Mute point: Debate head defends microphone-cutting decision in Trump-Biden debate

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The co-chair of the Commission on Presidential Debates on Tuesday defends the group's decision to mute microphones for Thursday's debate: 'All we did is put in a situation where if someone is interrupting, they won't be allowed to interrupt.'

As for the microphone muting, Fahrenkopf said,"We didn't create a rule. We didn't touch the rules. All we did is put in a situation where if someone is interrupting, they won't be allowed to interrupt."

"Once they've completed their two minutes, then the microphones are on for the rest of the debate of that section," he said, adding that he hoped the freeform time will be"a little bit" with"a little more civility" than the Cleveland debate. Fahrenkopf also defended the debate's moderator, NBC News' Kristen Welker, who the president called"terrible" in an interview with"Fox & Friends" on Tuesday morning.He noted that Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller has previously called Welker"very fair in her approach" and a"very good choice" for the debate.

 

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