Chris Wallace opens up about ‘off the tracks’ presidential debate

Published September 30, 2020 9:46pm ET



Chris Wallace, who moderated the first debate between President Trump and Joe Biden, called the faceoff “a terrible missed opportunity.”

Wallace said in his first interview since Tuesday’s debate that he “never dreamt that it would go off the tracks the way it did.” The Fox News anchor said he went into the contest attempting to be as “invisible” as possible and said he was slow to realize that Trump was going to keep interrupting throughout.

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