US election 2020: Kristen Welker was 'clear winner' on social media
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Kristen Welker has been lauded online for her performance as moderator, in particular being praised for keeping candidates to time and not allowing them to talk over her.
There have been more than 125,000 tweets about the 44-year-old NBC journalist, who became only the second black woman to moderate a presidential debate alone, 28 years after ABC News journalist Carole Simpson became the first in 1992.
Welker would have still been at school when Simpson moderated that debate between Bill Clinton and George HW Bush.
#Reminder: Only two black women have ever hosted a general election presidential debate.
Carol Simpson (1992) and Kristen Welker (2020). Wild to believe that there's a whole generation of voters (millennial and Gen-Z) who weren't alive during the 92' town hall. #debates #Debate pic.twitter.com/bzFiIqyOy6
— Beatrice-Elizabeth Peterson (@MissBeaE) October 23, 2020
Fox News journalist Chris Wallace faced criticism for his moderation of the last debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, while Susan Page was similarly criticised for how she handled the vice-presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris.
But clearly Welker was taking notes from those debates, as she was praised specifically for managing to keep the candidates in line, and controlling the conversation.
.@kwelkernbc is the most memorable part of this debate...for all the right reasons. She never made it about herself, she controlled the conversation, and she followed up. Bravo, my friend!
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) October 23, 2020
Fellow journalists have been vocal in their praise for Welker's performance. NBC's Chief White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson called it "
a career-defining moment", while news anchor Harris Faulkner said she "gave the American people a real debate".And PBS White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor said she was "beaming" watching Welker.
I’m beaming watching Kristen Welker. Such an amazing moment for her and for all who know of her hard work and dedication to journalism. Go girl!
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) October 23, 2020
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow labelled Welker the "clear winner" of the debate, while previous moderator Chris Wallace told Fox News that he was "jealous" of her - wishing that he had been able to take charge of the debate instead.
Chris Wallace: "First of all, I'm jealous. I would've liked to have been able to moderate that debate and get a real exchange of views instead of hundreds of interruptions."
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 23, 2020
And despite calling Welker "terrible and unfair" ahead of time, Trump took time during the debate to praise the moderator's performance.
"By the way, so far I respect very much the way you're handling this," he said.
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