Rand Paul is the first Republican presidential candidate to say George Stephanopoulos shouldn’t moderate the 2016 debates after it was revealed the ABC anchor donated large sums to the Clinton Foundation.
“It’s impossible to divorce yourself from that, even if you try,” the Kentucky senator told the New York Times in an interview. “I just think it’s really, really hard because he’s been there, so close to them, that there would be a conflict of interest if he tried to be a moderator of any sort.”
Stephanopoulos has given the Clinton family nonprofit $50,000 since 2013. ABC News has described his failure to previously disclose this as an “honest mistake.” He was previously an adviser in Bill Clinton’s White House.
