Donald Trump accused the moderator of Monday’s upcoming debate of being a Democrat as a reason the debates are rigged against him.
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Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump will be the only participants.
“TRUMP: Look, it’s a phony system”. Lester is a professional, but we’ll see what happens.
“I’ve done a lot of work with Chris, and I’ve never had a problem with him”, he said. “I guess by a lot of polls I’m leading numerous polls and most of the polls”.
Moderators for the second debate are ABC News’ Martha Raddatz and CNN’s Anderson Cooper.
“I don’t think I’m looking to do that”, he said. “Okay? It’s a very unfair system”. “That’s why the ratings aren’t doing very well because who’s going to watch that?”
National security will be among the primary topics of next week’s first presidential debate between the major party candidates, organizers announced Monday.
Third-party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein were not invited to this fall’s debates, as their polling averages failed to qualify.
“If she treats me with respect, I will treat her with respect”.
Trump has not been alone in criticizing the objectivity of debate moderators.
“She’s going to do what she always does which shows she got the grasp of the issue and the command and poise of being commandeering chief”.
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Both are from New York and the first of the series of the three presidential debates would be held at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, the Commission said yesterday. The topics were of Holt’s choosing, according to the Commission on Presidential Debates.
