Hot Mic Mayhem Strikes Democrat Debate In Awkward Interruption

A visibly steamed Todd turned to fellow moderator Rachel Maddow and said "We are hearing our colleagues audio. If the control room could turn off the mics of our previous moderators...," making the best of it.
"We prepared for everything. We did not prepare for this," Maddow replied.

NBC can't get the moderators' mics turned off at #DemocraticDebate pic.twitter.com/78QtJokAUt

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) June 27, 2019

Mic problems! pic.twitter.com/hU1PRuewY9

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) June 27, 2019

I Blame Russia for the mic problems! #demsdebate

— Jimmy Dore (@jimmy_dore) June 27, 2019

The interruption marked an mildly entertaining spectacle as 10 Democrats shouted over each other to make the same exact points, sometimes in Spanish.
First Cory Booker:

Booker responds in Spanish when asked what he would do with immigration on Day 1 as president.

pic.twitter.com/RKT4xZ6sDG

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 27, 2019

Then Beto O'Rourke: 

Beto O'Rourke responds to a question about taxing the ultra-rich in Spanish right off the bat. pic.twitter.com/aDRTkgjWKM

— CNBC (@CNBC) June 27, 2019

Senator Booker’s reaction when former Congressman O’Rourke begins speaking in Spanish pic.twitter.com/5wmD3ysfb0

— Stephanie Myers (@_StephanieMyers) June 27, 2019

 After seeing what I seen last night we truly are a laughing stock of the world.