Why the mic rule the Biden camp rooted for could help Trump at first debate – Washington Examiner
The summary describes a situation where President Joe Biden’s campaign advocated for changes to microphone rules to bring more order to the first presidential debate. However, political analysts believe these changes might actually benefit former President Donald Trump. The debate, which lasted 90 minutes, took place on Thursday and involved discussions between the two candidates. During the first presidential debate, lasting 90 minutes on Thursday, a contention arose surrounding the modification of microphone rules, proposed by President Joe Biden’s campaign. The intent behind these changes was to usher in greater procedural order during the debates. However, political analysts speculate that these new rules might inadvertently favor former President Donald Trump. The areas of discussion between the candidates were widely anticipated, but how these rule adjustments might influence the dynamics of debate and public perception remains a central point of analysis and interest.
Although President Joe Biden’s campaign pushed for mic rule changes to usher order into the first presidential debate, political analysts say the move could end up helping former President Donald Trump.
During the 90-minute debate on Thursday, the candidates’ microphones will be cut when not speaking to prevent interruptions. The rule marks a departure from historic debate protocol and comes after viewers expressed intense frustration with the chaotic 2020 debates where candidates often talked over each other.
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Trump, in particular, drew backlash for his frequent interruptions during his first presidential debate against Biden in 2020.
The Trump campaign is on board with the mic change, a rule NBC News chief political analyst Chuck Todd says could help the former president gain credibility with viewers by making “Trump seem more presidential.”
In contrast, Todd warns that while the Biden campaign pushed for the mic rule because it “so want[s] to have a different experience” from the 2020 debates, Democrats might be doing the presumptive Republican nominee a favor.
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The political analyst believes during the 2020 debates, while Trump’s frequent interruptions angered Biden, they might have helped him win votes.
“Those moments of cross-talk, that frustrated Biden, that might have won him those debates. When you are protecting Trump from himself, you are doing him a favor,” Todd noted.
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