Trump Rejects Fox Hosts’ Proposal for Moderator Suggestion for Second Debate
On Wednesday, former President Donald Trump seemed to dismiss a Fox News suggestion for a second debate to be moderated by two of the network’s anchors.
During an interview on “Fox & Friends,” Steve Doocy proposed a Fox News debate moderated by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.
In an unexpected twist, Trump rejected the idea, stating that he wanted “somebody else.”
“Well, I wouldn’t want to have Martha and Bret; I’d love to have somebody else other than Martha and Bret,” he said, per The Western Journal.
“I’d love to have, frankly, Sean [Hannity] or Jesse [Watters] or Laura [Ingraham], you know, somebody else. Let’s give, let’s give other people a shot. But I didn’t think Martha and Bret were good last night.”
“I thought Jesse was fantastic last night. What he said, Jesse, really got it. Jesse said, ‘Trump won that debate.’ We won that debate by a lot. And I wouldn’t want Martha involved,” he continued.
Later in the broadcast, Trump doubted that there would be a second debate with Vice President Kamala Harris.
“When two fighters fight and one loses, the first thing they do is ask for a debate. Or they ask for a fight. So, in this case, a debate,” said Trump.
He also stated that the person who loses the debate is always eager for a rematch. He later added that he was also hesitant to participate in a second debate.
“I’d be less inclined to because we had a great night. We won the debate. We had a terrible network,” said Trump.
Trump expressed his battle with the mainstream news narrative about his debate. In a Truth Social post, he blasted the “fake media news” for not giving him credit for having a “great” debate.
“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!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“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 wrote.
Trump was referring to ABC News moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis, who fact-checked him throughout the debate without fact-checking Harris, even though she made statements that have been debunked.
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