It’s not exactly a fringe opinion that the presidential debates are rigged in Democrats’ favor.
One of Donald Trump’s stalwart allies thinks the “rigged” nature of the network debates goes well beyond the overt bias displayed by – for example – CNN’s Kasie Hunt who booted Trump spox Karoline Leavitt off of the air on Monday.
“I think this debate is rigged!” Congressman Jeff Van Drew (R, NJ-02) told 1210 WPHT’s Rich Zeoli, also on Monday. “President Trump is going before moderators that don’t like him. Before networks that hate him. I believe Biden is going to get the questions in advance.”
While there’s no evidence of question-feeding thus far for this week’s debate, it certainly wouldn’t be the first time if it did happen. Back in 2016, Donna Brazile came under fire for disclosing a debate question to the campaign of Hillary Clinton. “My job was to make all our Democratic candidates look good, and I worked closely with both campaigns to make that happen. But sending those emails was a mistake I will forever regret,” Brazile told ABC months after Clinton’s loss to Donald Trump.
Debate #1 is set for Thursday night.
Listen below:
“I think this debate is rigged!” Congressman Jeff Van Drew (@Congressman_JVD) tells The @RichZeoli Show that he believes CNN will stack the deck in favor of President Joe Biden. “President Trump is going before moderators that don’t like him—before networks that hate him.” He… pic.twitter.com/ukYfNOLTou
— Rich Zeoli (@Richzeoli) June 24, 2024
