BYWilliam Rivers Pitt, TruthoutPUBLISHEDOctober 23, 2020SHAREShare via FacebookShare via TwitterShare via Email

All hail the goddamn “mute” button — although, as far as I could tell, it wasn’t actually used last night.NBC Newsdebate moderator Kristen Welker, who stepped firmly to the plate last night and parked it deep over the center field fence, may not have needed it. According to the debate rules, the button was only there so the candidates (Donald Trump) wouldn’t run roughshod over each other during their allotted two-minute answer segments.

Sure, Trump repeatedly stampeded the conversation during the crosstalk with…