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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: janetjanet998

Lets see if Trump actually gets his 2 min free of interruptions. If that were to happen then it would be a positive.


81 posted on 10/19/2020 5:24:20 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: conservativepoet

Trump should have refused to debate with that nasty beotch as moderator right from the start.


82 posted on 10/19/2020 5:24:56 PM PDT by EnquiringMind
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To: Brown Deer

And that is the excuse that Trump should use to can the debate.


83 posted on 10/19/2020 5:25:03 PM PDT by Revel
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To: janetjanet998

That means as soon as President Trump spills the beans on the Biden Crime Family revelations, his microphone will go mute. He will be warned that next time he will be reduced in time for his answers if he persists. They will tell him that all comments about the scandal are against the debate rules. I bet Biden will throw in the comment, ‘It’s what you get, loser!’

If we see the above tactic, it will energize the pro-Trump vote dramatically.


84 posted on 10/19/2020 5:28:17 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: janetjanet998

Trump needs to walk down to the moderator, grab her arm and escort her out. Walk up to Joe and say I don’t need no stinking moderator. Let’s dance.


85 posted on 10/19/2020 5:30:10 PM PDT by mmanager (Whew, been a while :))
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To: jonrick46

The next step is putting a two minute delay on the broadcast. If he mentions Hunter, it gets dumped.


86 posted on 10/19/2020 5:36:09 PM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: rhinohunter

“They will use the mute button to silence any mention of Hunter scandal.”

Bingo! Trump only gets two minutes of uninterrupted time if he keeps on the topic that nobody cares about.


87 posted on 10/19/2020 5:41:32 PM PDT by CottonBall (A Republican's power comes from your prosperity. A Democrat's power comes from your poverty.Good for)
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To: janetjanet998

They want to force Trump out.

This because they know Biden is in peril.


88 posted on 10/19/2020 5:41:47 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: janetjanet998

Equal time works for me. Fair is fair.

I don’t think that President Trump helped himself in the first debate by interrupting so often.

Letting Biden talk is not a bad strategy, either.


89 posted on 10/19/2020 5:42:33 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands
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To: janetjanet998

**** TRUMP NEEDS TO BRING A FLASH CARD IN HIS JACKET POCKET that says:

-———— “THAT’S A LIE!” -———

Every time Joe lies, Trump needs to flash that card.

This would be an awesome end-run around the muting of the mic.

I believe if a debater lies, then all rules of civility are gone and interruptions are legitimate.


90 posted on 10/19/2020 5:43:09 PM PDT by AlanGreenSpam (Obama: The First 'American IDOL' President - sponsored by Chicago NeoCom Thugs)
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To: yuleeyahoo

“Nothing like changing the rules after everything has been agreed upon.”

Hoping to see Trump tweet and speak extensively on this matter of “debate rigging”.

Otherwise the next announcement will be that the mod can mute if you stray off subject.


91 posted on 10/19/2020 5:45:18 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: jonrick46

So the moderator has a history of hostility to Trump; the topics are Democrat friendly, and now the Dems can shut Trump’s mike off whenever they want and prevent him from talking about anything they disapprove of. Why should Trump even go? He has already lost this “debate.” This last minute change is too much and Trump should just go do a rally or broadcast his own conservative moderated townhall. Trump can work miracles, but when the entire room and everyone in it is actively against him, he should do something else.


92 posted on 10/19/2020 5:47:06 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: The Antiyuppie

Yeah I don’t mind this as long as it’s fairly applied. The debate should be more watchable imo


93 posted on 10/19/2020 5:48:37 PM PDT by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen)
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To: Mariner

The first truth and reconciliation revenge commission

S Africa was long ago...

1st they come our guns
Then...

These are their open plans
PTrump is just in their way.


94 posted on 10/19/2020 5:48:56 PM PDT by combat_boots (Hi God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her. Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: combat_boots

For our guns


95 posted on 10/19/2020 5:49:46 PM PDT by combat_boots (Hi God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her. Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: janetjanet998

Additionally, Trump should IGNORE the moderator’s questions unless they help him.

Instead he should spend 10 seconds on each question and then go into full attack mode about Burisma and “the big guy, Joe” getting his 50% half of Hunter’s racketeering income.

And Trump should take notes of each lie Joe says in Biden’s 2 minutes and spend his own 2 minutes refuting each Biden lie. (It’s so hard to remember all lies)

Otherwise, the Biden lies gain traction if not refuted.


96 posted on 10/19/2020 5:49:56 PM PDT by AlanGreenSpam (Obama: The First 'American IDOL' President - sponsored by Chicago NeoCom Thugs)
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To: proust

It all boils down to censorship being used to control a debate. In all my years I have never seen anything like this. It is like something out of the old Soviet Union.

Trump will not go down without a fight. The DemonKKKrats will have overplayed their hand and Trump will get the message out that the debate was rigged. The American people will respond with horror at what they did. The effort should backfire leaving a big stink.


97 posted on 10/19/2020 5:50:23 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: janetjanet998

Biden is counting on PDJT withdrawing from the debate.

Whatever silly rules they make, PDJT is going to make Biden look like a loser.


98 posted on 10/19/2020 5:51:12 PM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: AlanGreenSpam

I think Trump should play his charm

Be calm
Assured
Smile and deliver the shiv

Learn from the honey part of the honey badger

Assume he’s at one of his rallies.


99 posted on 10/19/2020 5:54:04 PM PDT by combat_boots (Hi God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her. Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: Revel

What Trump should do, is ignore every question, and use his two minutes talking about Biden’s scandals and following up with a question.


100 posted on 10/19/2020 5:54:29 PM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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