Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Kamala Harris have entered into a dispute over the long-awaited debates between the two next month. As a result, Trump threatened to skip the debate, Agence France-Presse reported, BTA reported.
The debates on ABC television are scheduled for September 10 - a little less than two months before the elections on November 5. In a post on his own social network "Truth Social" On Sunday, Trump criticized the American media for showing bias towards him.
Yesterday, Harris's campaign accused the Republican's team of trying to protect him inappropriately by insisting that the microphone of the candidate who is not speaking be turned off.
At a campaign event in Virginia, Trump responded that it did not matter to him. "I would certainly prefer (the microphones) to be on", he said, but added that it was agreed with Harris's campaign that the microphone of the candidate who is not speaking be turned off, as it was during the debates with President Joe Biden.
"She doesn't want to debate. She's not good at debates, she's not an intelligent person," Trump said of Harris. Last month, Biden dropped out of the race in favor of the vice president after his disastrous performance in the June 27 debates with Trump on CNN. At that time, the microphone of the candidate who was not speaking was turned off at the request of the Democrat, AFP recalls.
Kamala Harris would prefer that the microphones of both contenders be turned on at all times, as is the usual practice. This would probably be to her advantage, since she will face an opponent known for his tendency to make insults and untimely interruptions, AFP notes. Recently, a number of public opinion polls show that Harris is on the rise and has a slight lead.