Personally, I think at this point it's smart perhaps to take it out of the context of public opinion and the kinds of party operatives. What do you think about it? Wallace, who has moderated several presidential debates, wholeheartedly agreed. I do too, he said.
Some people are saying, Well, that's going to hurt Trump because plays to a crowd.' I can tell you, as somebody who's been on that general election debate stage twice in 2016 and 2020, people aren't playing to the crowd. It is a very intense circle there between the two candidates whose podiums are just 10 feet...
Now, the crowd does get involved occasionally and the moderator has to play schoolmarm and turn around and say, Be quiet,' but I think it's overstated the advantage that it gives either one of them.
Wallace called a debate audience an unnecessary distraction and said not having one is very much a positive for the millions of people at home who are watching.
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