In Michigan, Harris visited Grand Rapids, Lansing and Oakland County for three campaign stops. Trump appeared in Oakland County for a roundtable event, and then ended the evening with a rally in Detroit that included an 18-minute delay due to a microphone malfunction.
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Donald Trump’s rally in Detroit hit a snag on Friday night when the audio stopped working and the Republican presidential nominee passed the time walking around on the stage for about 18 minutes waiting for a fix.
The former president was in the middle of a riff about the economy in Michigan’s largest city when his microphone cut out.
He tried another hand-held microphone as well that didn’t work. To pass the time, Trump walked around on the stage, talking to staffers amid cheers from the crowd, which at one point launched into a wave to pass the time.
“Technical difficulties,” read a sign displayed to the crowd. “Complicated business.”
Music kicked in after about 15 minutes – Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” – and Trump’s microphone started working again.
“I won’t pay the bill for this stupid company that rented us this c—,” Trump said. “I won’t pay the bill and then we’ll have a story that Trump didn’t pay the bill to a contractor.”
