{"id":91482,"date":"2020-10-17T15:49:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T12:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kristen-welker-next-debate-moderator-has-deep-democrat-ties\/"},"modified":"2020-10-17T15:49:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T12:49:46","slug":"kristen-welker-next-debate-moderator-has-deep-democrat-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kristen-welker-next-debate-moderator-has-deep-democrat-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kristen Welker, next debate moderator, has deep Democrat ties"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Kristen Welker, next debate moderator, has deep Democrat ties<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n All eyes are turning to NBC News<\/a> White House correspondent Kristen Welker as she prepares to host the third and final presidential debate Thursday.<\/p>\n

President Trump and Joe Biden will square off at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., in a 90-minute debate starting at 9 p.m.<\/p>\n

Welker, 44, has been the White House correspondent at NBC News since 2011, after working as a news reporter in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n

But Trump supporters who took issue with hard questioning by previous moderators like Chris Wallace and Savannah Guthrie may find themselves pining for those combative hosts after Welker is done with the president.<\/p>\n

Welker comes from an established Democratic family \u2014 who have poured cash into party coffers, and to Trump opponents, for years.<\/p>\n

Her mother, Julie Welker, a prominent real estate broker in Philadelphia, and father, Harvey Welker, a consulting engineer, have donated tens of thousands of dollars<\/a> to Democratic candidates and close to $20,000 to Barack Obama alone.<\/p>\n

There was also $3,300 for Joe Biden\u2019s 2020 campaign and $2,100 for Hillary Clinton\u2019s doomed 2016 presidential effort against Trump. Another $7,300 was contributed to the Democratic National Committee between 2004 and 2020.<\/p>\n

In 2012, Welker and her family celebrated Christmas at the White House<\/a> with the Obamas.<\/p>\n

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President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden participate in the first debate last month.<\/span>Scott Olson\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Though Kristen Welker\u2019s party registration is not listed today, she was a registered Democrat in Washington, DC, in 2012 and in Rhode Island in 2004.<\/p>\n

Throughout Welker\u2019s tenure as a White House correspondent, she has earned a reputation for a scathing style of questioning.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. President, yes or no. \u2026 have you ever worked for Russia. Yes or no?\u201d she demanded<\/a> during a confrontation in January 2019.<\/p>\n

The treatment stands in stark contrast to her handling of Democratic politicos.<\/p>\n

In March 2016 Welker was busted on live television<\/a> tipping off Hillary Clinton\u2019s Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri about at least one question she planned to ask her during a post-debate interview in Michigan. At the time Clinton was locked in a fierce fight for the Democratic nomination against Sen. Bernie Sanders.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to ask you about Flint,\u201d Welker said of the Michigan city\u2019s infamous water crisis.<\/p>\n