ABC News debate moderator Linsey Davis made a stunning admission about their attempts to ‘fact check’ Donald Trump during his debate with Kamala Harris.
Republicans were furious at ABC News moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis for refusing to fact check Harris on her lies about Trump‘s views on IVF.
In a new interview, Davis says that it was a conscious decision to do the fact checks after seeing how Trump and Joe Biden performed in the CNN debate in June.
‘People were concerned that statements were allowed to just hang and not [be] disputed by the candidate Biden, at the time, or the moderators,’ Davis said.
Davis even anticipated Trump’s comments on abortion and IVF and said it ‘was an obvious thing to get on the record’.
She then admitted that they tried but failed to get the candidates on the record every time they claim they told a lie.
The anchor, who hosts a show on ABC News’ streaming outlet, admitted social media makes her aware of how tough it is as a black woman covering the first black woman to run as a major presidential candidate to stay unbiased.
‘There is a stereotype that I