Former President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he has “reached an agreement” to participate in a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, scheduled for September 10 in Philadelphia on ABC News. Trump noted that “the rules will be the same as the last CNN debate, which seemed to work out well for everyone.”
I think it is NBD. My theory is they wanted to ensure he accepted mic muting to prevent the BS he did with Hillary. Now he’s locked in to shutting up and sitting in a chair while Harris tears him to pieces.
That’s a good POV, play him hard to accept what you want through reverse psychology. I watched, while getting more and more drunk, the last debate. Trump didn’t act out when the mic was muted. Why would I expect he’d act out now when it was unmuted? Sure, given the opportunity he’ll railroad you, but that doesn’t help Harris. That just makes him look better to his base. She needs to be able to defeat him on his inability to answer questions or keep himself on topic. His wonderings and absurd statements. Call his ass out.
If - and it’s a huge, astronomic IF - Harris is able to control Trump and shut him down using his own methods, biting back on merit of personal authority when he attempts to interrupt her, then hot mics would benefit her enormously. I don’t think it’s easy to do, as Trump has proven time and again that he can bulldoze people on sheer respectlessness, loudness and tenacity. Given the risk of him running her over being a disaster for her momentum, I think it’s probably safer on balance to have muted mics.
I don’t think the Harris campaign cared either way. They just pressure the Mic thing move the narrative to the Mic instead of whether the debate was even happening or not. I literally use the same technique on my toddler. Just give him an option about a detail of something I want him to do but don’t give him the option about the act itself.
Yeah, they realized too late that mic muting is in his favor when not going against Biden.
I think it is NBD. My theory is they wanted to ensure he accepted mic muting to prevent the BS he did with Hillary. Now he’s locked in to shutting up and sitting in a chair while Harris tears him to pieces.
That’s a good POV, play him hard to accept what you want through reverse psychology. I watched, while getting more and more drunk, the last debate. Trump didn’t act out when the mic was muted. Why would I expect he’d act out now when it was unmuted? Sure, given the opportunity he’ll railroad you, but that doesn’t help Harris. That just makes him look better to his base. She needs to be able to defeat him on his inability to answer questions or keep himself on topic. His wonderings and absurd statements. Call his ass out.
If - and it’s a huge, astronomic IF - Harris is able to control Trump and shut him down using his own methods, biting back on merit of personal authority when he attempts to interrupt her, then hot mics would benefit her enormously. I don’t think it’s easy to do, as Trump has proven time and again that he can bulldoze people on sheer respectlessness, loudness and tenacity. Given the risk of him running her over being a disaster for her momentum, I think it’s probably safer on balance to have muted mics.
Nah they wanted to get a dig in about how Trump cant control himself.
I don’t think the Harris campaign cared either way. They just pressure the Mic thing move the narrative to the Mic instead of whether the debate was even happening or not. I literally use the same technique on my toddler. Just give him an option about a detail of something I want him to do but don’t give him the option about the act itself.
Yeah, you make a good point. IIRC I had read here on Lemmy somewhere that the Harris compain was wanting to switch back to having mics on.