Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden sat down on Thursday night for a town hall televised by ABC and moderated by George Stephanopoulos.
Stephanopoulos, as everyone knows, used to be the communications director for President Bill Clinton.
But what viewers didn’t know — and the network didn’t divulge — is that two of the attendees who asked questions at the town hall have ties to prominent Democrats.
“One of the questioners at the ABC-hosted event was Nathan Osburn, a former speechwriter for the Obama White House,” Fox News reported. “Osburn specifically worked for the Office of Public Affairs at the Commerce Department under the Obama-Biden administration and at the Small Business Administration.”
When Osburn asked a question to Biden, his occupation was listed as “communications” in a graphic and his home was listed as Philadelphia. But in an article last year, the Philadelphia Inquirer identified Osburn as “a former Obama administration speech writer.”
“Amy Coney Barrett’s being pushed through at the last minute, even though millions have already voted,” Osburn said to Biden. “So what do you think about ideas from people like Pete Buttigieg and others to put in place safeguards that will help ensure more long-term balance and stability? And what do you say to LGBTQ Americans and others who are very worried right now about erosions of their rights and our democracy as a whole?”
Another questioner at the town hall was Mieke Haeck, whom ABC identified as a physical therapist from State College, Pa…
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