Fox News colleagues were among Chris Wallace’s critics of his debate performance as moderator for not holding control of the event.
“Why is @JoeBiden allowed to interrupt? @realDonaldTrump is not,” Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade tweeted, in addition to other tweets criticizing the moderation of the debate.
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How long is @JoeBiden get to talk…memorized line on family…@realDonaldTrump should have a chance to answer the question
— Brian Kilmeade (@kilmeade) September 30, 2020
Why we except that @realDonaldTrump said what’s in the Atlantic article..its ok for @JoeBiden to disavow senate reports, but Trump cant push back on magazine stories?
— Brian Kilmeade (@kilmeade) September 30, 2020
How long is @JoeBiden get to talk…memorized line on family…@realDonaldTrump should have a chance to answer the question
— Brian Kilmeade (@kilmeade) September 30, 2020
Before the debate began, Kilmeade predicted, “Chris Wallace best moderator in America will be awesome!!”
Fox News host Laura Ingraham also pointed out that Trump was debating two people instead of just Biden.
Trump is debating the moderator and Biden.
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) September 30, 2020
Biden seems to interrupt with impunity.
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) September 30, 2020
Fox News contributor Andrew McCarthy also took aim at Wallace for not pressuring Biden to answer the questions presented, also adding that though he loves Wallace, he should “get out of the way.”
Biden doesn’t support the Green New Deal.
Oh, Wallace got that out of him?
No, Trump did.
Oh, well, did Wallace clarify what’s parts of Green New Deal Biden is against?
No, needed to move on …
— Andy McCarthy (@AndrewCMcCarthy) September 30, 2020
Is Chris gonna ask Biden whether he’s gonna answer the Black Lives Matter question? … evidently not.
— Andy McCarthy (@AndrewCMcCarthy) September 30, 2020
Biden gets away with not answering question about whether he’ll pack the Court. I told people Chris Wallace would press him and get an answer. Oh well.
— Andy McCarthy (@AndrewCMcCarthy) September 30, 2020
I love Chris Wallace, but he should get out of the way.
— Andy McCarthy (@AndrewCMcCarthy) September 30, 2020
Another Fox News contributor, Dan Bongino, echoed Ingraham in saying Trump was debating both Wallace and Biden.
Trump is debating two people tonight.
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) September 30, 2020
The Five co-host Greg Gutfeld said that Wallace laughing with Biden during one exchange “was not good.”
That was not good
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) September 30, 2020
Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly also weighed in on Wallace’s performance, suggesting he was unprepared during an exchange on Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, work in Ukraine.
Chris Wallace doesn’t have the facts at his command about the Ukraine payments made to Biden’s son that Trump brought up. Big mistake by Mr. Wallace.
— Bill O’Reilly (@BillOReilly) September 30, 2020
Good line from Trump—he tells Chris Wallace he’s debating him, not Joe.
— Bill O’Reilly (@BillOReilly) September 30, 2020
Wallace and the debate were also on the receiving end of criticism from journalists at CNN.
Media reporter Oliver Darcy said Wallace was responsible for “the circus that aired on national TV.”
Dana Bash and Jake Tapper also slammed the overall debate as a “s—show” and “a hot mess inside a dumpster fire inside a train wreck,” respectively.
