Video Now: Trump on mics being muted during debate 'It Doesn't Matter to Me'

There's only 15 days left until the scheduled Sept. 10 presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, but the two campaigns are fighting over whether the candidates’ microphones will be muted when it is not their turn to speak.

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[jhhwild]

I like the format of muting the microphones and letting each candidate talk. It stops them from talking over each other or interrupting.

[RKing-dyuv]

THAT'S a joke! "She's not a smart person. She doesn't want to debate." PROSECUTOR HARRIS says, "BRING it, Con!"

[williamdietz]

Nothing to say but, the opposition is inferior, doom and gloom is in the immediate future, no solutions offered. The act is old.

[carvedwood]

lol shes trying to get out of the debate by forcing you to cry like a little baby and back out of the debate. Man she is good.

[aivijk]

He wants everyone to think she can't debate and only the truly stupid would believe that. As the head of her debate team, a trial lawer, district attorney, Attorney General, Senator, and Vice President who has met with over 150 world leaders, not only is she a skilled communicator but she can probably debate on subjects Trump has never heard of. Vote blue for sanity.

[sharkusvelarde]

Everything he accuses everybody of is a spot on description of himself.

[jeffgeorge]

She doesn't want to answer questions about why she's done nothing good for the country in 3.5 years

[Sukmycocus]

"It worked out fine, ask biden how it worked out" "it worked out fine"... 😆 🤣 😂.

[webcucciolo]

I'm ok with not fact-checking in real time.

But turning the microphone off is useless if, on the following question, the moderators let him take 1.5 out of 2 minutes to go back and have the last word on every single question and at the same time evade any direct "uncomfortable" question. That was a huge shame on CNN.

The first time he asked "can I rebutt again?" they should have told him NO. THE RULE IS THAT WHOEVER GETS THE QUESTION HAS THE FIRST AND LAST ANSWER.

Every time a question was asked to Trump, as per the agreed upon rules, Biden had a reply and Trump had the final rebuttal (not to mention, he took most of his time to go back to previous topics).
Every time a question was asked to Biden, after the final rebuttal, Trump on the following question went back and had the last say. These were not the rules!

[ricardolopez]

You heard the old man lets hear them debate.

[gowiththeflow]

When did it become ok for politicians to refuse to debate/ answer questions from an “unbiased” press outlet. It’s absurd and from my memory, it started 3.5 years ago with Sleepy Joe. Am I wrong? T/V 2924

[mission]

asking Trump if he wants to be muted is like asking a vicious dog if it wants a muzzle on it's face 🙂

[thomasarenajr]

He said, 'Muted is fine with him'.

[SD-nhyr]

Yeah Kalama is trying to get out of it....😂😂😂

[jstewart]

Now remember, to run a company you do not have to be smart, you just have to control smart people and the money that they need.

[TheBehm]

Trump is a master debater. Everybody knows it. Everybody’s talking about it

[UncleWally]

They, they, they, they . . . where have “we” gone and what about us?

[CM-xroq]

"I'd rather have it probably on". What kind of English is that?

[blurayauthority]

If it’s worth saying once, it’s worth saying four times, eh Don?

[TheOrangeRoad]

A man who loves to debate vs a woman who wont even give 1 press conference 😂