{"id":2340893,"date":"2024-09-13T17:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T21:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-campaign-and-abc-news-target-of-gop-senators-investigation-into-debate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-13T17:27:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T21:27:30","slug":"harris-campaign-and-abc-news-target-of-gop-senators-investigation-into-debate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-campaign-and-abc-news-target-of-gop-senators-investigation-into-debate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris campaign and ABC News target of GOP senator\u2019s investigation into debate- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-campaign-and-abc-news-target-of-gop-senators-investigation-into-debate-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2340893&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Roger Marshall \u200c(R-KS) has announced his intention to investigate allegations claiming\u200c that ABC News \u2064biased\u2064 their moderators against\u200b former President \u200bDonald Trump during a recent debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. The inquiry will focus\u200d on potential\u2062 coordination between the network and Harris&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officer-suing-nfl-over-video-tweets-claiming-he-shot-black-suspect-because-of-systemic-racism\/\" title=\"Police Officer Suing NFL Over Video, Tweets Claiming He Shot Black Suspect Because Of \u2018Systemic Racism\u2019\">campaign ahead<\/a> of their \u2064debate \u200con\u2062 September\u2062 10. Following the debate, many\u200d polls indicated that voters believed Harris\u200d performed better, which led to Republican accusations that she may\u2062 have received debate questions in advance\u2014allegations that ABC News\u2063 has denied. In response, Marshall plans to \u2064send a letter to\u2063 both ABC and the Harris campaign demanding all relevant communications and \u200crecords. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-nerd-amy-schneider-throws-baseball-better-than-barack-obama-analysis-finds\/\" title=\"Trans Nerd Amy Schneider Throws Baseball Better Than Barack Obama, Analysis Finds\">network declined<\/a> to comment on the issue, while the Harris campaign \u200dalso remained silent. Following\u200d the debate, Republicans expressed concerns\u200c about the fairness of the moderators, suggesting that their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-skips-fact-checking-to-run-with-nurses-unverified-story-about-covid-patients-last-dying-words\/\" title=\"CNN Skips Fact-Checking To Run With Nurse&#039;s Unverified Story About COVID Patients &#039;Last Dying Words&#039;\">fact-checking<\/a> during the event was indicative of bias.\u200c this investigation \u200creflects ongoing Republican \u2062suspicions of collusion\u200c between media organizations and Democratic candidates.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris campaign and ABC News target of GOP senator&rsquo;s inquiry into debate<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1759523\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/sen-roger-marshall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roger Marshall<\/a>&nbsp;(R-KS) vowed Friday to investigate claims that the&nbsp;ABC News<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3150497\/trump-rails-abc-news-debate-moderators-rigged-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> debate moderators<\/a>&nbsp;were&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3150345\/democrats-debate-victory-lap-gop-cries-foul-moderators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;biased&rdquo;<\/a>&nbsp;against former President Donald Trump and coordinated with Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of their Sept. 10 presidential debate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Since the debate that the majority of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/harris-builds-lead-over-trump-voters-see-her-debate-winner-reutersipsos-poll-2024-09-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voters polled<\/a>&nbsp;said Harris won, Republicans have lobbed unproven allegations that Harris was provided with debate questions prior to the event.&nbsp;ABC News&nbsp;has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/abc-denies-kamala-harris-was-given-questions-before-trump-debate?ref=wrap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rejected the allegations.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the network&rsquo;s denial, Marshall pledged that he would send a letter to ABC and the Harris campaign &ldquo;demanding all correspondence, records, and potential coordination between the two parties ahead of Tuesday&rsquo;s presidential debate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The network did not respond to a request from the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> for comment. The Harris campaign declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans and Trump after the debate were quick to cry foul of &ldquo;biased&rdquo; moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-gaetz-humiliates-cnn-anchor-by-fact-checking-her-on-live-tv\/\" title=\"Matt Gaetz embarrasses CNN anchor with live fact-checking.\">live fact-checking<\/a> during the televised debate, as Democrats said the claims were a clear acknowledgment of Harris&rsquo;s stronger performance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People were concerned that statements were allowed to just hang and not [be] disputed by the candidate Biden, at the time, or the moderators,&rdquo; Davis told the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> of the prior debate between Trump and President Joe Biden hosted by CNN.<\/p>\n<p>There is built-in suspicion among Republicans of collusion between major networks that host debates and Democratic presidential candidates. Former Democratic National Committee interim Chairwoman Donna Brazile leaked potential topics to the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016 ahead of a CNN town hall, a network to which Brazile was a contributor at the time.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Fox News, Trump assailed the debate as a &ldquo;rigged show with somebody that maybe even had the answers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I watched her talk, and I said, &lsquo;You know, she seems awfully familiar with the questions,&rsquo;&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite previously calling for multiple debates against Harris, Trump says he will not be participating in a second one with her.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Show&rsquo;s<\/em> Jordan Klepper offered a more humorous take on the matter, boiling down Trump&rsquo;s claims into a punchline.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a presidential debate, they always ask the same questions. It&rsquo;s like being suspicious that someone knows all the words to &lsquo;Take Me Out to the Ball Game,&rsquo;&rdquo; Klepper said. &ldquo;How will you fix the economy? What&rsquo;s your stance on abortion? Do you promise not to overthrow the government? Standard, boilerplate debate questions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1759523\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1759523\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) announced on Friday his intention to investigate allegations that the moderators of the ABC News debate were &#8220;biased&#8221; against former President Donald Trump and had collaborated with Vice President Kamala Harris prior to their presidential debate on September 10. Following the debate, which polls indicated Harris won, Republicans have made unsubstantiated claims that she received questions in advance. ABC News has denied these accusations. Despite this denial, Marshall stated he would send a letter to both ABC and the Harris campaign requesting all communications and records related to any coordination between them before the debate. The network did not respond to a request for comment from the Washington Examiner, and the Harris campaign also declined to provide a statement. After the debate, Republicans and Trump quickly criticized moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis for conducting live fact-checking during the event, while Democrats argued that such complaints acknowledged Harris&#8217;s superior performance. Davis noted concerns about statements being left unchallenged during a previous debate between Trump and President Joe Biden hosted by CNN. There is an inherent skepticism among Republicans regarding potential collusion between major networks hosting debates and Democratic candidates; for instance, former DNC interim Chair Donna Brazile leaked possible topics to Hillary Clinton&#8217;s campaign ahead of a CNN town hall in 2016 when she was affiliated with that network as a contributor. In an interview with Fox News, Trump described the debate as a &#8220;rigged show&#8221; suggesting someone might have had prior knowledge of questions asked: &#8220;I watched her talk&#8230;she seems awfully familiar with the questions,&#8221; he remarked. Although he previously expressed interest in debating Harris again, Trump has now decided against participating in another matchup with her. The Daily Show\u2019s Jordan Klepper humorously summarized Trump&#8217;s suspicions by comparing them to questioning why someone knows all the lyrics to &#8220;Take Me Out to the Ball Game,&#8221; pointing out that standard questions like economic policy or abortion stance are typical in presidential debates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2340894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roger-Marshall-wants-trump-assassination-probe-expanded.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[36059,3896,38002,35844,3976],"class_list":["post-2340893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-abc-news","tag-debate","tag-gop-senator","tag-harris-campaign","tag-investigation"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roger-Marshall-wants-trump-assassination-probe-expanded.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2340893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2340894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2340893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2340893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2340893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}