Hannity Says Muting Trump’s Microphone During the Debates Does Him a ‘Favor’
Fox News host Sean Hannity argued on Monday that the decision to mute former President Donald Trump’s microphone during the first presidential debate this month could end up working in his favor.
During a discussion on Hannity about Trump’s upcoming CNN presidential debate with President Joe Biden, Hannity warned that while Biden could “barely string sentences together” in his current state, the debate could “see the return of jacked up Joe.”
“Whatever Joe drank, ate, took before the State of the Union – maybe it was just Red Bull and caffeine pills, I don’t know – whatever it was, that was not the normal Joe,” said Hannity. “We never saw it before and we haven’t seen it since, but we will see it for the debate.”
He continued, “Now, there are some even saying, Mark, that Donald Trump might be wise to just pass on the first debate, wait until he’s nominated, then debate him. What would you say to that?”
Harris Poll chairman Mark Penn replied, “I’d say he accepted it. He accepted it in the lion’s den. If I were Donald Trump, I would have done some better negotiating here, but I don’t think he can back out now without really looking cowardly.”
Penn argued, “I think Biden has, you know, said he’s gonna meet the challenge. I think it’s a big test. Whether you think he’s jacked up or not, if he can get through that debate, he’ll lift his campaign, and if he can’t, I suspect it might actually be in some jeopardy.”
Hannity then suggested, “Joe might have done Donald Trump a favor, and I say this affectionately, by insisting that when it’s not his turn to speak that they mute his microphone, ’cause I think that was a mistake in the first debate in 2020.”
The first presidential debate of 2020 was widely panned as one of the worst in history, with Trump repeatedly talking over Biden and refusing to let him speak.
“That was the worst presidential debate I have ever seen in my life,” said ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos at the time, while CNN correspondent Dana Bash described the event as a “shitshow.”
Watch above via Fox News.
