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For many observers, this has been the “worst presidential debate in history”.

After the cacophony of the verbal jousting between Donald Trump and Joe Biden on Tuesday evening, the committee responsible for organizing the US presidential debates promised new rules "to maintain order" during their next face-to-face. face, October 15.

And all Twitter asks for a button to mute the microphone of candidates guilty of interruptions.

Tuesday, we saw a race to the bottom, with exchanges rendered inaudible by the interruptions of Donald Trump and the insults of Joe Biden, in the face of a powerless moderator.

Despite his attempts, veteran Fox News anchor Chris Wallace couldn't stop them from repeatedly cutting each other off.

"I'm just saddened by the way the evening went," he admitted in an interview with The New York Times.

"I never thought it would go off the rails that way."

Rules to come

On Wednesday, the commission responsible for organizing the electoral debates in the United States announced the implementation of additional measures for the next meetings between the candidates.

"Last night's debate made it clear that an additional structure should be added to the format of future debates in order to ensure a more framed discussion," the independent body said in a statement.

The commission "intends to ensure that additional tools to maintain order will be in place for the next debates" scheduled for October 15 and 22, she said without giving details.

On Twitter, the most requested request was to be able to mute a candidate's microphone in the event of repeated violations.

Why don't they just mute the mic of the person not talking, there has to be rules

- Dave (@lildickytweets) September 30, 2020

At the heart of the criticisms addressed to the debate and its protagonists, is the fact that many substantive issues could not be addressed, or while they were drowned in the insults exchanged by the candidates.

Next week, the latter's running mates, Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic Senator Kamala Harris, will debate together in Salt Lake City.

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