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Speaking out after the disastrous presidential debate Tuesday night, moderator Chris Wallace appeared on Thursday’s Bill Hemmer Report to discuss “what happened.” The interview came off as a sort of airing of grievances as Wallace blamed President Trump for the raucous nature of the debate, and complained that Trump “put his foot” in the “beautiful, delicious cake” Wallace and his researcher put together.
Describing how the debate began its tailspin, Wallace recounted how he was, at first, excited by Trump engaging with Democratic nominee Joe Biden. “‘This is great,’ because, so often, these debates become parallel news conferences, where one candidate answers the question to him, the other candidate answers the question to him,” he said. “So, when the President started engaging with Biden, I thought, ‘we're going to have a real debate here.’”
Wallace cited a Fox News report that found Trump had interrupted either Biden or Wallace 145 time, “which is way more than one a minute.” He then declared that Trump “bears the primary responsibility for what happened on Tuesday night.”
After Hemmer asked if his guest just felt that Trump had more volume than Biden and thus it only seemed like Trump was worse, Wallace expressed his “frustration” with Trump and equated what happened with the President putting “his foot” into the “beautiful, delicious cake” he had made.
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