ABC sets record straight on whether Harris was prepped before presidential debate with Trump

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA: ABC News claimed Vice President Kamala Harris was not given any questions before the presidential debate against Donald Trump.

A representative of the television network told The Daily Beast, “Absolutely not. Harris was not given any questions before the debate.”

Also, as per the debate rules, “No topics or questions will be shared in advance with campaigns or candidates.”

Donald Trump calls ABC ‘most dishonest news organization’

The response came after right-wingers, including Donald Trump, accused ABC of being biased towards Kamala Harris.

They have also alleged that the Democratic presidential nominee was “awfully familiar” with the debate questions.

On Wednesday, September 11, the 45th president sat down for a live interview with ‘Fox & Friends’, where he claimed, as per The New York Times, “I thought it was terrible from the standpoint of ABC. They are the most dishonest, in my opinion, the most dishonest news organization.”

“CNN was much more honorable. The debate we had with Biden was a much more honorable one,” Trump added while referring to the June 27 debate he had with President Joe Biden.

ABC accused of being ‘on the DNC payroll’

 On September 12, Leading Report, a website infamous for sharing false information, tweeted, “BREAKING: ABC whistleblower allegedly will release an affidavit claiming the Harris campaign was given sample questions that were ‘essentially the same questions that were given during the debate', as well as assurances that Trump would be ‘fact-checked’ and she would not.”

Bill Ackman, hedge fund manager, re-posted Leading Report allegations and wrote, “If this turns out to be true, this is a serious breach of journalistic ethics and a death blow to @ABCNetwork reputation.”

Also, Senator Lindsey Graham, a longtime Trump supporter, added on X, “The moderators might as well be on the DNC payroll. This is ridiculous. This is the worst moderated debate in history.”

An X account named @Travis_4_Trump even added, “Happening Now:  Things are not looking good for Kamala Harris and ABC News.  First, a whistleblower has offered to come forward with proof that Kamala was given the questions beforehand and promised Trump would be fact-checked. Now, Mark Penn, a former advisor for the Clintons, is calling on an independent investigation into ABC News for rigging a debate. The question is, will ABC and Harris admit to cheating?”

Kamala Harris’ campaign calls Donald Trump ‘chicken’

Meanwhile, after the September 10 debate moderated by David Muir and Linsey Davis at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social page, as per The Daily Beast, “THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!!” that led to a fiery response from Harris' campaign chairman, David Plouffe.

Plouffe said on X, “At long last we discover his spirit animal. The Chicken. 🐔”

“Let’s see if Chicken Man excises Hannibal Lecter out of his speech tonight. If he does, demonstrates he was humiliated on that point on Tuesday night. If he doesn’t, well, that would be awesome. Classic win, win,” he added.

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