A senior adviser to the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris believes a lingering point of contention regarding the upcoming debate has been settled.
Appearing Monday on "The Situation Room," Ian Sams hit back at the notion that the vice president was pushing back against debating.
"That's not entirely accurate," he said "Let's take a step back — when she became the nominee she agreed to the Sept. 10 debate."
As part of that, he said, there's been discussions with ABC on the formatting of that debate. He attacked Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for waffling.
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"Trump has been all over the place. He backed out. He attacked the debate," said Sams. "He said we should go over to Fox News, before he decided to come back to the debate."
Sams then suggested Trump's "handlers" were — behind the scenes — plotting to keep microphones muted. However, the matter appeared to be settled Monday, he added.
"Today in Virginia, President Trump was asked about it, and he said 'It doesn't matter to me. I'd probably rather have them on.' So as far as we're concerned, this debate is over, and we're looking forward to the Sept. 10 debate."
When asked if the Harris campaign had confirmed with the Trump campaign over whether to have microphones muted, Sams doubled down.
"Well, we heard from the horse's mouth. We heard him say he's happy to do that. I think it's really important, the vice president thinks it's really important there be open and frank exchanges between the two candidates where they can get engaged with each other to talk about the issues that matter to the American people," he said.
More importantly, Sams added, the campaign wants Americans to see an "unfettered" and "dangerous" Trump.
"That's what we're going to get if he becomes president again," said Sams.
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