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CBS News’ JD Vance-Tim Walz Debate Will Feature Hot Mics


CBS News unveiled the rules for Tuesday’s vice presidential debate between Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz, indicating that the candidates mics will not be muted during the event. “CBS News reserves the right to turn off candidate microphones,” the rules state. That’s a different from the Donald Trump-Kamala Harris debate and the Donald Trump-Joe […]

Harris’ campaign demanded that mics be kept on for the ABC News presidential debate earlier this month, but eventually relented. Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan will moderate the debate from CBS studios in New York, with no audience. Harris accepted CNN’s proposal for a debate on Oct. 23, but Trump said that would be “too late,” as early voting will have started in a number of states.

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