Chris Wallace is hated by both campaigns, which makes him the perfect debate moderator

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace will moderate the first 2020 presidential debate between Joe Biden and President Trump on Tuesday night. The selection is perfect because Wallace doesn’t favor either side.

The nation faces a great deal of political and cultural division. The stakes are high, and Wallace, an experienced newsman, won’t offer up softballs to either candidate. Wallace is the only debate moderator from 2016 making a return in 2020. That says much about his skills as a journalist and his impartiality. Biden and Trump could not be more divergent in their personalities or political ideologies. To navigate a prime-time debate successfully between the two requires someone with Wallace’s expertise.