thought to myself, "Hm...that's a RW talking point with no basis in fact".

I especially 'liked' how he framed the question as if it's a proven done deal.

Fact remains, Wallace is a Republican. He loathes both Hillary Clinton as well as Tangerine-Trump. So of course people thought he was being 'fair and balanced' since he didn't give Trump a pass.

If you listen to Republicans on cable, you'll hear how much they actually loathe Trump. They nearly froth at the mouth when talking about him. But it's got more to do with the fact that they can't bring him to heel and have him do as they say as they've done with other Republican presidential candidates, rather than Don-the-Con being such an ass and espousing the most racist, bigoted, misogynistic tripe, which is what most Republicans are. Because just look at Steve King and Gohmert - they spew the same racist, bigoted, and misogynistic crap as Trump and they're never called on it by their fellow Republicans.

Clearly, the Republicans approve of everything Don-the-Con stands for. They just don't like it that he doesn't ask 'how high' when they tell him to 'jump'. And that's what's sticking in their craw.

...off the rails (at least not much), Wallace got a pass as Mod because he did not go full Faux. However, IMHO, just about every question he presented was carefully "presented" to make sure it was from a Faux talking point framing.

false question framing editorials, literally rewrote reality for questions. He totally sucked as the moderator for that reason alone.

No pass from me.