The third and final debate of the U.S. presidential election will be held at 9:00 p.m. Eastern on the 22nd (9:00 a.m. Taiwan time on the 23rd), and not only will it be interesting to see how Trump and Biden will square off, but the moderator will also be in the spotlight. The New York Post revealed on April 17 that the moderator of the debate, NBC’s White House correspondent Kristen Welker, has deep ties to the Democratic Party.
The political background of the moderator of the final debate, Chris Wallace, who was perceived to be biased in favor of Biden after the first debate on June 29, has attracted more attention. Wilk, 44, reportedly comes from an entrenched Democratic family and her parents have donated tens of thousands of dollars over the years to Democratic candidates, including Biden, Hillary, and the DNC.
In particular, the family donated nearly $20,000 (about $600,000) to former President Barack Obama alone, so much so that the family even entered the White House in 2012 to celebrate Christmas Day with the Obamas. Although Virk is not currently a registered Democrat, he was registered as a member of the Democratic Party in Rhode Island in 2004 and in Washington, D.C. in 2012.
As a White House correspondent since 2011, Virk has exhibited a tough questioning style. For example, she asked Trump a quick question last January: “Mr. President, yes or no? Have you assisted Russia? Yes or no?”
However, when Wilk confronted Democratic politicians, her attitude was markedly different. For example, in March 2016, as she was preparing for a visit to Hillary, who had just debated her party’s nomination with Senator Bernie Sanders, she tipped off her communications director, Jennifer Palmieri, about at least one question she was going to ask, so that Hillary would be prepared.
A senior White House official said, “Anyone who has worked with Virk knows that she is an activist, not a journalist.”
With the 2nd debate cancelled in the face of Trump’s opposition to the video, the 3rd debate, the last chance for a public contest between Trump and Biden before the election, will take place at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, and is expected to last 90 minutes.
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