Chaos at Tuesday’s fiery presidential debate prompted organizers to promise to change the structure of the remaining matchups between President Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, as members of both parties criticized the president on Wednesday for his deflections when asked to condemn white-supremacist groups. Politicians from both parties on Wednesday said the debate a day earlier in Cleveland wasn’t informative, with both Messrs. Trump and Biden at times talking over each other and lobbing insults, though the president appeared to interrupt his opponent more often. While the commission said moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News showed skill in hosting Tuesday’s debate, Mr. Wallace repeatedly had to step in and frequently chided the Republican president for interrupting his challenger. The Trump campaign blasted the move. “They shouldn’t be moving the goal posts and changing the rules in the middle of the game,” spokesman Tim Murtaugh said.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 30, 2020 16:13 UTC