The Harris campaign rejects Trump’s request for a deal on hot mics for the Sept. 10 debate

WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign denied Republican rival Donald Trump said on Tuesday that both sides had agreed to a microphone in the Sept. 10 U.S. presidential debate.

A Harris campaign official said ongoing dialogue with host network ABC remains an issue.

In a social media post earlier Tuesday, Trump said an agreement had been reached and the rules for next month’s debate would be the same as the June 27 CNN debate with President Joe Biden, whose poor performance led him to drop out. From the 2024 race.

“The debate will be ‘standing,’ and the candidates will not be able to bring notes or ‘cheat sheets.’ ABC has assured us that it will be a ‘fair and even’ debate and that neither side will be given advance questions,” Trump wrote.

CNN has no live audience for the debate. Trump’s record makes no mention of it.

The Harris campaign indicated that the terms of the debate had not been settled.

“Both candidates have publicly made clear their desire to debate with muted mics for the duration of the debate to fully allow meaningful exchanges between the candidates — but it looks like Donald Trump is letting his handlers overrule him. Sad!” The campaign said in a statement that for years Trump has mocked his use of the term “Chat” in his statements.

ABC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Harris’ campaign said during the last presidential debate that the broadcaster should have held the candidates’ microphones throughout the event instead of broadcasting while the opponent was speaking. So-called “hot mics” can help or hurt political candidates, sometimes catching misconceptions that aren’t meant for the public.

Trump later told reporters he preferred to keep his microphone, even though Trump’s team said it had already agreed to turn off the microphones.

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