Just a week after many claimed that Lester Holt rigged the Presidential debate for Hillary Clinton, the RNC is now claiming the Vice Presidential debate was rigged in favor of Tim Kaine. Of course, there is no proof but it is curious when noting that debate moderator Elaine Quijano continuously allowed Tim Kaine to speak over Mike Pence throughout the evening.
The Hill reported that the Republican National Committee sent an email out to reporters after the debate pointing out that Kaine was allowed to interrupt Pence a whopping 70 times during the debate. The email cited specific tweets in claiming that voters were turned off by Kaine’s aggressive style.
“Undecided voter in Ohio says, ‘Kaine came off like a jerk’ tonight. Adds that he ‘reinforced’ some of the negatives about Clinton,” read one tweet from CNN’s Dan Merica.
In a separate statement, RNC Chair Reince Priebus said Kaine “desperately flailed away with empty platitudes and constant interruptions.”
Millions of viewers all over the world took note of Kaine’s repeated interjections during the debate and lamented that Quijano was not stopping him at all. While Kaine interrupted Pence over 70 times, Trump’s running mate was only able to interrupt Clinton’s a measly 40 times.
It’s odd how Trump was slammed last week for interrupting Hillary Clinton during the debate and Tim Kaine is praised by the media for doing the same thing. That Seems like a pretty big double standard to me. What do you think?