Steve Scully should step down as moderator of the second presidential debate

Published October 9, 2020 8:25pm ET



I’ve heard nothing but great things from the people who work with and know C-SPAN’s Steve Scully. But that doesn’t mean he should moderate the second presidential debate — especially not now that his intentions have been called into question.

Scully, who once interned for then-Sen. Joe Biden, is facing scrutiny this week following a bizarre Twitter exchange with former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, who, since leaving the White House, has become a Never Trump pundit of sorts. In the since-deleted tweet, Scully tagged Scaramucci and asked whether he should “respond to Trump.” It is unclear what Scully is referring to, or why he was asking Scaramucci for advice, but Scaramucci quickly replied:

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