Headline Roundup • September 29th, 2020
Right-Rated Media Focuses on Biden Earpiece Story; Less Covered by Left and Center
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CLEVELAND -- President Trump is asking for an additional ground rule ahead of Tuesday nightâs first presidential debate between himself and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. But the Biden campaign is rejecting it.
Fox News has learned that the presidentâs re-election campaign wants the Biden campaign to allow a third party to inspect the ears of each debater for electronic devices or transmitters. The president has consented to this kind of inspection, but a source said the Biden campaign has declined the ear check.
The Trump campaign, in the hours...
Ahead of Tuesdayâs presidential debate, rumors began spreading among right-wing influencers and Trump campaign surrogates that Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic nominee, was being outfitted with a hidden earpiece in order to receive surreptitious help during the debate, and that Mr. Bidenâs campaign had refused a request from the Trump campaign to allow a third party to inspect both candidatesâ ears for hidden earpiece receivers before the debate.
âIf Joe Biden isnât hiding anything,â wrote the conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Twitter, âwhy wonât he consent to a third...
Joe Bidenâs (D) team has reportedly rejected the Trump campaignâs request to have the former vice presidentâs ears inspected for an electronic device prior to Tuesday nightâs debate despite agreeing to the proposal just days ago.
President Trumpâs campaign has requested that a third party inspect the ears of both candidates for listening devices ahead of the first presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio. While Trump has agreed to the request, the Biden campaign, at the time of this writing, has reportedly declined the request. That represents a drastic shift for...
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