Linsey Davis, one of the ABC News moderators during Tuesday’s presidential debate, has been revealed to be a sorority sister of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.
Viewers of the debate noticed Davis’s frequent attempts to “fact-check” Republican candidate Donald Trump, while allowing Harris to move through the debate with little real-time scrutiny.
Harris became a member of the sorority during her time at Howard University in 1986, where she earned a bachelor of arts (BA). Davis, meanwhile, joined the same sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, as an undergraduate at the University of Virginia, graduating in 1999 with a degree in psychology. Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first African American sorority in the United States, established in 1908.
“The fact that Kamala Harris and Linsey Davis are members of the same sorority (Alpha Kappa Alpha – Howard and UVA respectively) is relevant with respect to potential bias,” an X (Twitter) user observed.
One of Davis’s most notable moments during the debate occurred when she interrupted Trump to fact-check his remarks on abortion. After Trump referenced former Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s 2019 comments about abortion after birth, Davis responded, “There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born.” This drew criticism from conservatives, who pointed out that six states and Washington, D.C., have no restrictions on abortion procedures.
“Biased ABC anchor Linsey Davis teams up with Vice President Kamala Harris to attack former President Donald Trump on abortion,” wrote Tom Olohan, a conservative writer for the Media Research Center.
“ABC is making a huge mistake by trying to fact-check this live. They’re only proving how biased they are. Harris fabricated an attack on Trump over IVF, and ABC sat there and said nothing,” added Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary during the Bush administration.
“Linsey Davis completely interjects herself into the debate to help Kamala. No surprise at all there,” wrote OutKick founder Clay Travis in a post on X.
Harris was not fact-checked when she inaccurately claimed that Trump was behind the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” or when she falsely stated that Trump wanted to ban IVF. As a result, Trump had to correct Harris’s falsehoods himself in real-time during the debate.
Following the event, the Harris campaign called for a second debate, which Trump declined, stating he didn’t see the need for another round since he had won the first debate. Harris had previously dismissed a proposed Fox News debate, which likely wouldn’t have been as favorable to her as ABC’s event.
“When a prizefighter loses a fight, the first words out of his mouth are, ‘I want a rematch,’” Trump wrote on his social media platform.
