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cailianshe news, september 1 (editor: bian chun)there are only 10 days left before the debate between harris and trump, the two presidential candidates in the us election. as the two sides are arguing over whether to "open the microphone throughout the debate", it is still doubtful whether the "hart first debate" can be held as scheduled.

the focus of the dispute is whether the microphone of one candidate should be muted when the other candidate is speaking. harris wants the debate to be "open mic throughout", but the trump team disagrees.

u.s. vice president and democratic presidential candidate kamala harris on saturday called on her republican rival, former president donald trump, to keep his microphone on throughout the debate, slamming trump's support for "closed-mic debates" as a "capitulation to his advisers."

both harris and trump have agreed to participate in a debate hosted by abc news on september 10. this debate will be the first head-to-head confrontation between harris and trump.

"donald trump is surrendering to his advisers who won't allow him to have an open mic during the debate. if his own team doesn't have confidence in him, the american people certainly won't either," harris posted on x.

"we are running for president of the united states. let's do this debate in a transparent way -- with microphones on throughout."

harris' comments came in response to a post by washington post reporter josh dawsey outlining debate rules accepted by trump and those requested by harris' campaign.

the harris campaign said thursday that it was still in discussions with abc news about whether to mute the microphone.

closed-mic debates prevent debaters from interrupting their opponents, while open-mic debates can both help and hurt political candidates by capturing off-the-cuff comments that are sometimes not intended for the public.

trump has said he prefers to have his microphone on during debates, and earlier this week he said it was not important to him whether the microphone was muted. however, trump's campaign has insisted on a muted debate.

in the last debate with biden, the "mute" debate had an unexpected positive effect on trump. biden dropped out of the presidential race in the face of growing pressure after his poor performance in a cnn debate in june raised questions about his mental acuity.

democratic vice presidential candidate tim waltz and republican vice presidential candidate jd vance have agreed to participate in a debate on october 1st hosted by cbs news.