Shoulder shrugs, frowns, and quiet remarks.

Even though their microphones were muted for the live audience, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump found ways to interject their responses during the debate on Tuesday night.

Both candidates had previously agreed to strict guidelines for the debate, which included muted microphones and the absence of an audience. Nevertheless, journalists within the debate studio at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia provided insights into what the television audience couldn’t hear.

During the 90-minute debate, both Trump and Harris often verbally rejected each other’s assertions, showing a range of facial reactions.

“That’s not correct, that’s not correct,” Harris said, shaking her head when Trump asserted that the U.S. doesn’t manufacture semiconductor chips.

The two engaged in a contentious discussion regarding reproductive rights, during which Trump claimed he was a pioneer in in vitro fertilization, and that Harris endorsed abortion up till birth. “You have not,” she replied. “Come on.”

“That’s just a soundbite they gave her to say,” Trump responded to Harris’s claim that “Trump doesn’t have a plan for you.”

Things escalated when Trump interrupted, saying, “I’m talking now, sound familiar?” referencing a famous line from Harris during her 2020 debate with former Vice President Mike Pence. Off the mic, Harris retorted, “Don’t lie.”

Acknowledging Trump’s past statements, she remarked that a lost election for him would signify a “bloodbath” for America.

“I never said ‘bloodbath’, it was a different term related to energy,” he countered.

When Trump mentioned, “I have concepts of a plan, I’m not president right now,” Harris couldn’t help but laugh audibly.