The former president of USA and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (2017-2021) threatened on Monday to withdraw from the debate with his Democratic rival, Kamala Harrison the channel ABC on September 10, now suggesting that the previously agreed sequence was partial.
“Why should I debate Kamala Harris on this network?”Trump wrote on social media Sunday night, accusing ABC of trying to change the agreed-upon rules.
Harris’ spokesman, Brian Fallonstressed this Monday that the vice-president’s campaign wanted The station kept the candidates’ microphones on throughout the “face to face”, without keeping quiet when their opponent spoke as during the last presidential debate with Joe Biden.
“The Vice President is prepared to confront Trump’s constant lies and interruptions in real time. Trump should stop hiding behind the mute button” Fallon said in a statement.
For his part, Jason Miller, senior advisor to the trump campaign noted in another statement that they had already agreed on the same terms as in the June debate. cnnwhose microphones were muted: “We said there would be no changes to the agreed rules.”
However, Trump told reporters on Monday that he preferred to have his microphone onadding that he didn’t like that they silenced him last time and that He didn’t prepare much for the clash with his new rival. “I don’t care. I’d probably rather wear it. But The agreement was that it would be the same as last time.“, insisted the tycoon.
In a statement at a campaign event in Virginia, Trump criticized what he called the network’s “hostility” toward conservatives and criticized the fact that a rule change was being considered. “I would rather do it in BNC. I would prefer to do it in CBS. Frankly, I think CBS It’s very unfair, but he’s the best of the bunch, and I would definitely do it in Foxeven in cnn. I think that cnn “He treated us very fairly last time,” he said.
In any case, the Republican candidate stressed that he was not preparing too much for the debate: “I don’t spend a lot of time on it, I think I’ve been preparing for a debate my whole life.”
