People everywhere are starting to see Kamala Harris can’t handle pressure when she’s in the spotlight.
The woke extremist candidate claims that she’s ready and willing to become the next Commander-in-Chief.
But now, ABC News just slapped Kamala’s hand extra hard after she made an insane request regarding the upcoming televised debate.
ABC News tells Kamala “no”
Vice President Kamala Harris asked ABC News to allow for unmuted microphones during the debate with former President Donald Trump slated for September 10.
However, the network has declined her request after several days of back-and-forth.
Republicans have viewed the request as an attempt from Democrats to try and trap Trump.
The New York Post uncovered an email that laid out similar rules for the Trump-Biden debate that aired on CNN on June 27.
Those rules included having no audience, no props, no pre-written notes, and muted microphones whenever a candidate was not speaking to a moderator or their opponent.
For the ABC News debate, both candidates will stand on stage with just a pen, a pad of paper, and a bottle of water by their sides.
Trump’s campaign insisted the ABC debate follow the same rules that were followed in June with President Joe Biden.
However, Kamala’s team said they wanted both candidates to have their mics on for the duration of the 90-minute debate to be held at the Philadelphia National Constitution Center.
According to a top Trump ally, the network told both campaigns in writing that it plans to use the “CNN rules” and confirmed the date was a “go.”
The Trump ally said, “At this point, Team Harris is going to be taking an ‘L’ when they finally accept, as the debate rules aren’t changing, or they’ll take an even bigger ‘L’ if they back out of the debate because the Dana Bash/CNN interview goes poorly.”
The email that the Post reviewed was sent by ABC News Chief Counsel Eric Lieberman and reiterated the rules, asking both campaigns for “formal acceptance.”
However, Kamala spokesperson Brian Fallon said the campaign was still “in discussions with ABC on the final rules.”
Kamala’s campaign is not happy
Fallon posted on X, saying that the campaign’s “latest understanding” is that “even though Trump said Monday he would be fine with an unmuted mic, his handlers don’t trust him to spar live with VP Harris and are asking ABC to ignore Trump’s comments and keep the mics muted or else they will back out of the debate a third time.”
Update: Our latest understanding is that even though Trump said Monday he would be fine with an unmuted mic, his handlers don’t trust him to spar live with VP Harris and are asking ABC to ignore Trump’s comments and keep the mics muted or else they will back out of the debate for…
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) August 29, 2024
He also wrote that they had been asked to “accede to Trump’s handlers’ wishes on this point for the sake of preserving the debate,” adding that they found Trump’s team’s stance “to be weak.”
Meanwhile, Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller told Newsmax, “The Harris folks are completely full of it. Everything was agreed to and set last week.”
Many assume that Kamala wanted unmuted microphones so Trump could potentially get “caught” saying something that may go viral.
Kamala’s campaign has used some one-liners from her previous debates in campaign merchandise.
Namely, the line, “I’m speaking!” is being used on everything from T-shirts to hats, referring to when she snapped at then-Vice President Mike Pence after being interrupted by him during a debate.
