The debate is over, but there have been a lot of analyses and commentaries about how awful ABC News’ Linsey Davis and David Muir were during Tuesday night’s debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. They live fact-checked the former president, but not her. The microphones were not muted, and to the shock of no one, the live fact-checks were wrong, especially on crime and abortion. Yet, for Ms. Davis, there’s another issue.
CONFIRMED—@ABC Linsey Davis, who moderated last night’s Presidential Debate, had a MAJOR conflict of interest:
— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) September 12, 2024
She is a sorority sister of @KamalaHarris, and bragged about it on record, years ago. pic.twitter.com/8vrhmIiFgp
So it turns out the totally unbiased ABC moderator Linsey Davis and Kamala Harris are sorority sisters!
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 12, 2024
Interesting pic.twitter.com/lIcZNyLMff
How come I didn’t know debate moderator @LinseyDavis was Kamala’s AKA sorority sister till today?
— Rachel Campos-Duffy (@RCamposDuffy) September 12, 2024
Not right.
There’s no way #ABC would let a Trump frat bro moderate last night’s #debate! pic.twitter.com/t5hQXVwX4Y
UNEARTHED: ABC News Debate Moderator LINSEY DAVIS brags about being sorority sisters with Kamala Harris! pic.twitter.com/0MK3iSeE4R
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 12, 2024
Apparently, she’s a sorority sister of Ms. Harris, a detail that was not revealed until after the debate. While the two reportedly never met, it does question the integrity of the whole event (via NY Post):
Davis, 46, sparked backlash when she fought back against the former president’s false claims that doctors were discussing aborting babies after birth, with Republicans arguing that the ABC moderator was not nearly as tough on Harris’ erroneous assertions.
Now, it has come to light that the two were both members of Alpha Kappa Alpha.
Harris became a member of the sisterhood when she was an undergraduate student at Howard University in Washington
The Democratic presidential nominee graduated from the private, historically black university in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts.
Lewis, meanwhile, became an Alpha Kappa Alpha sister when she was an undergraduate at the University of Virginia, where she graduated in 1999 with a bachelor’s in psychology.
The two sorority sisters, however, had no known meeting prior to Tuesday night’s debate.
Still, the link unsettled some conservatives, who expressed concern online.
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Yes, some tried to mention how the two women never met, though those involved with or know about the basics of Greek life know this spin isn't it:
You have got to be kidding me with this.
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 12, 2024
There are over 1,000 AKA chapters in the United States.
Hundreds of thousands of AKAs.
Kamala Harris is 59, Linsey Davis is 46.
They didn’t even go to the same schools. https://t.co/BxGDY0LbL2
You do know how sororities and fraternities work, right?
— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) September 12, 2024
That's not how fraternities & sororities work Yashar. They are national organizations which is a major recruiting element because it instantly connects you with people all over the country.
— Jeff Jaramillo (@_jeff_jaramillo) September 12, 2024
Did you know that the free masons didn't/don't go to the same schools either?
— Jennifer Bukowsky (@esqonfire) September 12, 2024
That doesn’t matter. You don’t know much about sorority & fraternity connections and it shows.
— Ashley Carmichael (@SmashCarm) September 12, 2024
It’s not a true smoking gun. Harris relationship with Dana Walden, the executive who runs ABC News, is more jarring, but it’s a rehash that the media and Democrats know and run in the same circles, hence the quasi-state media complex we have between the Left and the legacy press.
Here’s a photo of Kamala with her friend Dana Walden who oversees ABC news pic.twitter.com/pZkAQIEbV0
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 12, 2024
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