Donald Trump claims debate microphone was ‘defective’

[C Moon]

Source: Boston Globe

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump said late Monday night that he believed he was given a defective microphone at the debate, asking at one point if, perhaps, it was on purpose.

‘‘They gave me a defective mic. Did you notice that? My mic was defective within the room,’’ Trump said after the debate while speaking with reporters. ‘‘I wonder, was that on purpose? Was that on purpose? But I had a mic that didn’t work properly.’’

There was no clear problem with his microphone during the debate.





Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/09/27/donald-trump-says-that-debate-microphone-was-defective/jfb8QELhbIZTV2V4nvNOvI/story.html

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[hopeforchange2008]

1. I wonder how Hofstra feels about that accusation

They take their debates and venue pretty seriously.

[gwheezie]

2. Rush is spending most of his show on this

I'm listening to him in my car. He so far talked about stage spit & microphone placement he briefly veered into no one could hear Hillary breathing.

[Jerry442]

8. Rush, didn't Ailes and Murdoch ever let you in on the secret?

Hillary's a 'droid. She doesn't breathe.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. Hillary knows how to use a debate stage mic, Trump only knows rally & lapel mics. . . nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. The problem was a loose nut ...

... talking into it.

[teach1st]

4. I noticed the defective microphone

It made Mr. Trump sound like a sniffling idiot.

[Angry Dragon]

13. Just a case of cocaine sniffles in my opinion

[Liberalagogo]

24. Here ya go:

[tclambert]

33. I spotted the microphone's defect right away. It had a stupid idiot standing behind it.

[tonyt53]

5. Sorry Donnie, but the only thing defective on that stage was you.

[George II]

6. The person BEHIND the microphone was defective.

[OldRedneck]

7. A sure sign of a person who had his ass kicked and knows it . . .

Whine, Whine, Whine.

[Buzz Clik]

9. Poor Donald. Deprived of hearing the amplified sound of his own voice.

Another evening ruined.

[underpants]

26. Oooh

[Tommy_Carcetti]

10. To paraphrase the classic comedy "The Jerk":

You don't have a defective microphone. You have a defective person!

[Moonwalk]

11. THIS is how he's trying to explain away the coke-sniffling?

I guess he couldn't say he had a cold. That would imply his health was less than amazing. So, this explains his sniffling AND why his answers were so bad. Trump didn't get as good a mic as Hillary. So unfair! So rigged!

[wordpix]

15. Yes I always sniffle when the mic doesn't work

I don't tap the mic or say, "testing."

[Moonwalk]

34. Actually, I was under the impression that he was saying the sniffles WERE the mic's fault....

I mean, I use a wireless mic all the time, and when it goes on the fritz...it sounds just like I'm sniffling. (NOT!)

[6000eliot]

12. This is how the buffoon performs when he isn't on stage with a bunch of snivelling cowards.

The microphone had nothing to do with it.

[wordpix]

14. Msnbc covering now with Dr Dean

He tweeted, "coke user?"

[elmac]

16. Poor little rich brat

nothing is his fault. I bet mommy and daddy told him that also as they doled out millions to him.

[Laffy Kat]

17. Right. And that low grade I got on my English composition...

Was my keyboard's fault. Seriously.

[keithbvadu2]

18. Every keyboard I ever used missssssspels.

I know whatcha mean.

[Dr. Forrester]

19. Yeah, defective microphone,

Yeah, a defective microphone is what was making it sound like he snorted half an 8 ball before he went on stage.

Blaming equipment for a poor performance is what sore losers do.

Or like blaming the teacher for a poor grade on an assignment that was due at the end of the semester but was mentioned the first day of class and you didn't even start working on it until the night before it was due.

[Journeyman]

20. Reminds me of this "Far Side" comic . . .

[Laffy Kat]

27. Thread winner!!

[C Moon]

28. Yes!

[Liberalagogo]

22. Yet again...more of this from the RUMP:

[3catwoman3]

23. A defective microphone.

Perfect karmic match for his defective sense of decency, morality and dignity.

[uriel1972]

25. What would we have been subjected to...

If the mic worked? I shudder to think.

[Helen Borg]

29. Trump is right though.

The mike made intermittent sniffling sounds. It was disastrous.

[Feeling the Bern]

30. Okay, let me get this straight

He was given a defective mic. . .he would speak brilliant oratory, but the microphone would automatically make into incoherent, racist, sexist, xenophobic jibberish?

Okay, I guess that's entirely plausible.

[japple]

31. He seems to have a real problem with microphones. They always pick up

the most outrageous things: http://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-throws-tantrum-over-faulty-microphone-dont-pay-the-son-of-a-bitch-who-installed-it/

[tclambert]

32. And now the microphone is complaining about the guy who kept saying stupid things to it.

[olddad56]

35. I would like to see a debate where Trump's mic was turned off intentionally until it was his turn..

to speak. I think Lester Holt lost control of Trump too many times.

[Demonaut]

36. it got some cheeto dust blocking the grill

[TrogL]

37. I'm a sound tech. There was nothing wrong with his mic

The tech likely turned on lots of compression so it would sound good on TV, and Trump is used to how his voice sounds at rallies, not in a small room.

[C Moon]

38. +1

[ck4829]

39. Gosh, he sounds like a kid who is losing at a video game and says "The controller's not working"

[wheniwasincongress]

40. He could shit his pants and he'd blame the tailor of his (poorly-fitting) pants

[FSogol]

41. I encourage Trumpy to wrap tin foil around his head for the next debate.

That'll fix most mic problems.