ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos recused himself from moderating a Republican presidential primary debate his network has scheduled for February. But he hasn’t said anything about any potential Democratic debates.
An ABC spokeswoman declined to speak on that matter, and said they couldn’t comment on an event that hasn’t been scheduled yet. The Democratic National Committee, which has not released a schedule for any Democratic presidential debates, did not return a request for comment.
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Stephanopoulos recently admitted he had donated $75,000 to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s nonprofit Clinton Foundation, though the donations were made before Clinton officially declared her bid for the White House.
Stephanopoulos apologized after the disclosure, noted the appearance of a bias and said he would recuse himself from moderating the GOP primary debate.
But Stephanopoulos’ donation could be perceived among other Democratic White House hopefuls to indicate a pro-Clinton bias, not just a liberal one.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who is running for president as a Democrat, did not return a request for comment. Sanders said recently on CNN, though, that Stephanopoulos should have disclosed his donations before they were reported in the news.
“Nah, we have no comment on that,” a spokesman for former Democratic Virginia Sen. Jim Webb said when asked if Stephanopoulos should moderate any Democratic debates. Webb has said he is considering a run for president.
Former Democratic Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s political action committee did not return a request for comment. A spokeswoman for O’Malley told The Daily Caller on May 15, however, “We’ve always found Stephanopoulos to be fair.”
