Joe Biden does not wear a headset hidden in his ear and did not ask to benefit from several breaks during his debate with Donald Trump, a spokeswoman for the Democratic candidate denied Tuesday (September 29).
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"
Of course, he's not wearing a headset and we never asked for breaks
" during the debate that was supposed to last 90 minutes, said Kate Bedingfield, a manager of Biden's team, as quoted by a
Washington Post
reporter.
.
With only a few hours of the big face-to-face meeting between the two candidates, the tension suddenly rose, the two camps accusing each other of lies.
According to Donald Trump's campaign team, "
Joe Biden's campaign leadership agreed a few days ago to a pre-debate inspection of electronic headsets, but has suddenly turned around today." hui and refuse (henceforth)
”.
According to the president's camp, Mr. Biden also requested "
several breaks during the debate, which President Trump does not need
".
These claims were categorically dismissed by the Democratic candidate's team.
On the other hand, assured Kate Bedingfield - always quoted by according to the
Washington Post
- "
the Trump team asked (the moderator of the debate) Chris Wallace not to mention once the number of deaths from the Covid during the debate
".