{"id":2343178,"date":"2024-09-19T01:17:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T05:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-only-regret-from-debate-with-harris-is-he-didnt-go-after-moderators-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T01:18:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T05:18:12","slug":"trump-says-only-regret-from-debate-with-harris-is-he-didnt-go-after-moderators-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-only-regret-from-debate-with-harris-is-he-didnt-go-after-moderators-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says \u2018only regret\u2019 from debate with Harris is he didn\u2019t \u2018go after\u2019 moderators &#8211; 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\">34<\/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%2Ftrump-says-only-regret-from-debate-with-harris-is-he-didnt-go-after-moderators-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=2343178&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>Former President Donald Trump expressed regret on\u200c the Fox\u200c News \u200cshow\u2063 &#8220;Gutfeld&#8221;\u2064 for not having challenged ABC News moderators David Muir and Linsey \u2062Davis more aggressively during his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. He stated that he \u2062aimed to maintain a sense of\u2063 elegance and \u2064refrained from\u2064 attacking the moderators, but\u200b in hindsight, he wished he had been more confrontational. Trump asserted that he \u2063believed\u200d the moderators were biased against him, \u200dproviding more fact-checks against his\u200c statements than\u2064 those made about Harris. While he \u2063did\u200c engage with the moderators during the debate, he felt the format was unfair,\u200d characterizing it as \u2064a &#8220;three on one&#8221;\u200c situation. He \u200dargued that\u2063 his performance was \u200cone of his best debates, despite\u200b the challenges posed by the moderators.  <\/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\">Trump says &lsquo;only regret&rsquo; from debate with Harris is he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t &lsquo;go after&rsquo; moderators<\/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_1763899\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> lamented on Fox News&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3068686\/gutfeld-dominates-jon-stewart-daily-show-viewers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gutfeld<\/a> that he didn&rsquo;t &ldquo;go after&rdquo; ABC News moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis during his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate<\/a> with Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump said he wanted to be &ldquo;elegant,&rdquo; so refrained from doing so.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think my only regret is that I wanted to be elegant, and I didn&rsquo;t want to go after the anchors,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;I wish I did, in a way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">  https:\/\/twitter.com\/RossOKeefe2\/status\/1836594382536900943 <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump has contended that the ABC News moderators were unfair to him and offered more fact checks to him than Harris. &ldquo;I thought that was my best Debate, EVER, especially since it was THREE ON ONE,&rdquo; he wrote on Truth Social after the debate.<\/p>\n<p>While he could&rsquo;ve avoided &ldquo;going after&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-gaetz-says-race-is-functionally-over-and-trump-will-win\/\" title=\"Gaetz predicts Trump&#039;s victory, declares race practically finished in Republican debate.\">moderators directly<\/a>, he did clash with them more than once. At one point, Muir corrected Trump&rsquo;s claim that the country is undergoing rising crime rates with FBI statistics showing the opposite. <\/p>\n<p>Trump responded: &ldquo;They didn&rsquo;t include the cities with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-wave-of-portland-police-quit-amid-massive-spike-in-shootings-and-stabbings-fire-dept-responding-to-10-homeless-tent-fires-a-day\/\" title=\"Another Wave Of Portland Police Quit Amid Massive Spike In Shootings And Stabbings; Fire Dept. Responding To 10+ Homeless Tent Fires A Day\">worst crime<\/a>! It was a fraud!&rdquo; A new DOJ report showed the FBI statistics had holes because less than <a href=\"https:\/\/mynbc15.com\/news\/nation-world\/new-doj-crime-data-appears-to-support-trumps-debate-claims-about-high-crime-rates-debate-fact-check-fbi-stats-kamala-harris-donald-trump-joe-biden-white-house-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>half <\/a>of police departments provided complete crime reports, bolstering Trump&rsquo;s argument.<\/p>\n<p>In the rest of Trump&rsquo;s interview with Gutfeld, he touched on a range of topics including his time on Howard Stern&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">radio show<\/a>, immigration, and aliens. On the latter point, Trump recounted a time he spoke with F-22 pilots who were amazed at the speed of alleged round objects they saw fly faster than their crafts.<\/p>\n<p>He also joked about his second assassination attempt in which a gunman nearly had a shot at the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president<\/a> while he was playing golf. &ldquo;I always said golf is a very dangerous game,&rdquo; Trump cracked.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump also noted that the Teamsters declined to endorse Harris or himself, but that a poll of their members favored him. He noted the same at Wednesday&rsquo;s New York rally.<\/p>\n<p>At the same rally, Trump said he would visit Springfield, Ohio, where he accused people of &ldquo;eating the dogs&rdquo; and &ldquo;eating the cats&rdquo; in a viral phrase during his debate with Harris. Muir would correct Trump on that, saying the city manager said no such evidence has been found to point to that, leading to another contentious moment.<\/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_1763899\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1763899\"}});<\/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>Former President Donald Trump expressed on Fox News&#8217;s Gutfeld that his &#8220;only regret&#8221; from the debate with Vice President Kamala Harris was not confronting ABC News moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis more directly. He mentioned that he aimed to maintain an &#8220;elegant&#8221; demeanor, which led him to hold back. Trump stated, \u201cI think my only regret is that I wanted to be elegant, and I didn\u2019t want to go after the anchors. I wish I did, in a way.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He has previously claimed that the moderators were biased against him, providing more fact-checks for him than for Harris. After the debate, he declared it his best performance ever despite feeling outnumbered three-to-one on stage. Although he could have avoided direct confrontation with the moderators, there were moments of tension; for instance, Muir challenged Trump&#8217;s assertion about rising crime rates by citing FBI statistics showing otherwise. Trump countered by arguing those statistics excluded cities with high crime rates.<\/p>\n<p>In a broader discussion during his interview with Gutfeld, Trump covered various topics including his experiences on Howard Stern\u2019s show and issues like immigration and unidentified flying objects (UFOs). He recounted a conversation with F-22 pilots who were astonished by fast-moving unidentified objects they encountered. Additionally, he humorously referred to a near-assassination attempt while golfing: \u201cI always said golf is a very dangerous game,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also pointed out that while neither he nor Harris received endorsements from the Teamsters union, polls indicated their members preferred him. He reiterated this at a rally in New York where he mentioned visiting Springfield, Ohio\u2014a city where he&#8217;d made controversial remarks about people allegedly eating pets during his debate with Harris; Muir had corrected him then as well regarding claims of no evidence supporting such statements<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2343179,"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\/TrumpGutfeld3-1024x768.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3896,4021,22276,3634],"class_list":["post-2343178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-debate","tag-harris","tag-moderators","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/TrumpGutfeld3-1024x768.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343178","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}