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During the upcoming debate between US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the microphones will alternately be turned off to ensure that both can speak on the issue. The Trump campaign expresses dissatisfaction with the decision.
Nashville is preparing for the next presidential debate. Stock Photography.
“The Commission hopes that the candidates will respect the time of others, which favors the climate of conversation and helps the spectators,” the statement said.
Each candidate may speak continuously for two minutes at the beginning of each debate segment, says the body responsible for the presidential debates. The rules have been added after the last debate on September 29, which was chaotic to say the least.
Current President Donald Trump’s campaign manager Bill Stepien reacts with irritation to the message.
“President Trump is open to debate with Joe Biden, regardless of the last minute changes of the biased Commission in the latest attempt to bring benefits to his favorite candidate,” he said in a statement.
A second debate was planned last week, but when Trump tested positive for COVID-19, it switched to a digital debate and then the president withdrew. Instead, the two candidates each held a televised election meeting.
The debate, which is the last among the presidential candidates before the election, will take place Thursday in Nashville.
Trump is not satisfied with the issues that will be discussed during the debate.
“I will participate, but it is very unfair that they have changed the subject and it is very unfair that we once again have a moderator who is completely biased,” Trump said in connection with the flight back to Washington from a campaign in Arizona Monday local time.
The debate will be led by Kristen Welker, a respected White House reporter for the television channel NBC News.
Biden’s campaign says both sides agreed in advance to let the moderators pick the topics for discussion and that Trump wants to avoid discussions about his handling of the crown pandemic.
– As usual, the president is more concerned with the rules of the debate than with giving a country in crisis the help it needs, says Biden’s spokesman TJ Ducklo.
