Posted on 09/20/2016 10:24:31 PM PDT by Pinkbell
Republican nominee Donald Trump called first presidential debate moderator, NBC News anchor Lester Holt, “a Democrat” Monday, despite public records that indicate otherwise.
New York State voter registration documents show that Holt has been a registered Republican in the state since 2003.
Trump’s comments to Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, which were offered without any evidence to support the claim, are part of a time-honored tradition of alleging moderator bias and expectations-setting before a presidential debate.
“By the way, Lester is a Democrat. It’s a phony system. They are all Democrats. It’s a very unfair system,” Trump said of the debate moderators.
The NBC newsman, regarded by both parties as a straight shooter, is set to moderate the first debate on Sept. 26.
Trump has not been alone in criticizing the objectivity of debate moderators. Hillary Clinton’s campaign sent out a pair of fundraising appeals off NBC anchor Matt Lauer’s performance anchoring a back-to-back candidate town hall earlier this month.
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Will Lester Holt come clean on TV and tell the world he DIDN’T vote for Obama?
I doubt it.
He’s a Colin Powell R if anything.
Probably a token in the newsroom to boost up the R’ reporter quota...
This guy looks up to snakes bellies.
I agree with you. I put CNN on after the forum just to see what they were saying, and they devoted their entire show after to Trump. They picked out various things Trump said like about Iraq (which the media went after Lauer for), Putin, the generals turned to “rubble” under Obama, etc. and ignored the fact that Hillary did not do well. She struggled to defend herself over the email scandal. At one point, she snapped on Lauer, realized what she was doing, and hurried and regained her composure. I thought that would be discussed. It wasn’t. They just put focus on Trump.
Then I looked on Twitter and saw the media members were not pleased with Lauer. They wanted Lauer to go after Trump, especially on Iraq. Their hope was that Lauer destroy Trump that night and make Hillary look good.
We have to realize that these journalists believe it is their duty to use their position to change the world for the better and make a difference. That’s not a bad thing in some situations, but in politics, that is obviously subjective. What one person considers for the better is not what another considers. The problem is that the vast majority of journalists are leftists, and what they consider for the better is taking our country further down the path of leftism. Therefore, they have become unofficial surrogates for the Clinton campaign - which isn’t doing so hot right now. The media knows this and is trying to carry their water.
Valid point.
Hillary actually gathered up an actual “basket of deplorables” or Republicans who publicly came out against Trump and made an ad...which she runs over and over on TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N8k7_BOqlk
Related to GHW Bush?
Who believes Lester didn’t vote for Obama? LOL
I don’t watch NBC a lot these days, but I’ve always liked Lester because I never felt any bias coming from him. It doesn’t surprise me that he is registered R, and that’s the beauty of Lester....you’d never know. It’s the way they’re all supposed to be. I think this is a gaff by Trump and I hope he corrects himself. I trust Lester more than Wallace!
He’s a Democrat, whatever his party registration may be (and in New York, you presently have EIGHT (1) choices.)
New York Republicans:
Jacob Javits
Nelson Rockefeller
George Pataki
(too many others to list here.)
The NYGOP may as well be Democrats. That’s why the Conservative Party exists.
That’s it. THAT’S the ticket!
I trust Lester more than Wallace!
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I’ve only seen Lester a couple of times, but I agree with you that he seems much more fair and less liberal than Chris Wallace! Chris W. is a slime bag just like his dad Mike was and looks for every opportunity to take down whomever is being interviewed.
Geraldo Rivera said that for years.
I once heard Lester say he grew up in a military family, which may be why he doesn’t seem as hideous as Brokaw, Couric or Andrea Mitchell, but I would have a hard time believing a CONSERVATIVE republican would ever ascend to the job he holds.
He’s a Democrat who has registered Republican because he knows his vote is pretty much ineffectual in the solid blue state. What he can do with his Red vote is work to make sure no real conservative makes it through the primaries. I’m pretty sure there are a lot like that.
“I think this is a gaff...”
It’s not. Trump doesn’t need to do anything other than what he is already doing. He’s winning. He’s going to be President.
Vote Trump 2016
A registered Republican that votes for Democrats exclusively. There are many within the ranks. In Lester’s case it is to make him look like a Republican that can never quite find that Republican he can support, which in turn lends more credence to his being impartial as a journalist.
He’s a George HW Busg democrat - he’s with Hillary.
Around Ithaca some of the lefty college professors registered Republican years ago so they could engage in “operation chaos” type stunts. I’m sure Holt’s party affiliation is no different.
Sure, and I was a republican so I could vote against McCain.
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