Have not watched Presidential debates since the early 2000's. Its worthless kabuki political theatre. Idiot reporters and candidates calling each other names.Former CNN employee spills the beans on how CNN's debate rules benefit Biden: 'That's a good thing for Biden'..
The first debate between Biden and Trump takes place on June 27.
Former CNN political analyst Chris Cillizza believes that CNN's rules for the upcoming presidential debate are skewed to help President Joe Biden.
On Saturday, CNN announced the rules for the June 27 debate, including: muted microphones, commercial breaks, no live audience, no opening statements, and no use of pre-written notes.
Biden] is older ... I do think he struggles more with these live performance kind-of-things than does Trump.'
Previous presidential debates, traditionally hosted by the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, featured live audiences and did not mute candidates' microphones.
Cillizza said he is "surprised" Trump's campaign agreed to the rules because, in his view, they benefit Biden.
Muted microphones
To limit interruptions, CNN will only unmute the microphone of the candidate whose turn it is to speak.
It's not clear how CNN plans to enforce this rule — whether the moderators will manually control the microphones or if an offstage producer will toggle the on/off switches — but Cillizza believes this rule clearly helps Biden.
Former CNN employee spills the beans on how CNN's debate rules benefit Biden: 'That's a good thing for Biden' | Blaze Media
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