Kamala Harris is "Fundamentally Disadvantaged" by Debate Format, According to Team

Kamala Harris and her team have finally accepted the rules laid out at the September 10 debate hosted by ABC News. Former President Donald Trump already agreed to the rules, which were previously arranged by the Biden-Harris campaign, but Harris wanted several rule changes.

Alex, you’re a journalist. Shouldn’t you go watch the actual full quote before simping for the Harris campaign like this? pic.twitter.com/nv7yPWyWoD https://t.co/13UFX4T5C8

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) August 26, 2024

Harris wanted to be seated, notes, and for the microphone to be unmuted the entire time. Trump had openly said he didn’t care either way regarding the mics, but they should probably stick to what had already been negotiated. Trump’s team preferred the mics to be muted when a candidate wasn’t speaking. Donald Trump Jr. even remarked after the debate with Joe Biden (which led to him dropping out) that muted mics helped his father be more disciplined and focused.

I actually like this format for my father. Keeping him disciplined and focused. He’s dismantling Biden’s disastrous and failed policies one by one piece by piece.
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 28, 2024

It was assumed that Harris wanted the mics live the entire time not only so Trump could rant and come off as an unpresidential bully, but she also wanted to set Trump up for an “I’m speaking” moment, like when she interrupted Vice President Mike Pence at their debate in 2020.

Kamala wants the mics on during the debate so she can do this about 30 times.

The day after all we would hear from the MSM is how STRONG she is. "She put Trump in his place!"

My gosh is she unlikable. pic.twitter.com/rJv351XZCD

— MAZE (@mazemoore) August 31, 2024

But her desire went deeper than that. They wanted her to have a moment similar to when she interrogated Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearing in 2018, and Harris “can’t have her Kavanaugh moment without sound on [the] mic.” In other words, Harris likely wanted the mics hot so she could interrupt Trump.

The campaign even complained to ABC in a letter. “Vice President Harris, a former prosecutor, will be fundamentally disadvantaged by this format, which will serve to shield Donald Trump from direct exchanges with the Vice President.”

In other words, Harris was hoping ABC would bail her out. It’s not their fault that she’s “fundamentally disadvantaged,” while going up against Donald Trump. It’s not ABC’s responsibility to try and close the gap with hot mics, and notes, or to sit them down so Trump doesn’t tower over her.

Kamala Harris had viral moments while interrogating witnesses in the Senate—like when she compared ICE agents to the KKK—but just because you’re viral doesn’t mean you trended for good reason. The desperation to recreate a “Kavanaugh” moment could have just as likely been an opportunity for Harris to miss spiking the ball, but it’s telling that she believed ABC would set the ball for her. Thankfully, they kept with the original details. Kamala Harris may be “so brat,” but just like Veruca Salt found out, you can’t always get what you want.

I’m going to post a video of Kamala Harris and her moronic takes every day until the election.

Here is a video of her likening ICE to the *KKK* at a senate confirmation hearing - 2018. pic.twitter.com/xGqbzdDpnW

— Sarah Fields (@SarahisCensored) July 25, 2024

The Harris team claims that ABC granted some verbal assurances regarding mics being turned on during crosstalk and for moderators to explain to the audience what is being said into a muted mic. She also wanted her press pool of journalists in the debate hall to be close enough to hear muted remarks, but ABC claims that there were no new agreements beyond what was already agreed to back in May between team Biden and Trump.