Trump calls first debate moderator a Democrat; records show otherwise

[TomCADem]

Source: Reuters

Republican Donald Trump may have gotten it wrong when he said the moderator of the first U.S. presidential debate next week between him and his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, is a Democrat.

NBC's Lester Holt, who will moderate the debate on Monday, is registered as a Republican, according to voter information on the New York State Board of Elections website. NBC did not respond to requests for comment on Tuesday about Holt's party affiliation.

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"Look, it's a phony system. Lester is a Democrat. I mean, they are all Democrats. OK? It's a very unfair system," Trump said on the show.

Bill O'Reilly, the Fox News host conducting the interview, said two other debate moderators, ABC's Martha Raddatz and CNN's Anderson Cooper, were also Democrats. Cooper is registered in New York with no party affiliation, according to the state elections site, which CNN confirmed. ABC did not respond to a request for comment about Raddatz's registration.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-debates-idUSKCN11Q2NJ

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If anything, Hillary should be complaining about the lack of Democrats moderating the debate.

[Skittles]

1. LOL, "They're all Democrats"

HE IS SCARED

WHAT A FUCKING COWARD

[Thinkingabout]

26. Trump was Democratic at one time and some claim he is Democratic

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Trump whines like a child about this shit

It's embarrassing.

[trusty elf]

23. ......

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[mnhtnbb]

3. What a whiner.

[GP6971]

4. I thought I read on another thread

that Holt is a repug and was requested by Trump

[onehandle]

5. Donald doesn't care for the less than lily white folks.

No reading between the lines required.

Trump will be eating spit and worse in every meal, for the rest of his life.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

6. Sigh. Come on folks. This is PR 101

It is called poisoning the waters in advance. He is a master of it, and frankly, the Clinton campaign better respond in a smart way, or else.

Or else, you may ask?

Y E S !

This guy is already cutting the legs out from the Clinton campaign in advance of the debate, and they are silent. Shocked. Surprised. But the key is S I L E N T . And that is deadly, in this environment.

That is absolutely the most inept response to his effort to sway the debates in advance. Come on Team Hillary, think about the big picture. Get off your asses and respond. But in a smart way that rocks that conman on his ass.

Yet again, the Clinton campaign seems unprepared on how to deal with him.

[TomCADem]

9. Yup, Even Trump's Lies Are Hillary's Fault...

...she shouldn't push her own message, but just follow Trump around cleaning up his hourly crap. Let him set the agenda, because he is a man, right?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. Agree. She is playing defense. its like

When your team takes a big early lead and you just hold your breath the other side won't come back.

[Democat]

16. Democrats are not good at offense

We've known that since at least the Bush years.

[TomCADem]

20. Clinton attacks Trump on Twitter more than the other way around

I am not sure why there is this stereotype that Alpha Male Trump is more aggressive in attacking Hillary, then the other way around. Of course, Hillary does not say outrageous reality defying lies, but I think that is a good thing.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/clinton-attacks-trump-on-twitter-more-than-the-other-way-around/ar-BBwpf7s

An analysis conducted by a trio of researchers at Sam Houston State University in Texas has found some interesting wrinkles in how Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump use Twitter.

Political Science Professor Dr. Heather Evans and her team collected the nearly 800 tweets sent out during the month of June by both Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, and Trump, a Republican. While Trump is famous for his ceaseless outpouring of social media insults, Clinton was actually more likely to attack Trump than Trump was to attack Clinton during that month. Thirty-four percent of Clinton's tweets criticized Trump, whereas only 22 percent of Trump's tweets directly slammed Clinton.

Clinton was also significantly more likely than her general election opponent to talk about political issues, researchers found. While only 9 percent of Trump's tweets dealt with policy questions, 27 percent of Clinton's tweets were about policy.

Evans, whose work has long focused on how gender affects online political communication, divided policy issues into two categories: stereotypically male and stereotypically female. “When we look at the specific issues mentioned through a key word search, Hillary Clinton discussed ‘female issues’ in approximately 14 percent of her tweets, compared to only 2 percent for Donald Trump,” Evans wrote. “Clinton’s tweets over the past month mentioned the LGBT community, women’s access to reproductive services, education, and healthcare. Out of the six tweets Donald Trump sent that fell into this category, five mentioned the word ‘women’ or ‘LGBT’ and were attacks against Hillary Clinton. The sixth tweet mentioned Obamacare.”

[oberliner]

29. No she doesn't

Her people do. But she doesn't write most of the tweets coming from the HRC account.

Trump, on the other hand, writes a good many of his own.

[TomCADem]

19. Seriously? Hillary Clinton Has Not Been Attacking Donald Trump?

What should she be doing besides the millions in ads, as well as attacks on Trump's racism, immigration policies, cozying up to Russia, etc.?

[PSPS]

14. LOL. Thanks for your "concern."

[Cryptoad]

7. MSM peeps make too much money to be Democrats!

[madaboutharry]

8. I'm surprised he didn't say this:

"It's not fair! It's rigged...look at the moderators

A black man!
A gay man!
A woman!

It's so unfair!"

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. Ya... Well, the woman seems way too

right leaning to me...although she's married to Ben Bradley's son. Think Trump knows he's got a great group of mods...that is why he's intimidating AC....get him in line.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Don keeps Workin' the Refs

Cheater! There is no sense in debating him. He wiggles away from
everything and creates his own winning perspective. As to whether
anyone agrees with him, he doesn't care.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. you make me think she should just

Act like he isn't even there. Not acknowledge him one iota

[bucolic_frolic]

15. He'll be a caged animal

if the moderators and Hillary pin him down to anything.

I'm thinking if she is lucid and bright and sincere she can float right
past him. Voters want someone they feel comfortable with. Trump
is creating anxiety at this point.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. "...they are all Democrats. OK?"

Who's "they", white man?

[forest444]

18. Even if true, Chris Wallace's intransigent right-wing attitude more than makes up for it.

I knew his father slightly (from college), and I'm sure he must be up there feeling more than a little displeased.

[czarjak]

21. Would be a good time for Lester to convert...

In front of the world.

[Midnight Writer]

22. Has Trump asked for Holt's birth certificate? His college transcripts?

Someone needs to be looking into this. How do we know Holt is not Obama's "fellow traveler"? A Kenyan or whatever put in place decades ago in "deep cover" waiting for precisely this moment in history to infiltrate our political system and rig our elective process?

I mean, c'mon, what church does he go to? Does he "pray to the east"? Why is the liberal press giving Holt cover on this?

Skittles. Benghazi. Clinton Foundation. Travel Office. Rose Law Firm. Vince Foster. Does Holt know Paula Jones, and what exactly is his relationship with her?

The MSM is totally in bed with the corrupt Clinton machine, and every American knows it.

[riversedge]

24. I am so glad Hillary is not engaging in this petty complaining ......

...........If anything, Hillary should be complaining about the lack of Democrats moderating the debate............

[muriel_volestrangler]

25. "I mean, none of them are bigots. OK? It's a very unfair system"

That is , after all, the fundamental point of Trump's campaign - bigotry.

[DetlefK]

27. "They are everywhere! Everywhere, I tell you! And they are out to get me!!!"

[lark]

28. He's just a cowardly jerk who's making up excuses for his failures in advnace.

He's just preparing the lie in advance to explain why he'll do so very poorly. OR - pre-planning the reason he backs out of the debates, except for the one with faux snooze star, Wallace.