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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,881 posts)
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 01:13 PM Oct 2020

Kristen Welker: 5 things to know about the moderator of Thursday's presidential debate

Kristen Welker will host the final presidential debate showdown Thursday, though it appears that President Donald Trump may spar with her almost as much as he will with his Democratic rival, Joe Biden.

The NBC News White House correspondent and "Weekend Today" co-anchor will moderate the debate at Belmont University in Nashville (9 EDT/6 PDT). The second presidential debate was axed after Trump declined to participate virtually, following his COVID-19 diagnosis. Instead, he and Biden held dueling town halls , and the former vice president beat Trump in the Nielsen ratings.

Welker, a target of Trump's Twitter rage last week, will be the first Black woman to moderate a presidential debate in nearly 30 years. (Journalist Carole Simpson moderated the face-off between George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Ross Perot in 1992.)

Here are five things to know about Welker:

The final debate could be Trump's last chance to turn the race around: He's already attacking the moderator

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kristen-welker-5-things-to-know-about-the-moderator-of-thursdays-presidential-debate/ar-BB1afN2L?li=BBnb7Kz

Sounds about as productive as trying to win a sporting event by bad mouthing the referee. This is what electing a spoiled trustafarian gets you.

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Kristen Welker: 5 things to know about the moderator of Thursday's presidential debate (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 OP
Well, I tried to find out what the 5 things are, marybourg Oct 2020 #1
I have AdBlock so I must have missed all that Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 #2
Hmm. I have Adblock too. Maybe I need to check on it. Thanx. marybourg Oct 2020 #3
Reminds me of McEnroe Beringia Oct 2020 #4

marybourg

(12,611 posts)
1. Well, I tried to find out what the 5 things are,
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 01:24 PM
Oct 2020

but I guess I got lost in the overlapping ads, promos, blurbs and whatnot, ‘cause I never did find out.

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