Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee in the U.S. presidential election in November, on Saturday called on her Republican rival Donald Trump to debate her with their microphones switched on throughout the event, Paralel.Az reports.

Harris and the former president have both agreed to a debate, hosted by ABC News, on Sept. 10.

"Donald Trump is surrendering to his advisors who won't allow him to debate with a live microphone. If his own team doesn't have confidence in him, the American people definitely can’t," Harris said in a post on X.

"We are running for President of the United States. Let’s debate in a transparent way — with the microphones on the whole time."

Trump has said that he preferred to have his microphone kept on and that he did not like it muted during the last debate against then-contender President Joe Biden.