The Vice President Kamala Harris and the former president Donald Trump will take the stage on Tuesday, September 10th in the only planned debate between the Democratic presidential candidate and the Republican presidential candidate in the 2024 elections.
This will be the first presidential debate since President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race after his disastrous debate performance against Trump in late June. Biden passed the Democratic presidential nomination torch to Harris in July.
The vice president is running an unprecedented, accelerated election campaign as she and Trump vie for the Oval Office. The elections are just two months away.
Although the Harris and Trump campaigns clashed over debate procedures in recent weeks, Both candidates accepted the final rulesABC News, the host of the debate, released the debate rules on Wednesday.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have never held a debate before.
When and where is the debate?
The debate will be held on Tuesday, September 10 at 9 pm Eastern Time at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The debate will last 90 minutes. and will include two commercial breaks, according to ABC.
Pennsylvania, where both Harris and Trump have been campaigning, could determine the outcome of the presidential election. The disputed state has narrowly switched sides in the latest electionwith Biden flipping Pennsylvania Democratic in the 2020 election after Trump secured a Republican victory in 2016.
The debate will air live on ABC News and will also stream on ABC News Live, Disney+ and Hulu.
ABC News’ David Muir and Linsey Davis will moderate the discussion.
Harris and Trump will each have two minutes to answer questions and two minutes to give rebuttals. They will also be given an additional minute to clarify or follow up on any issues.
Will the microphones be muted?
Microphones will be muted when it is not a candidate’s turn to speak, just as they were during the previous debate between Biden and Trump in June.
Candidates will not give opening statementsTrump won a coin toss to determine the order of closing statements and the location of the podium. Trump selected the order of the remarks and will give the final closing statement.
Harris’ podium will be seen on the left of the stage, which is considered the most favorable spot.
Each closing statement will last two minutes.
Harris and Trump are not allowed to bring any props or written notes onto the debate stage. Each will receive a pen, a pad of paper and a bottle of water.
Will there be a live audience?
There will be no live audience at the National Constitution Center, as was the case for the last presidential debate. Harris and Trump are not allowed to interact with their campaign staff during the two commercial breaks.
Trump criticized ABC before the debate
Trump attacked the details of the debate, telling Fox News’ Sean Hannity during an interview Wednesday in Pennsylvania that “ABC is the worst network in terms of fairness” and “the most dishonest, the meanest, the most disgusting network.”
He accused the network of deliberately publishing faulty polls before a previous election to reduce voter turnout.
Trump also stated, without evidence, that Harris would receive questions before the debate. ABC debate rules state that no candidate or campaign will receive any topics or questions before the event.
Next up will be the vice presidential debate
Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz and Ohio Republican Senator JD Vance, will face each other in the only vice presidential debatehosted by CBS News, on Tuesday, October 1 in New York City.
Continue reading:
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