Trump Plans to Debate Biden Despite Rule Change on Muted Mics

President Donald Trump plans to attend the debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden on Oct. 22 despite reports of a late addition of a rule—opposed by his campaign—which would mute each candidates’ microphone to allow his opponent two minutes of uninterrupted response time. The president “is committed to debating Joe Biden regardless of last minute rule changes from the biased commission in their latest attempt to provide advantage to their favored candidate,” said Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien. The Commission on Presidential Debates, which claims to be nonpartisan, announced on Monday that the second and final presidential debate will mute each candidates’ microphone for two minutes during the initial response to six of the debate topics. After each candidate speaks uninterrupted, 15 minutes of open discussion will follow without any muting, according to the commission. The Biden campaign did not immediately comment on the new rule. The debate commission cancelled what …