Harris accepts rules for ABC Trump debate, including muted mics to her ‘disadvantage’

Harris accepts rules for ABC Trump debate, including muted mics to her ‘disadvantage’


Vice President Kamala Harris has told ABC News she has accepted the network’s rules for its Sept. 10 debate with former President Donald Trump, including the stipulation that each candidate’s microphone will be muted while the other is talking.

Harris had pushed back against the rule, arguing over the weekend that microphones should be on “the whole time” and trying to goad Trump into relenting to the guidelines by saying he was “surrendering” to his advisers by accepting them. However, in a letter to the network on Wednesday, the vice president’s campaign set the stage for next week’s showdown, but not before poking at Trump once again.

The Democratic candidate’s advisers maintained that Harris is “fundamentally disadvantaged by this format, which will serve to shield

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