The journalist Kristen Welker acted as a moderator of the final presidential debate between Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden has been labeled the ''clear'' and ''obvious winner'' of the debate. Her alertness ensuring the candidates did not exceed their time limits and the brilliance not allowing them to talk over her was lauded online greatly as a moderator. Welker, 44-year-old was born in Philadelphia and a Harvard graduate. More than 125,000 tweets were posted about the journalist, the second black woman to moderate a presidential debate alone, after 28 years. First was Carole Simpson who hosted in 1992.
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Welker very well known for her calm demeanor and incisive questioning, was helped by the muting of the candidates' microphones when they are not answering questions. The last time anchor Chris Wallace was criticised for presiding over a hard-to-watch bickering fest between the septuagenarians. This time Welker was expected to bring order to the showdown in Nashville, Tennessee. Wallace when asked an opinion about welker debate he said “First of all, I’m jealous".
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The topics chosen for discussion by welker includes fighting COVID-19, American families, race, climate change, and national security. Trump and his entourage had accused her of belonging to the left-wing, she was registered as a Democrat in 2012 and is not politically affiliated today.