This claim and many others were quickly fact-checked and debunked by ABC News hosts and debate moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis, a fact that clearly further incensed Trump.
Almost immediately after the debate finished, Trump reiterated the conspiracy about a “rigged” debate from ABC News that he has been promoting for the last week.
“I thought that was my best Debate, EVER, especially since it was THREE ON ONE,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, where he tried to defend his claim about migrants eating pets by sharing links to unsubstantiated rumors.
This line of attack was echoed by Trump’s biggest supporters. “Weird how the hack moderators at [ABC News] are only ‘Fact checking’ Trump and allowing Kamala to lie nonstop,” Donald Trump Jr. wrote on X. “The Fake News is the enemy of the people!”
“The moderators might as well be on the DNC payroll,” Mike Lee, a Republican…
