In a scathing monologue on Wednesday, former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly laid into ABC News for its handling of the first presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. What began as a heated exchange on foreign policy in Philadelphia quickly turned into what Kelly described as a “rigged” event orchestrated by ABC News in favor of Harris.
Kelly specifically took aim at the network’s moderators, David Muir and Linsey Davis, accusing them of extreme bias in favor of Harris. But the bigger revelation came when Kelly identified the alleged mastermind behind the scenes: Disney executive Dana Walden, who oversees ABC News. According to Kelly, Walden isn’t just any network boss—she’s a close personal friend of Kamala Harris and was instrumental in introducing the Vice President to her husband, Doug Emhoff.
“I’m disgusted. I’m ashamed of those moderators at ABC News,” Kelly said during her broadcast. “They did exactly what their bosses wanted them to do. The person who runs ABC News is a close personal friend of Kamala Harris, and they did Dana Walden’s bidding tonight. It was three against one on that debate stage.”
“It’s very easy to look like you know what you’re doing when both moderators are entirely on your side,” Kelly said. “Trump did the best he could under the circumstances, but it really was like three fighters in the ring pummeling one opponent. And Trump tried to take them all on.”
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The debate format, Kelly argued, was designed to corner Trump while giving Harris a free pass on critical issues. “The numerous fact checks on what he said and none on what she said—none,” Kelly explained. “I don’t remember a single fact check of anything she said, and she lied repeatedly. She just got away with it.”
Kelly also pointed out a particularly egregious moment during the debate when David Muir interrupted Trump as he tried to explain his comments about the 2020 election. “When Trump tried to say his comment that he lost 2020 by a whisker was him being sarcastic, David Muir actually interjected saying, ‘I didn’t hear sarcasm,’” Kelly recalled. “Who gives a [expletive] what you heard? You’re supposed to be the objective news anchor of World News Tonight.”
“The worst piece of all of this is the obvious tactic by ABC News, which was as follows: ‘Mr. Trump, you said something incredibly controversial and terrible. Do you have any regrets or thoughts on how terrible you were?’ And then they’d turn to Harris and ask, ‘How bad is Trump?’ It happened over and over again.” According to Kelly, this bias was not just accidental but intentional, with the aim of helping Harris and hurting Trump’s chances in the election. “They’re trying to steal this election. They’re openly working to sink him. I think it was so bad, their bias against him and toward her, that it’s going to backfire,” she said.
“I actually think the American public is gonna see through this, and there’s probably going to be some empathy for Trump,” Kelly concluded. “No fair-minded person could think anything other than that they were in the tank for her, and it was three against one on that stage tonight.”
