Former President Donald Trump threatened ABC in an interview on Fox News Saturday — claiming he was treated “very unfairly” during the network’s Sept. 10 debate. And yet despite his lingering gripes with the network, he maintained the debate against Vice President Kamala Harris was his “strongest ever.”
In an interview on One Nation With Brian Kilmeade Saturday, the former president crowed about his performance on Sept. 10.
“I thought it was a great debate for me,” Trump said. “I thought it was one of my best debates that I’ve ever had. And some people disagree, but I thought it was the strongest debate I ever had.”
A New York Times poll published Thursday found 67 percent of Americans believe Harris did “well” in the debate, compared to only 40 percent who think Trump did well.
Despite the boasts about his performance, Trump quickly turned his attention to ABC — and moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis.
“I thought I was treated very unfairly by ABC,” Trump said. “Iw was three on one, but that was OK too. I thought we did really well. We exposed it.”
Trump went on to complain about the fact checking in the debate — as he was corrected many more times than Harris. But fact checks done after the debate conducted by numerous outlets found Trump made many more false claims than his opponent.
“Has ABC has apologized yet?” Trump said. “No … It’s a very unfair process.”
Kilmeade went on to ask about recent comments by Mark Penn — a former Hillary Clinton strategist whose ideology has shifted to the Right in recent years. Penn accused ABC News of “rigging the outcome” of the debate and called on them to do an internal investigation
“Do you join in those questions?” Kilmeade asked.
Trump responded affirmatively and went on to threaten them.
“Sure, I do,” Trump said. “I think they should be investigated. And you know, they have to get a license from the federal government.”
ABC is not the only network Trump has threatened. Trump has previously called on CNN and NBC to have their licenses pulled for not airing his victory speech after the Iowa caucus in January.
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