Trump will not be able to interrupt President Biden under the new rules
With the opening presidential debate just ten days away, host CNN has provided the first details of the rules of engagement.
In a change to the format that is clearly aimed to benefit the President, candidates’ microphones will be muted except when it is their turn to speak. This will prevent candidates from interrupting each other. With Biden’s failing cognitive abilities, this change will clearly relieve some of the pressure on him and reduce the potential for confusion.
Candidates will not be allowed pre-written notes, but they will be given a pen, paper and a bottle of water.
The moderators—Jake Tapper and Dana Bash—had already been announced.
The rules also appear to prevent any third-party candidates, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., from taking to the debate stage. To meet the requirements, a candidate must appear on enough state ballots to reach the 270 electoral-college threshold to win the presidency and have polled at least 15% in four separate national polls.
Although Kennedy is in the process of having his named entered on the ballot in all 50 states, he clearly doesn’t meet CNN’s requirements.
It’s widely believed that the debates will be of greater importance to the presidential race than the verdict in Trump’s recent “hush money” case. Polling has already showed that the verdict has had little effect on Trump’s popularity or the voting intentions of his supporters.
The debate will take place on 27 June, with a second scheduled for 9 October.
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