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'Embarrassing': Harris team taunts Trump over latest debate drama (www.rawstory.com)

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[-] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 157 points 2 months ago

The Harris and Trump teams don't agree about whether mikes should be cut when their opponent is speaking.

You might think Team Harris wants the mikes cut. But actually, they want the mikes kept on throughout the debate. Team Trump wants them cut, because they are afraid Trump won't be able to control himself and end up looking bad. Which I think is hilarious.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 78 points 2 months ago

Just fyi, it's "mic" when talking about microphones.

[-] Lupus@feddit.org 67 points 2 months ago

Phew, I was really worried someone was gonna cut poor mike.

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago

The USA has a male circumcision rate of over 80%, so likelihood is that Mike is already cut.

[-] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Mutilation rate*

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

You know I was going to put that first but couldn't getting the spelling close enough for predictive text to pick up and didn't want to randomly say "genital mutilation" to my phone while sat on the bus.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

didn't want to randomly say "genital mutilation" to my phone while sat on the bus.

Yeah, you want to be precise when talking about destroying naughty bits on mass transit.

As a bonus, my phone has VERY bad ideas for events 😂

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[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 months ago

They did… Mike’s not the VP candidate this time around. I was trying to figure out what he was going to be doing at the debate….

[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 6 points 2 months ago

Aside from attracting flies, you mean.

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[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 2 months ago

Hot take: Harris' team wants open hot mics because there's a nonzero chance of catching Trump uttering the hard-R

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

I don’t think he’d lose a single voter, to be honest.

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It was never about making him lose voters, his rabies-frothing brain dead fan base will never break. It was about making him look like the massive corrupt openly racist piece of shit that he is, so that everyone else with a brain will be motivated to actually get out and vote AGAINST him.

[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 13 points 2 months ago

I think you're underestimating the growing disillusionment of MAGA voters. He lost, when he said he had it in the bag. He then flubbed a coup, which in the end only resulted in hundreds of MAGAts going to jail, with hardly a word of thanks or encouragement from him. Many of them have found themselves alienated from their families and wondering what it was for, because after eight years of Trump they haven't seen a single thing from him that he promised them.

The white supremacist douche brigades support him because he's all they've got, but everyone else is more wobbly than they have ever been. They fear "the libs", but with four years of Biden now and none of their fears realized in that time, the bite has gone out of even that particular dog.

Now is the time when we should be reaching out to them, encouraging them to come back into the fold of mainstream America. Let them realize that they've slipped to the fringes and are in danger of truly being left out.

[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago

You might think Team Harris wants the mikes cut. But actually, they want the mikes kept on throughout the debate. Team Trump wants them cut, because they are afraid Trump won't be able to control himself and end up looking bad. Which I think is hilarious.

I hope they know what they're doing . Trump voters don't expect Trump to present logical arguments and back them up. They expect him to shout nonsense, talk over his opponent, and then declare victory at the end because that's what their idea of "tough" is.

So I hope the Harris camp has thought this strategy all the way through. A debate "win" isn't determined by who presented the most logical arguments or the most coherent vision. The winner is determined by who gets a bump in the polls and ultimately gains voters afterwards, and potential Trump supporters aren't looking the same things as Democrats.

[-] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Harris isn't using the debate to win over Trump supporters. That ship has sailed. She is using the debate to win over swing voters and motivate her own supporters.

Polls show swing voters don't like it when Trump interrupts people, and it can motivate (ie enrage) her own supporters.

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[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 months ago

I know there are probably some good reasons not to go there, but I'd really love to see the Harris campaign turn this into a "free speech" argument. The righties have spent a lot of time conditioning their supporters with "free speech" dog whistles.

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago

Hey member that time before debating Hillary when he snorted like twenty lines of coke and spent the whole debate sniffling and grinding his teeth?

[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago

Maybe Harris should call for a drug test before the debate...much like he was screaming for one before Biden's

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Nah, his valet has clean pee exactly fir that reason

[-] LapGoat@pawb.social 8 points 2 months ago

ah i didnt see this, could i get a link?

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9suHrzvFCWY&pp=ygULdHJ1bXAgc25pZmY%3D

[-] vegeta@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago

Trump realizing what he is getting into with the debates:

[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

Dune mini series?

[-] vegeta@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

yes

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

lol this is fantastic

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Strategically speaking, why does Harris want open mics? I thought Dems pushed for the muted mics to prevent Trump from blabbering past his time? Seems like a situation that would make it hard for Harris to get a word in otherwise, trying to understand the benefit.

[-] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 71 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Probably because they think when (not if) Trump blabbers while Harris is trying to speak, it will make Trump look bad in front of undecided voters. I think they're right.

