Trump Declares Victory In Debate, Sets Conditions For Potential Fox News Debate

 Former President Donald Trump declared victory on Wednesday morning following his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, saying he believed it was one of his best debate performances ever.

The Republican nominee made the remarks during an interview on “Fox & Friends” after he had to battle not only Harris, but also biased ABC News moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis, over the course of the 105-minute event.

Trump called the debate “rigged,” alleging extreme bias from Muir and Davis, which included them only fact-checking his statements and not Harris’s and them pressing Trump with follow-ups while allowing Harris to evade questions.

“I thought I did a great job,” Trump said. “It was three-on-one. Man, I thought I did a great job.”

After discussing various points from the debate, Trump was asked about Fox News’s offer to both campaigns to have a debate hosted by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. The network offered three dates in October: October 9 in Arizona, October 15 in Georgia, or October 16 in North Carolina.

 

“Well, I wouldn’t want to have Martha and Bret,” Trump responded, saying he would prefer one of the network’s opinion hosts moderate.

“I’d love to have, frankly, Sean [Hannity] or Jesse [Watters] or Laura [Ingraham], or somebody else,” he said. “Let’s give other people the shot.”

He narrowed his criticism to MacCallum, saying he would not want her involved in a potential debate. “But I would take some others,” he said.

Trump added that he believed he won the debate because Harris’ campaign came out immediately afterward and started pushing for a second debate.

“They lost very badly,” he said. “The first thing they did is ask for a debate, because that’s what when a fighter loses, he says, ‘I want a rematch’. I want a rematch. They always do.”