Ezra Klein Mocks Trump As Debate Moderator; Suggests A Top Chef Quickfire Challenge With Tom Colicchio

Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein amusedly reacted to the news of reality television star Donald Trump hosting a GOP debate later this month, mocking The Donald by sarcastically suggesting Top Chef host Tom Colicchio should moderate the next Republican debate. “Someone tweeted that a clown in now charge of a circus which I thought was a nice way of putting it,” Klein snarked. “I think it actually raises the question of what other reality show television hosts could be running GOP debates. I’m a Top Chef fan, I’d love to see Tom Colicchio run a quickfire for the GOP presidential candidates — see who can cook a quiche quickest, maybe I have to wait for 2016.”

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Martin Bashir joked with Democratic strategist Karen Finney that Kate Plus 8 star Kate Gosselin should consider hosting.

“How about that? Ezra, Republicans don’t eat quiche!” exclaimed Finney. “Come on, now! That’s for lucy liberals.”

Watch Klein’s suggestion that Top Chef‘s Tom Colicchio should host the next GOP debate:

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