Chris Wallace, the Fox News anchor who moderated Tuesday’s debate, is placing the bulk of the blame on President Donald Trump for sending the political showdown into chaos.
« That was frustrating, » Wallace added. « It was frustrating for me because I tried hard to prepare for a serious debate, much more frustrating and more importantly for the American people because they didn’t get the debate they wanted that they deserved. » Wallace, who said that he wished he had stepped in more seriously sooner, went on to describe the missed opportunity as « a loss for the country. » Asked by Hemmer if he had rewatched the debate, Wallace replied, « Oh, God no. Oh, God no. It wasn’t something that I want to revisit. » « Look, it took me 4 years to re-watch the Trump-Clinton debate from 2016, which I very much enjoyed, and it still took me 4 years to look, » Wallace explained. « This is going to take a while before I watch this one again. » The Commission on Presidential Debates said it was mulling structural changes to the remaining debates after Tuesday’s widely panned event.
