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northAfter a chaotic first televised debate between US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden, the next two speeches will take place under different rules. The presidential debating committee announced Wednesday that there will be new means to ensure order. The nonpartisan body has been organizing television duels before presidential elections since 1988.
In a statement, he said the first duel had made it clear that additional structures were needed to allow for a more orderly discussion. What they should be will be announced shortly. According to information from the AP news agency, there is talk that the moderator should be able to turn off the microphones.
Donald Trump’s election campaign team criticized the plans and accused the commission of changing “the rules in the middle of the game.” Trump’s Democratic challenger, Biden, had expressed hope that in the future only the speaker mic will be turned on.
Trump had repeatedly interrupted Biden during the debate Tuesday night. This then moved on to counterattacks. Both were also covered in insults. Moderator Chris Wallace was unable to bring order.
Speaking to reporters in Ohio on Wednesday, Biden described Trump’s appearance as an “embarrassment to the country.” The American president tried everything for 90 minutes to distract himself. “Trump has no plans, he has no ideas,” Biden said. When asked what he was saying to undecided voters who had seen the debate and were fed up with the politics, the Democrat said, “I can understand.”
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Trump, meanwhile, backed off after his heavily criticized call for a radical right-wing group to “be ready.” “You have to stand down and let the police do their job,” Trump said Wednesday in Washington. At the same time, the President assured that he did not know the violent group “Proud Boys”, which he had mentioned by name the night before: “I don’t know who the ‘Proud Boys’ are.”
During the television duel with his electoral challenger Joe Biden, Trump had directly addressed the radical right-wing group: “‘Proud Boys’: stop and get ready.” The president responded to the moderator’s question on whether he was ready to distance himself from racist groups, and sparked outrageous reactions from civil rights activists, among others. Trump left open what the “Proud Boys” (German: proud boys or proud boys) should be “ready” for. The words (“back off and wait”) are very similar in English to the phrase Trump used on Wednesday (” stand down “) to urge right-wing groups to step back and let the police do their job.
The next two television matches will take place on October 15 and 22. The debate on the 15th in Miami, moderated by Steve Scully from C-SPAN, should take place in a town hall format, where the audience can ask questions. That would make it harder for politicians to interrupt each other anyway. The third and final debate is chaired by Kristen Welker of NBC News. Vice President Mike Pence and Biden Vice Candidate Kamala Harris will also meet on October 7.
