Claims: about debate moderators

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13 Sep 2024
The moderators of the debate ganged up on Trump by talking over him and manipulating his microphone levels.

And then you've got the three-on-one, and I knew what I was seeing, but even Megyn Kelly and Dr. Phil, but even some CNN people were like, well, they would do double follow-up fact checks on him like they were God, and of course they were lying. And so it was Kamala and the two so-called moderators gang up on Trump. They would talk over Trump. They would turn his mic up too high, down too low. Audio experts, Grammy Award winners, are on with Phil talking about it. I mean, they were jacking with Trump.

13 Sep 2024
The moderators were overly fair to Trump and gave him significant leeway during the debate.

I watched the debate in full, and if anything, the moderators were overly fair to Trump. He kept butting in and wanting to respond to things Harris had said, even outside of the format of the debate. The moderators gave him a lot of leeway, and there was at least one glaring instance where Harris wasn't given the same courtesy because they knew that they needed to move the show along and that she wasn't going to throw a tantrum if she didn't get her way. There were a couple of mic issues, but that wasn't just Trump. Harris had sound issues, too. It was a production issue, not a Trump sabotage issue.