US Presidential Elections: Trump Slams Final Debate Moderator as ’Extremely Unfair’

By Staff, Agencies

The next and final presidential debate during the United States presidential race between incumbent Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will take place on October 23rd. Trump has already criticized host Kirsten Walker for her reported past political leanings.

Trump hit out against Welker, describing her as “extraordinarily unfair” following a report by the New York Post regarding alleged family ties to the Democrats.

“She’s always been terrible & unfair, just like most of the Fake News reporters, but I’ll still play the game”, Trump tweeted Saturday.

“The people know! How’s Steve Scully doing?” he asked, in response to the initial tweet by son Donald Jr, referencing the suspension of a C-SPAN political editor who was suspended after lying about being a "never Trumper."

Trump also criticized Welker at his Saturday night rally in Janesville, Wisconsin, sarcastically referring to “totally unbiased anchors."

“We have another one of them coming up next week,” he said, before naming the NBC News White House correspondent.

“I’ve known her for a long time, she’s extraordinarily unfair but that’s all right,” Trump said while addressing the crowd.

He also made reference to Welker’s Twitter account being taken down on Friday, before reappearing the following day, suggesting it was done to avoid a Scully scandal repeat.

“She deleted her entire account. I wonder why? I can’t imagine,” he said.

According to an NBC statement to the Daily Mail, the temporary freeze of her account took place in order to make sure it was secure.

“She consulted internally, made sure there was two-factor authentication and turned it back on”, a spokesperson said.

On Saturday, the New York Post reported on Welker's previous voter registration as a Democrat and how her family gave donations in the thousands to the party. The Welker family also celebrated Christmas at the White House with the Obamas in 2012.

Despite the reports, an NBC spokesperson spoke to Politico claiming that Welker had no party affiliation since her voter registration in Washington, D.C., in 2012.

Politico reported that the spokesperson highlighted comments made earlier in October by Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller describing the White House correspondent as “very fair” and “a very good choice” to moderate the presidential debate moderator.