Trump Calls Democratic Debate Boring, Mocks NBC’s Hot Mic Fiasco

Democratic presidential candidates (from L) New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Rep. Tim Ryan (Ohio), former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro, Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii), Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, and former Maryland Rep. John Delaney participate in the first Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, June 26, 2019. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

President Donald Trump on June 26 called the first Democratic presidential primary boring, and ridiculed NBC and MSNBC for an audio failure that forced the hosts to pause the debate to resolve the issue.

Ten of the 20 candidates who qualified for the first Democratic presidential primary debate jostled for attention on the national stage at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami.