Many who criticized this week’s ABC News debate between nominees Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are now saying ‘I told you so.’
Amid rebukes for biased moderators favoring the vice president by targeting the former president with more fact-checks, and claims of conflicts of interest for the Democrat nominee, a social media post Thursday claimed that a whistleblower came forward with information alleging Harris was given the debate questions beforehand.
“I will be releasing an affidavit from an ABC whistleblower regarding the debate. I have just signed a non-disclosure agreement with the attorney of the whistleblower,” the @DocNetyoutube account posted on X.
I will be releasing an affidavit from an ABC whistleblower regarding the debate. I have just signed a non-disclosure agreement with the attorney of the whistleblower. The affidavit states how the Harris campaign was given sample question which were essentially the same questions…
— Black Insurrectionist–I FOLLOW BACK TRUE PATRIOTS (@DocNetyoutube) September 12, 2024
“The affidavit states how the Harris campaign was given sample question which were essentially the same questions that were given during the debate and separate assurances of fact checking Donald Trump and that she would NOT be fact checked,” the post continued.
“I have seen and read the affidavit and after the attorney blacks out the name of the whistleblower and other information that could dox the whistleblower, I will release the full affidavit,” the post added, saying it would be released “before the weekend is out.”
We knew it! pic.twitter.com/51xDwR174f
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) September 12, 2024
There is no other evidence at this time that the claim could be true and ABC has denied the rumors alleging Harris was given the questions before Tuesday’s live event.
“Absolutely not,” a spokesperson told The Daily Beast. “Harris was not given any questions before the debate.”
Trump and many of his supporters have been critical of the debate, moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis, and the “unfair” way he was battling three-on-one while Harris coasted. Ahead of the telecast, the former president wondered if ABC News contributor Donna Brazile, who previewed questions to Hillary Clinton ahead of 2016 CNN events, would help out Harris.
“Will panelist Donna Brazil give the questions to the Marxist Candidate like she did for Crooked Hillary Clinton?” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Former Clinton advisor Mark Penn has called for ABC to be investigated over the conflicts of interest for Harris.
“I actually think they should do a full internal investigation, hire an outside law firm. I don’t know how much of this was planned in advance,” Mark Penn said on the “John Solomon Reports” podcast.
“I don’t know what they told the Harris campaign. I think the day after, suspicion here is really quite high, and I think a review of all their internal texts and emails really should be done by an independent party to find out to what extent they were planning on, in effect, you know, fact-checking just one candidate and in effect, rigging the outcome of this debate. I think the situation demands nothing less than that,” he said.
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“I actually… pic.twitter.com/B2G3EwZHr0
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 12, 2024
Though it remains to be seen if there is any truth to the rumors, or if there will be any consequences for Harris and the Democrats, X users reacted in droves.
In a lengthy post, radio host and columnist Tammy Bruce believed a rigged debate was “an extremely unlikely scenario,”
“Bottom line: When you have no intention of genuinely answering any question, you don’t need the questions in advance.” she contended.
The moderator was her sorority sister.
The owner of the network is her best friend.
And now a whistleblower has come forward and confirmed she not only had the questions ahead of time but she was assured she would not be fact checked.
There should never be another…
— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) September 12, 2024
Whistleblower came out and said ABC gave Kamala’s team the questions before the debate so she could prep…and they promised not to fact check her
The media is the direct enemy of the people
— Hodgetwins (@hodgetwins) September 12, 2024
We knew she had to have questions.
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) September 12, 2024
Let’s see the receipts. But absolutely NO ONE will be surprised by this.
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) September 12, 2024