US election 2020: Trump accuses Biden of taking advantage of an 'electronic earpiece'
US President Donald Trump and Joe Biden during the first presidential debate at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio
US President Donald Trumpaccused his Democratic rival Joe Bidenof taking advantage of ''electronic earpiece''to gain advantage during their hotly anticipated presidential debate.
Biden hit back andoffered a snappy retort to theaccusations made by Trump before the US elections 2020 on November 3.
Within an hour, Biden's shade-throwing post gained 200,000 likes.
"I bet you do, Sleepy!" White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany responded, employingTrump's oft-used nickname for Biden, "Sleepy Joe."
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The two sides exchanged bitter barbs just hours ahead of the showdown in Cleveland, with the Republican theory that Biden would use the device to get coached during the debate gaining traction on social media despite no actual evidence.
TheTrumpteam claimed the Biden campaign had reneged on an agreement to conduct a pre-debate inspection for electronic earpieces and had asked for multiple breaks during their faceoff.
Earlier in the day Biden's aides pushed back fiercely on the notion that Biden would find a way to get surreptitious help during the showdown, or that he wanted breaks during the event.
"Of course he's not wearing an earpiece, and we never asked for breaks," The Washington Post quoted Biden's deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield as saying in a conference call.
Bedingfield fired back with a jab of her own.
"If we're playing that game, then you know, theTrumpteam asked (moderator) Chris Wallace not to mention the number of deaths from Covid once during the debate," she said.
"You can consider that confirmed from the Biden campaign," Bedingfield said. "See how easy that was to try to throw up a distraction?"
Trumpcampaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh denied any such request had been made to the Fox News host who will moderate the debate Tuesday night at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio.
"This is a lie and it never happened," Murtaugh said in a statement. "This is the height of playing politics with a public health crisis.
"Biden is trying to distract from the facts that he won't submit to an inspection for earpieces, won't take a drug test, and needs multiple breaks during the 90-minute debate."
For monthsTrumphas painted Biden as senile, recently suggesting he takes performance enhancing drugs and demanding he be tested -- a demand Biden has laughed off.