(TheProudRepublic.com) – Calling the coverage “a disgrace,” GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump slammed the media’s reaction to his debate performance and suggested that ABC News should fire everybody involved.
“Remember, I wasn’t debating one person, I was debating three. They should fire everybody at ABC Fake News, whose two lightweight ‘anchors’ have brought disgrace onto the company!” Trump posted on his Truth Social.
He continued, “People are just starting to give me credit for having a GREAT DEBATE. The Voters and Voter Polls showed it, but the Fake News Media wasn’t giving the credit that was due. Now they are seeing the results with independent Voters, Evangelicals, and more — and saying, WOW!”
After Tuesday night’s debate between Trump and his opponent, Kamala Harris, many critics have panned the moderators and the candidates.
ABC News picked “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir and ABC News Live “Prime” anchor Linsey Davis to moderate the debate. However, they were criticized for favoring Harris and only fact-checking Trump.
Furthermore, some conservative commentators pointed out that while Trump’s statements were frequently fact-checked, Harris was not similarly scrutinized.
“ABC is making a huge mistake trying to fact check this live. They’re only proving how biased they are. Harris fabricated an attack on Trump over IVF. ABC sat there and said nothing,” former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer wrote on X.
In addition to concerns about the moderators, critics noted that Disney senior executive Dana Walden is “extraordinary friends” with Harris.
The two have been friends for over 20 years, and their husbands have known each other since the 1980s.
Further fueling accusations of bias was the connection between Harris and debate moderator Davis.
In turn, it was recently revealed that both were members of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, though at different schools. Two have claimed not to have met before the debate.
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