White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Tuesday sought to defend distracting rumors spread by the Trump campaign prior to the evening's debate.

During an interview on Fox Business, host Lou Dobbs noted that Trump's team had floated stories about calls for Democratic nominee Joe Biden to be drug tested and inspected for listening devices. The reports also accused Biden trying to negotiate breaks during the 90 minute debate.

"What is your sense of the president -- the president wanted to have a drug test for both candidates, himself and Biden?" Dobbs said. "He wanted to have an examination for earpieces before the debate. And the Biden campaign didn't like that. But the Biden campaign did like the idea of two breaks."