ABC News ACCUSED On Interview BIAS Towards Harris – Never Fact-Checked Or Interrupted Her

Daily Report September 11,2024

Moderators fact-checked former President Donald Trump at least five times on Tuesday night during his presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. By comparison, Harris as the Democratic nominee seemed to speak comfortably without being spoken over.

In Philadelphia, the 78-year-old Trump was challenged by ABC News moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis on issues such as abortion, crime and immigration. While all over Harris, 59, kept on talking without obstruction from the mediators in spite of making doubtful guarantees about where U.S. troops are presently battling abroad and Donald Trump’s situation on fetus removal —including a directly wing venture 2025 plan which never existed just as statements that she guaranteed he made after Charlottesville—and immeasurably more besides.

After the debate, Trump went on to take aim at both ABC and its moderators for participating in what he saw as a “rigged” and “unfair” competitive event that was stacked against him.

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However, at one point, Harris inaccurately claimed that there were no active-duty U.S. military personnel in combat zones, despite American troops being stationed in various countries worldwide.

“As of today, there is not one member of the United States military who is in active duty in a combat zone, in any war zone around the world, the first time this century,” the vice president stated.

This statement was incorrect, as reports indicate that U.S. military members are still on active duty in combat zones across the globe. While the U.S. hasn’t formally declared war in decades, American troops remain in Iraq and Syria, assisting local forces in fighting terrorism. U.S. forces are also deployed in several African nations, including Somalia.

During the discussion on abortion and reproductive rights, moderators remained silent when Harris stated, “If Donald Trump were to be re-elected, he will sign a national abortion ban.”

Contrary to this claim, Trump has consistently said he would leave the issue of abortion up to the states. Although he has expressed “no regrets” over selecting Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade, he has not stated an intention to sign a federal abortion ban. Instead, the former president has vowed to allow states to make their own decisions on the matter.

Neither of the moderators intervened when Harris repeated the widely disputed assertion that Trump said there were “very fine people” on both sides of the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally in 2017.

Critics have long accused Trump of equating neo-Nazis with counterprotesters during a press conference following the escalation of the rally. However, Trump clarified that he was referring only to individuals advocating for the preservation of a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee. The fact-checking website Snopes has since clarified that Trump’s “very fine people” comment was taken out of context.

“While Trump did say that there were ‘very fine people on both sides,’ he also specifically noted that he was not talking about neo-Nazis and white supremacists and said they should be ‘condemned totally.’ Therefore, we have rated this claim ‘False,’” Snopes reported.

Harris also attempted to link Project 2025, a contentious right-wing policy handbook, to Trump, despite the former president’s efforts to distance himself from it.

“What you’re going to hear tonight is a detailed and dangerous plan called Project 2025 that the former president intends on implementing if he were elected again,” Harris stated.

However, without any intervention from the moderators, Trump flatly denied any connection to the plan. “I have nothing to do with Project 2025,” he insisted. “That’s out there. I haven’t read it. I don’t want to read it, purposely. I’m not going to read it.”

The “Mandate for Leadership,” a 922-page document authored by the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, outlines a strategy for how a future Republican administration should overhaul the federal government.