BIG UPDATE! Politico reports that the Commission on Presidential Debates
will announce new measures shortly to provide "additional structure" to
the debate format "to ensure a more orderly discussion."

Barely 12 hours after we launched our emergency petition, the Commission
is responding to our pressure. Thousands of people have signed our
petition, hundreds more are Tweeting directly to the Commission, and media
from the American Prospect to Salon are reporting on our debate response
and our call to "CUT THE MIC" if a candidate interrupts or speaks when
it's not their turn.

But the Commission has not yet announced what changes will be made or how
effective they'll be. So we're keeping the pressure on.

[ [link removed] ]SIGN THE PETITION to the Commission on Presidential Debates: "In the
next debates, you must CUT THE MIC when it's not a candidate's turn to
speak to control the situation and allow the debate to go forward." Sign
here.

After you sign, you'll be able to Tweet directly to the debate organizers
-- or [ [link removed] ]Tweet to them now here.

Then, forward this email to others so they can [ [link removed] ]add their voice to "CUT
THE MIC!"

Immediately after the debate ended last night, we shared what some people
were already saying about the debate disaster:

ROBERT GIBBS, FORMER OBAMA WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: "We need to hear
tomorrow from the Presidential Commission on Debates. They must outline a
plan for how this is going to work going forward including cutting off
mics for interrupting. 2020 is far too important to have two more episodes
of that. Because that was not a debate."

JAKE TAPPER, CNN ANCHOR: "That was a hot mess. Inside a dumpster fire.
Inside a train wreck. That was the worst debate I have ever seen. It
wasn't even a debate. It was a disgrace. And it's primarily because of
President Trump."

DAVID AXELROD, FORMER OBAMA SENIOR ADVISOR: Next debate, moderator has to
cut mics.

Now, we're keeping the pressure on and asking everyone to [ [link removed] ]SIGN THE
PETITION to the Commission on Presidential Debates: "In the next debates,
you must CUT THE MIC when it's not a candidate's turn to speak to control
the situation and allow the debate to go forward."

Then, please [ [link removed] ]Tweet to the Commission on Presidential Debates directly
here. And forward this email to others!

Thanks for being a bold progressive.

-- The PCCC Team ([ [link removed] ]@BoldProgressive)


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