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JUST IN: ABC Releases Rules For Next Week’s Presidential Debate Between Trump and Kamala Harris
The Gateway Pundit ^ | September 4, 2024 | Cristina Laila

Posted on 09/04/2024 6:31:15 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man

ABC News released the rules for next week’s presidential debate between Trump and Kamala Harris.

According to ABC, both Trump and Harris agreed to the rules.

The debate is scheduled for September 10.

The Debate Rules per ABC News:

The debate will last 90 minutes with two commercial breaks

The two seated moderators, David Muir and Linsey Davis, will be the only people asking questions

A coin flip was held virtually on September 3 to determine podium placements and order of closing arguments; Trump won the coin toss and chose to select the order of statements. He will offer the last closing statement, and Harris selected the right podium on screen (stage left)

Candidates will be introduced by moderators

Candidates will enter upon introduction from opposite sides of the stage; the incumbent party will be introduced first

There will be no opening statements; closing statements will be two minutes per candidate

Candidates will stand behind the podiums for the duration of the debate

Props or prewritten notes are not allowed onstage

No topics or questions will be shared in advance

Candidates will be given a pen, a pad of paper, and a bottle of water

Candidates will have two minutes to answer questions, two minutes for rebuttals, and one extra minute for follow-ups, clarifications, or responses

Candidates’ microphones will be live only for the candidate whose turn it is to speak and muted when the time belongs to another candidate

Candidates will not be permitted to ask questions of each other

Campaign staff may not interact with candidates during commercial breaks

Moderators will seek to enforce timing agreements and ensure a civilized discussion

There will be audience in the room

The Harris campaign last Monday requested both candidates’ mics be unmuted for the entire 90-minute debate.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: abc; cackles; debate; kamala; kamalaharris; media; presidentialdebate; trump
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This ought to be a Trump thrasher!
1 posted on 09/04/2024 6:31:15 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Trump isn’t allowed to complain when his mic keeps shorting out.

Trump is not allowed to refer to the VP as Karma or Karen.

Trump will not be allowed to set his podium a safe distance from all teleprompters.


2 posted on 09/04/2024 6:35:25 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Liberals are FOS. The greatest threat to "democracy" is freeloader "immigration". Stupid morons.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

No rule against “ear pieces”?


3 posted on 09/04/2024 6:37:24 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Harris can’t say, “I’m speaking.”


4 posted on 09/04/2024 6:37:52 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

“Candidates will not be permitted to ask questions of each other”

Despicable, this is not a debate but a press conference. But the good news is that President Trump with his two minutes will have plenty of time to ask the mods why THEY didn’t ask said question.

WINNER: President Trump.

LOSERS: The Cackler, ABC.


5 posted on 09/04/2024 6:42:16 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Audience this time. Wonder if it will be plants.


6 posted on 09/04/2024 6:44:12 PM PDT by politicket
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To: politicket

Probably.


7 posted on 09/04/2024 6:47:28 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two wen't balloons. One was a cylindrical objecwhots Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Why are there rules? Cage match.


8 posted on 09/04/2024 6:48:12 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: cowboyusa
Muting the mics helps Trump-even his own son Donald Jr last time said he thought the format helped his father seem more disciplined. Now if Trump will only prep more, last time he talked about how he winged it, he needs a few facts at his finger tips
9 posted on 09/04/2024 6:51:25 PM PDT by TECTopcat
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Why ABC is on board I’ll never know


10 posted on 09/04/2024 6:53:02 PM PDT by albie (U)
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To: House Atreides; Liz
No rule against “ear pieces”?

This needs to be addressed...democrats always cheat if they think they can get away with it.

11 posted on 09/04/2024 6:54:15 PM PDT by GOPJ (Kamala kisses up and punches down - cgbg Biden said he would 'unite' the country too. He lied.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Audience planted to boo Trump and cheer for Harris.


12 posted on 09/04/2024 6:55:47 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Trump needs to ask that witch the names of the 13 that her and Joe helped kill just so he could have a political Sep 11 event.


13 posted on 09/04/2024 6:56:53 PM PDT by Hammerhead
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To: Macho MAGA Man

And, moderators will answer questions for Kamalies if the questions are too tough.


14 posted on 09/04/2024 7:00:09 PM PDT by From The Deer Stand (Mp )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Sorry to see that there will be an audience…that’s a change from the CNN format.


15 posted on 09/04/2024 7:05:24 PM PDT by Brandonmark (November 2024 cannot come soon enough!)
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To: TornadoAlley3

No the audience has a purpose to kill time. The longer they clap the shorter time span for the kammunist to answer the questions….running out the clock. Might be a short escape route for the cackling hyena. I hear when she gets nervous she cackles so I hope Trump does his job.


16 posted on 09/04/2024 7:07:25 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: albie

I have a good idea. Biden was allowed to fail in a very public way. This was to make way for Harris. I think we’ll see that strategy repeated. The dumping of Harris won’t happen immediately tho. There will be a lag long enough to make her look incompetent. At the last possible moment the real candidate will replace Harris. This makes certain they can’t be vetted or deeply questioned. That replacement will be Big Mike.


17 posted on 09/04/2024 7:08:30 PM PDT by 556x45
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To: Brandonmark

“ Sorry to see that there will be an audience…that’s a change from the CNN format.”
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I thought the article said ABC had accepted all the CNN debate rules.


18 posted on 09/04/2024 7:08:58 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: 556x45

Unlikely


19 posted on 09/04/2024 7:09:50 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: TECTopcat

Yes agreed. He needs facts and proposals. And one thing he never mentions but I think he should, is that the Abraham Accords came about because he tried to settle the Israel-Palestinian conflict. He went with an offer of regional economic stimulus He couldn’t get the Israel/Palestinian part of the deal done, but he tried, and he got other peace deals done along the way. He has a track record of accomplishment, (and this topic will surely be brought up). He can’t just say “it never would have happened” has needs to say something about how he achieved an historic peace with 5 countries and when elected he will go back and try to finish the deal with the other regional players. - Biden/Harris did worse than nothing, they offended the Saudis and emboldened the Iranians which is why the region is in the mess they are in right now. (Not to mention Harris allowed thr expiration of the Petrodollar deal).

Biden/Harris undid nearly all of his achievements seemingly out of spite (Middle East, Ukraine, Border security, oil production etc…). All of this was pure folly by the democrats and has led to unnecessary death and conflict and economic problems. On Ukraine he made a phone call to ask about corruption that Biden basically admitted to in a speech, and got impeached for that phone call - and now look at what a mess they are in.

He needs to get more specific and remind people of what he accomplished and that he can go back and get a lot more done on every front just by going back to the policies he had and that Harris undid for no reason other than spite.


20 posted on 09/04/2024 7:26:32 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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