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Trump's handers fighting for muted debate microphones. Trump says he doesn't care.
By Curt_Anderson
August 27, 2024 4:45 pm
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Why does Harris want unmuted mics? My guess is that Harris expects Trump to talk while it's her turn, muted microphones or not. Either way, she will hear him and could potentially be distracted by his insults and yammering (like Biden was four years ago in his "will you shut up, man? debate moment). Better to let viewers hear Trump interrupting her.

(BBC)The Harris campaign wants to shift the agreed rules with just two weeks to go so that both candidates' microphones will be unmuted for the entire debate. What do they think they could gain from this change?

More generally, they believe it has the potential to show viewers a more unfiltered, even ill-tempered, Trump who would be audible throughout the entire time Ms Harris is speaking.

"Our understanding is that Trump's handlers prefer the muted microphone because they don't think their candidate can act presidential for 90 minutes on his own," a statement from Harris's spokesman said.

Strategists have also suggested Trump's insults may turn off crucial undecided voters. “One of the ways to win over swing voters is not by personal attacks,” Kevin Madden, a longtime Republican strategist, told the New York Times. “By nature, they don’t love partisan politics."

If Trump's microphone is unmuted while Harris is speaking, the likelihood of an audible insult or interruption ramps up. And the Harris campaign may feel a more aggressive Trump who is able to interrupt at will could benefit them by turning off these swing voters.


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Comments on "Trump's handers fighting for muted debate microphones. Trump says he doesn't care.":

  1. by Indy! on August 27, 2024 6:28 pm

    Trump's own people don't trust him with a LIVE MICROPHONE and yet the GOP trusts him to run the country (even though he tried to overthrow it).


  2. by Curt_Anderson on August 27, 2024 6:38 pm
    I am also wondering if the Harris campaign wants to avoid playing a game with Trump where he threatens not to debate. Any conversation about mics means a debate will happen. It reminds me of the old sales technique of NOT asking the customer if they want to buy a sale item, but asking “do you want model A or model B?”. It’s called the “assumptive close”.


  3. by Indy! on August 27, 2024 7:36 pm

    Yes, because we all know he's scared to debate. I'm sure Kamala's team doesn't care either way since she can control herself like most adults when another person is speaking. If they mute them, Trump will still be his own worst enemy with the usual misogynist, bigoted comments when his mic is on.


  4. by Indy! on August 27, 2024 7:38 pm

    Also - sounds more like a "presumptive close." 🙂


  5. by Curt_Anderson on August 27, 2024 7:41 pm
    Maybe you're right and it's the presumptive close. It's been twenty years since read the book by Zig Ziglar.


  6. by Indy! on August 27, 2024 7:50 pm

    That was just a guess. I've been exposed that kind of sales pitch more than a few times, but never knew they had a name for it. It's a turn off for me as a buyer.


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