Lester Holt: The Third Debater?

Posted on September 27, 2016 by State of the Nation

Heat Street

At last night’s debate, Donald Trump faced off not just against Hillary Clinton, but against moderator Lester Holt.

The game of two-on-one saw Holt ask no questions about:

  • Hillary’s emails
  • Benghazi
  • The Clinton Foundation

While ignoring these issues, Holt grilled Trump on stop-and-frisk, the birther story, his comments about women, his many bankruptcies, why he hasn’t released his tax returns — and a host of other issues the media sees as unfriendly to the Republican candidate.

Holt also repeatedly attempted to “fact check” on some of Trump’s positions, such as his claim to have opposed the Iraq War from the beginning. Holt interrupted Trump several times to interject, but rarely succeeded (and may have come across as weak and impotent).

The Twittersphere has taken note:

http://twitter.com/TimSClark/status/780603058539507714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

http://twitter.com/JeffTutorials/status/780602582188392452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

http://twitter.com/TonyMaglio/status/780602207725051904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

http://twitter.com/SaveUSA1776/status/780598904807100416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

http://twitter.com/toddstarnes/status/780607254437519361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

http://twitter.com/poniewozik/status/780603815011741696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

The nerds at Vox.com tried to argue that Hillary was interrupted a lot during the debate because she is a woman. However, the cute little graphic they made actually shows that Lester Holt interrupted Trump far more often than he interrupted Hillary.

http://twitter.com/sarahkliff/status/780603407996510208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Many liberals and members of the mainstream media either praised Holt for challenging Trump during the debate, or lashed out at him for not being aggressive enough.

http://twitter.com/jamespmanley/status/780606539153321985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

 Some joked that Lester Holt wasn’t even at the debate, due to his failure to adequately admonish Trump for not giving the “right” answers.

And, of course, one prolific tweeter took special note:

http://twitter.com/DylanByers/status/780608777062117377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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