Trump hits ABC News, 'lightweight' David Muir, accuses network of violating debate agreement with fact-checks

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Trump: The ABC debate was 'one against three'

Former President Trump argues that the last presidential debate with ABC News was unfairly slanted against him.

Former President Trump took aim at ABC News over its handling of the presidential debate, accusing the network of "violating" its agreement with his campaign about not having fact-checks during the political showdown. 

Speaking from Trump Tower in New York City on Thursday, Trump renewed his attacks on the Disney-owned network while addressing crime at the campaign event. 

"And during the debate, I mentioned that and David Muir, a real lightweight," Trump said. "I had one against three, but I think we did great. But David Muir of ABC, fake news, when I said that crime is way up in our country, he corrected me, he corrected me and so much and it was right what I said. He didn't correct [Vice President Kamala Harris] one time, and what she said was wrong, absolutely wrong. So many different— Charlottesville, she was wrong, all of the different things, almost everything she said, and she was never corrected.

"But he corrected me on crime. He said, ‘No, no, crime has not gone up.' I said crime has gone up massively. He said, 'I'd like to state for the record that crime has not gone up.'"

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Former President Trump accused ABC News of violating its "deal" with his campaign made prior to the presidential debate. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump went on to allege that ABC News broke the "deal" they struck ahead of the debate. 

"Now you don't know this, but we had a deal with ABC that there will be no corrections of any kind, and they violated the deal. Why? Because they're bad people, and they're fake news," Trump said. "So he did it many times to me during the debate. He violated the deal. That's the deal, because you can take anything and try and make up stories with it. We had a deal where that wouldn't happen. You could do whatever you wanted as soon as the debate was over, but he did it in total violation of what our agreement was. And a lot of people standing right over there [as he looked toward his staff] will tell you exactly what it was, will show you what it was. David Muir has lost all credibility."

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The former president also took a swipe at co-moderator Linsey Davis, who provided the first fact-check of the debate against him.

"I never heard of her. I never want to hear of her. She was terrible. I don't know how she ever got her job in the first place," Trump said. "But we have a country to save, and we can't have fake news like that. And his ratings deserve to go down."

ABC News did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. 

Trump took aim at ABC News Presidential Debate co-moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis during Thursday's remarks.  (ABC News)

ABC News sparked fury among conservative critics who blasted Muir and Davis for their hostile treatment of Trump while going easy on Harris, fact-checking him five times while not challenging any of the vice president's claims. 

Trump expressed his regret for not going after the moderators during the debate during his appearance on "Gutfeld!" last week. 

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"I think my only regret is that I wanted to be elegant, and I didn't want to go after the anchors. I wish I did, in a way," Trump said.

"I was very unfairly treated by the anchor. I'm not fans of those guys anymore – and his hair was better five years ago," Trump quipped, referring to Muir, adding, "That happens with the clock."

Trump insisted it was "one against three" as he clashed with Vice President Kamala Harris and ABC moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

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Trump has yet to commit to another debate against Harris. The former president appeared to reject a proposed CNN debate set for Oct. 23 that Harris accepted, saying it was "too late" since early voting has started weeks ahead. 

That said, Trump left the door open for another showdown, telling Fox News' Aishah Hasnie, "Maybe if I got in the right mood."

While Harris appears eager to debate Trump again, she previously did not accept proposed debates by Fox News and NBC News that Trump agreed to prior to the ABC News debate.