Political pundits noted the calmer and less chaotic scene than in the first Trump-Biden showdown in Cleveland
Donald Trump and Joe Biden clashed over the coronavirus crisis and racism in the final presidential debate of the 2020 US election on Thursday night, but many political pundits named someone else the winner: moderator and NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker.
Welker, 44, the only person of color chosen to moderate presidential debate this year, quickly earned plaudits as the event unfolded in a calmer and less chaotic manner than the first presidential debate in Cleveland. That debate last month was widely panned after Trump aggressively and consistently interrupted Biden and Chris Wallace, a Fox News anchor and the moderator. In contrast, Welker rarely let Trump derail the debate or drown out Biden’s answers, and stood her ground when enforcing the rules.
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