Team Harris might even try to pull a Chris Christie, who predicted what Rubio would say and watched his prediction come true, eg

Harris: "As a former prosecutor, I believe in following the rules. But Trump believes rules don't apply to him. He's not supposed to interrupt me, but he just did a moment ago. And mark my words: he will do it again soon, because -"

Trump: "No I won't!"

[-] slickgoat@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Hahaha - you must be Nostradamus because that's exactly how it will go.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago

He won't be able to stay focused the entire time. I assume the Dems think that at some point he'll say something so monumentally stupid that even the media can't gloss over it any more.

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 months ago

But he says monumentally stupid things every hour of every day, it's hardly a blip any more. Idk, I have my doubts. I know Harris can hold her own but when his lies compound more lies before anyone can make an argument for truth, it becomes impossible to keep up even under the best conditions. It's not a court room with a judge that's going to hold anyone in contempt.

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

To me or you, but not to MAGA. What if, on the topic of crime, he goes off on a tangent and says something to the effect of "I'll just repeal the second amendment, no guns no problem!"

That would be something monumentally stupid for him to say to his MAGA base

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

What if, on the topic of crime, he goes off on a tangent and says something to the effect of "I'll just repeal the second amendment, no guns no problem!"

He already did pretty much exactly that and zero fucks were given.

They have no principles and no values that they put above their god-king the Mango Mussolini.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

And Harris knows exactly how to lead a witness.

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[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

He won’t be able to stay focused the entire time.

Have the Trump handlers considered dangling a set of shiny keys above his head during Harris's answer to distract him?

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

Laser pointer?

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[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 months ago

Because she’s a former DA with a significant amount of trial experience in pretty high-stakes cases, and Trump is an imbecile. I really do think she’d absolutely take him apart in a debate.

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

A courtroom is a highly controlled environment with everyone operating under oath and tangible consequences for breaking decorum, like I said in my other comment, overall I don't doubt Harris could hold her own - but it seems like a misstep that will allow trump to soak up all the airtime. I hope I'm wrong!

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Go watch the "I'm speaking "moment when Harris debated pence.

Destroyed. She wants this again.

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sure that makes sense, but I also believe Pence backed off because he had a shred of self respect.

What will Harris do with someone who doesn't yield and instead raises their voice, doubles down, and starts redirecting, asking when she became black?

Different beasts, guess it will be interesting if nothing.

[-] 2piradians@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

To his credit, Biden adhered to the give/take of ideas with Trump. It's courteous to let the other person speak and I'm sure he thought those watching would clearly see he's the reasonable person in the debate. Since Trump has no such courtesy, he just ran out the clock with nonsense, making Biden look weak/confused rather than reasonable. So they wanted the mics cut. I think they're confident in Harris' ability to put Trump on his ass when he tries with her.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

They're pointing out that Trump wants muted mics because he can't shut up and won't be able to stop blabbering. The relatively sane people running trumps campaign know that would be a huge problem because he's already getting press for babbling batshit and a debate in prime time would be the last place they'd want him to go full demented narcissist.

By making it a news article, Trump sees it and is therefore pitted against his own campaign which he can't allow, so - it's win-win and they haven't even agreed to anything yet.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

It could be that the Harris people are playing mind games.

If Donnie wants open mics, demand open mics.

He's a toddler, so he'll switch and demand they be cut off.

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[-] slickgoat@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

As to not having the mics cut as a tactic so that Trump's bullying idiocy is on full display, I disagree. The idea that his ape-like behaviour is somehow a secret after nine years of his bullshit schtick is somewhat doubtful.

For comparison purposes, you need Harris' intelligent and reasoned argument immediately followed by Trump's bellowing laundry list of personal gripes, off-mark name calling, ridiculous lies and tangential remarks about sharks, electric cars and Hannibal Lector....

Then, once again, to be sharply contrasted by Harris' calm and normal description of her politics.

As fascinating as it to watch this Buffoon yelling and screaming on stage, no one will hear what Harris has to say and there will be plenty watching her for the first time waiting to hear.

Edit: Turns out that the Harris campaign wants live mics, so what do I know?

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

They keep poking him and poking him and poking him. No fair! Kamala fights like a BOY!

[-] twei@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 months ago

Where 🫲🫱 did all the boy fights go? I've talked about this a while ago, I said "Wow 👐, where did all the boy fights go?" Back then there were boy fights now ☝️ there are no boy fights anymore, can you 🫵 believe this? Crooked Joe Biden turned all 👐 the boys gay so now they don't fight ✊ no more, meanwhile Mexican boy fights are streaming up the border 🫴

[-] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 10 points 2 months ago

She should troll him every chance she can during the debate until he loses his shit and goes the fuck off on a tirade.

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[-] Eiri@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Honestly surprising. I would've thought Harris would have wanted protection from Trump constantly talking over her.

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

I'm looking forward to her pulling out the "I'm talking" line on him like she did with Pence.

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