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Debate commission adopts new rules to mute microphones
AP via Mike balsamo ^

Posted on 10/19/2020 4:47:49 PM PDT by janetjanet998

WASHINGTON (AP) — Debate commission adopts new rules to mute microphones to allow Trump, Biden 2 minutes of uninterrupted time per segment.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: debate; debates; mics; presidentialdebate
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To: AlanGreenSpam
"I believe if a debater lies, then all rules of civility are gone and interruptions are legitimate."

If you remember the first debate, Biden had memorized long sentences packed with lies. Each lie would have taken time to debunk them. When Trump did take on a lie, the moderator would interrupt, saying it was a subject that will be covered later. However, the mistake was made when Biden was allowed to put out the lie that also belonged in a later segment. See how they rigged it?

101 posted on 10/19/2020 5:56:26 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: Brown Deer

Agreed somewhat


102 posted on 10/19/2020 5:57:30 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerantagreement)
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To: janetjanet998

Trump should have words or phrases on his clothes for when he gets muted.


103 posted on 10/19/2020 5:58:12 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: a fool in paradise

They changed the topics to protect joe and hunter biden.

Now they are changing microphone rules to silence trump.

it is time to destroy the debate commission and its rules and
grease the gears of the trash compactor worthy debate commission with the guts of these phony GOPe traitors.


104 posted on 10/19/2020 5:59:38 PM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (When the bad guys have leverage they use it)
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To: combat_boots

I think Trump should cancel citing the last minute panel”s decision to refrain from foreign policy subjects as well as moderator bias which is darn easy to do with her paper trail.

Make the panel defend itself while ridiculing the whole perverted canard at a rally.


105 posted on 10/19/2020 6:00:19 PM PDT by rollo tomasi
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It is not a moderator. It is a Democrat partisan host.


106 posted on 10/19/2020 6:01:31 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (She's a raving lunatic, Jim!)
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To: lodi90

Joe will absolutely shine in a setting where he gets 2 uninterrupted minutes to completely lie his ass off. It’s how he politics. The “Press” will go full-Onan playing his soundbites

Trump has NOTHING to gain from this format because it’s totally geared toward a loud-mouthed liar like Joe. Joe’s 2 minutes will be being pumped into his ear, anyway.

I would prefer that Trump not debase himself with this, but he’s a fighter and I think he sees dealing with this entire gang of a-holes (including this commission) as a challenge.


107 posted on 10/19/2020 6:03:31 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: janetjanet998

Duct tape on standby.


108 posted on 10/19/2020 6:04:13 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Trump stands with us to preserve the Republic. Biden kneels with those wanting to burn it all down.)
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To: MCEscherHammer
Will be interesting to see how DJT responds...???

I would recommend the following: Turn off this microphone and I'll shove it right up your a**.

109 posted on 10/19/2020 6:04:54 PM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: gitmo
great idea!! The press would be there in full and forced to cover it.

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What would you think if Trump walked out of the debate and held a rally outside?

110 posted on 10/19/2020 6:06:37 PM PDT by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: janetjanet998

This is a major change to the originally agreed to rules. It justifies president Trump refusing to participate.


111 posted on 10/19/2020 6:06:41 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: plain talk
Lets see if Trump actually gets his 2 min free of interruptions. If that were to happen then it would be a positive.

Two questions:

1.If the Rat mod takes 1:50 minutes to ask a question, does Trump only get 10 seconds to answer?

2. If POTUS gets a question on climate change, for example, and answers in 30 seconds, and then switches the topic to Hunter's laptop and Joe's grifting, will the mod allow the change in topic continue, or will she mute his mic, saying he strayed from the topic?

112 posted on 10/19/2020 6:07:59 PM PDT by CedarDave (NM's oil patch needs fracking; large signs here saying: "Vote Trump 2020. Your job depends on it.")
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To: Truth29

113 posted on 10/19/2020 6:08:44 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: GreyFriar

So they change the rules and topic 2 days before the event?


114 posted on 10/19/2020 6:10:02 PM PDT by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: ocrp1982
What Trump should do is when they ask about the 'climate change' scam, is say: "I answered that at the last debate. Folks can look up my answers online. Now, about the Biden Crime family.....". He can use his two minutes any way he wants. Do the same thing to any repeated question, and continue to hammer SlowJoe mercilessly.
115 posted on 10/19/2020 6:10:37 PM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: rollo tomasi

>>the last minute panel”s decision to refrain from foreign policy subjects

Everything from COVID, to the Iranian deal, to the bogus impeachment this year, to RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA, to the Bidens’ wealth for white aristocrats program, EVERYTHING is related to foreign policy subjects.

The purpose of a debate is to talk about whatever you as a candidate want to talk about (Chris Wallace be damned for interrupting Trump to say “We’ll be discussing the economy LATER”).

Put it out there and let the moderator hem and haw covering for BiteMe Biden.

None of the previous moderators saw fit to pin down Biden or Harris on the issue of packing the supreme court with rubber stamp justices to dilute the power of the conservatives on the court.

If they bring up racism, tax returns, or a slew of “domestic” topics, say “this debate is looking like a rerun and none of it is focused on the topics of the day or the powers of the presidency”.


116 posted on 10/19/2020 6:11:10 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019)l)
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To: Steven W.
What kind of pieces of Mitt are the "Republican" NeverTrumpers on the debate commission that they can look aside from the squalid Humpher-Joek money-harvesting operations to go full speed ahead on shanking President Trump?

They must ALL be involved in the human sex-trafficking operations.

In which case, they'll all look good in a tight little row on the scaffolds.

117 posted on 10/19/2020 6:11:44 PM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: AlanGreenSpam
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Love it!!
118 posted on 10/19/2020 6:12:05 PM PDT by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: janetjanet998

President Trump should bring his own microphone with him. He can hide it under his lapel, Biden-style. Or he can just brandish it, Trump style.


119 posted on 10/19/2020 6:13:37 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: conservativepoet

“Cancel the debate and have another huge rally.”

Yup, I would tell these networks and the Debate Commision to GFT.


120 posted on 10/19/2020 6:14:24 PM PDT by Batman11 ( The USA is not an ATM!)
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