Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are set to debate each other next week for the first time after their campaigns on Wednesday agreed to the ground rules set by host network ABC.
The Sept. 10 event in Philadelphia will use the same rules and format as the June debate between Trump and President Joe Biden.
Both campaigns had previously agreed to hold the debate on that date, but the agreement appeared to be in jeopardy after Trump suggested he might back out and Harris’ team sought to change the rule on muted microphones.
Candidate microphones will be live only for the candidate whose turn it is to speak.
During a town hall with Fox News taped Wednesday, Trump said that he would let Harris talk during the debate. The former president also said that his approach to the debate will depend on how fair he perceives ABC News to be, but he noted that his strategy is to “sort of feel it out as the debate is taking place.”
Trump campaign official Jason Miller said in a statement that the former president’s campaign was “thrilled that Kamala Harris and her team of Biden campaign leftovers” have “accepted the already