Now, for those of you concerned that the headline of this piece means I think Kamala Harris is being treated unfairly… hahaha no. I think Kamala Harris, who is the candidate despite not receiving a single vote in the 2024 primary, doesn’t get to complain about things being unfair.
But, yes, the rules of Tuesday night’s debate are fair. They are good rules, in fact. They make it easier for the people watching to hear what the candidates actually have to say on policy without being derailed by interruptions. Frankly, it stops Donald Trump from being his most effective and forces him to sound off more on policy issues when he is far more comfortable interrupting and sowing chaos on a debate stage.
But Trump’s favorite strategy is also his biggest weakness. He is just as easily derailed as he is capable of derailing others, and the Harris campaign was planning to take advantage of that fact and argued that the mics should be left on.
Kamala Harris had planned to object, fact-check and directly question Donald Trump while he was speaking during their debate next week. But now, with rules just finalized to mute the candidates when their opponents speaks, campaign officials said…
Read the full article here