The COVID Diaries – 177 1st October
The fallout from the first presidential debate in the US continues as Trump’s campaign accused the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates of political bias. At the same time, in contradiction of all the main polls, they claimed the president won Tuesday’s debate.
Meanwhile Fox News host Chris Wallace, who moderated the first debate, said on his programme that Trump “bears the primary responsibility for what happened” due to his continual interruptions.
The president “was determined to butt in and throw Joe Biden off,” Mr Wallace said, adding that he had initially — and mistakenly — believed the debate’s rules would lead to a productive evening of presidential discourse.