pushed for the muted mics to prevent Trump from blabbering past his time? Seems like a situation that would make it hard for Harris to get a word in otherwise, trying to understand the benefit.

    • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      Probably because they think when (not if) Trump blabbers while Harris is trying to speak, it will make Trump look bad in front of undecided voters. I think they’re right.

      Team Harris might even try to pull a Chris Christie, who predicted what Rubio would say and watched his prediction come true, eg

      Harris: “As a former prosecutor, I believe in following the rules. But Trump believes rules don’t apply to him. He’s not supposed to interrupt me, but he just did a moment ago. And mark my words: he will do it again soon, because -”

      Trump: “No I won’t!”

    • Dkarma@lemmy.world
      5·
      3 months ago

      Go watch the "I’m speaking "moment when Harris debated pence.

      Destroyed. She wants this again.

      • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
        6·
        3 months ago

        Sure that makes sense, but I also believe Pence backed off because he had a shred of self respect.

        What will Harris do with someone who doesn’t yield and instead raises their voice, doubles down, and starts redirecting, asking when she became black?

        Different beasts, guess it will be interesting if nothing.

    • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
      4·
      3 months ago

      He won’t be able to stay focused the entire time. I assume the Dems think that at some point he’ll say something so monumentally stupid that even the media can’t gloss over it any more.

      • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        3 months ago

        But he says monumentally stupid things every hour of every day, it’s hardly a blip any more. Idk, I have my doubts. I know Harris can hold her own but when his lies compound more lies before anyone can make an argument for truth, it becomes impossible to keep up even under the best conditions. It’s not a court room with a judge that’s going to hold anyone in contempt.

        • cm0002@lemmy.world
          1·
          3 months ago

          To me or you, but not to MAGA. What if, on the topic of crime, he goes off on a tangent and says something to the effect of “I’ll just repeal the second amendment, no guns no problem!”

          That would be something monumentally stupid for him to say to his MAGA base

          • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
            2·
            3 months ago

            What if, on the topic of crime, he goes off on a tangent and says something to the effect of “I’ll just repeal the second amendment, no guns no problem!”

            He already did pretty much exactly that and zero fucks were given.

            They have no principles and no values that they put above their god-king the Mango Mussolini.

      • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 months ago

        He won’t be able to stay focused the entire time.

        Have the Trump handlers considered dangling a set of shiny keys above his head during Harris’s answer to distract him?

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Because she’s a former DA with a significant amount of trial experience in pretty high-stakes cases, and Trump is an imbecile. I really do think she’d absolutely take him apart in a debate.

      • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        3 months ago

        A courtroom is a highly controlled environment with everyone operating under oath and tangible consequences for breaking decorum, like I said in my other comment, overall I don’t doubt Harris could hold her own - but it seems like a misstep that will allow trump to soak up all the airtime. I hope I’m wrong!

    • 2piradians@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      To his credit, Biden adhered to the give/take of ideas with Trump. It’s courteous to let the other person speak and I’m sure he thought those watching would clearly see he’s the reasonable person in the debate. Since Trump has no such courtesy, he just ran out the clock with nonsense, making Biden look weak/confused rather than reasonable. So they wanted the mics cut. I think they’re confident in Harris’ ability to put Trump on his ass when he tries with her.

    • Optional@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 months ago

      They’re pointing out that Trump wants muted mics because he can’t shut up and won’t be able to stop blabbering. The relatively sane people running trumps campaign know that would be a huge problem because he’s already getting press for babbling batshit and a debate in prime time would be the last place they’d want him to go full demented narcissist.

      By making it a news article, Trump sees it and is therefore pitted against his own campaign which he can’t allow, so - it’s win-win and they haven’t even agreed to anything yet.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
    6·
    3 months ago

    Hey member that time before debating Hillary when he snorted like twenty lines of coke and spent the whole debate sniffling and grinding his teeth?

  • slickgoat@lemmy.world
    51·
    3 months ago

    As to not having the mics cut as a tactic so that Trump’s bullying idiocy is on full display, I disagree. The idea that his ape-like behaviour is somehow a secret after nine years of his bullshit schtick is somewhat doubtful.

    For comparison purposes, you need Harris’ intelligent and reasoned argument immediately followed by Trump’s bellowing laundry list of personal gripes, off-mark name calling, ridiculous lies and tangential remarks about sharks, electric cars and Hannibal Lector…

    Then, once again, to be sharply contrasted by Harris’ calm and normal description of her politics.

    As fascinating as it to watch this Buffoon yelling and screaming on stage, no one will hear what Harris has to say and there will be plenty watching her for the first time waiting to hear.

    Edit: Turns out that the Harris campaign wants live mics, so what do I know?

  • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    I’m way more concerned that the moderators will completely abdicate their responsibilities again. If Trump lies, which he will, frequently and obviously, they need to call that out.

  • Eiri@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 months ago

    Honestly surprising. I would’ve thought Harris would have wanted protection from Trump constantly talking over her.