Viewers took to X on Tuesday to accuse ABC News debate moderators Linsey Davis and David Muir of bias against former President Donald Trump during his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris.
As Trump and Harris faced off in their first and only scheduled debate, social media users claimed the moderators fact-checked and interrupted Trump far more frequently than Harris. “So now it’s Harris, Linsey and Muir v. Trump – just as we said it would be,” Media Research Center founder Brent Bozell posted on X.
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The first fact-check occurred when Davis challenged Trump’s claim that some Democrats support executing babies after birth, a statement Trump made in reference to a 2019 video of former Virginia governor Ralph Northam. Davis refuted Trump’s claim, saying, “There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born.”
SiriusXM’s Megyn Kelly labeled the moderation a “disgraceful failure,” calling the debate unprecedentedly “biased” and “unfair.”
Trump also claimed Haitian immigrants were eating pets in Springfield, Ohio, which prompted Muir to fact-check the statement, citing the city manager’s denial of any credible reports.
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Muir further fact-checked Trump’s statement about rising crime under Harris, referencing FBI data that suggested a decrease in crime, to which Trump responded by calling the statistics “fraudulent.”
Donald Trump Jr. voiced frustration, tweeting, “Weird how the hack moderators at @abcnews are only ‘Fact checking’ Trump and allowing Kamala to lie nonstop.”
Criticism continued as Harris made unchallenged claims, including her accusation that Trump called Charlottesville white supremacists “fine people” and her assertion that Trump would sign a national abortion ban, despite his repeated denials.
“ABC News moderators not pressing back on Kamala’s mistruths whatsoever. What a joke,” Fox News contributor Joe Concha posted on X.
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