In Response to Chaotic First Debate, Candidates' Microphones Will be Muted At Times

President Donald Trump objected to the next presidential debate rule that will mute the opponents’ microphones while the other has the floor. The Presidential debate adopted the rule as a result of the previous chaotic debate between the two candidates.

Trump and Biden will have their final television debate tonight, and each nominee’s microphone will be muted while the other is speaking. 

The presidential debate will last 90 minutes, divided into segments of 15 minutes discussing six different topics. The opponents will have two minutes to deliver uninterrupted remarks ahead of the open debate, for nine minutes of each segment.

On Monday, the non-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) announced that “in order to enforce this agreed upon rule, the only candidate whose microphone will be open during these two-minute periods is the candidate who has the floor under the rules”. During the open discussion, both microphones will not be muted.

CPD stated they are aware “that neither campaign may be totally satisfied with the measures announced," however, they believe that “these actions strike the right balance and that they are in the interest of the American people, for whom these debates are held.”

The Republican campaign manager, Bill Stepien, stated that despite the latest CPD “attempt to provide an advantage to their favored candidate, President Trump is committed to debating Joe Biden.”

The US president confirmed he would participate in the debate saying “it’s very unfair that they changed the topics and it’s very unfair that again we have an anchor who’s totally biased.”

Biden national press secretary, TJ Ducklo, replied that Trump "is afraid to face more questions about his disastrous Covid response,” and that the US president “is more concerned with the rules of a debate than he is getting a nation in crisis the help it needs.”