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Kamala Harris’s campaign is reportedly in a dispute with Donald Trump’s team over whether to keep the candidates’ microphones on throughout the entire presidential debate on September 10 — as the former president suggested on social media Sunday night that he might not debate her at all.
The Harris campaign is pushing to keep the microphones on the entire time, a deviation from the Biden campaign’s initial request.
“Our understanding is that Trump’s handlers prefer the muted microphone because they don’t think their candidate can act presidential for 90 minutes on his own,” Brian Fallon, senior adviser for communications for the Harris campaign, told Politico.
“We suspect Trump’s team has not even told their boss about this dispute because it would be too embarrassing to admit they don’t think he …