Always wanted to post this.
Posted on 01/26/2016 5:26:42 PM PST by conservative98
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa -- Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says he will not attend a debate scheduled for Thursday night in Des Moines, an unexpected twist just days before voters here launch the election process.
"I probably won't be doing the debate. I'm going to have something else in Iowa," he said during a press conference on Tuesday afternoon.
After the press conference, Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski confirmed to The Washington Post that Trump would "definitely not" participate in Thursday's Fox News debate.
"He's definitely not participating in the Fox News debate," Lewandowski said. "His word is his bond."
He said Trump would remain in Iowa as planned and would instead host an event in the state to raise money for wounded warriors and other veterans groups.
Trump has made such threats before, but he said that the Fox News Channel, which is hosting the debate Thursday night, had gone too far by issuing press statements on Tuesday that he said mocked his concern about Megyn Kelly, one of the debate co-moderators.
"They're dealing with someone who's a little bit different. They can't toy with me like they toy with everybody else," he added.
When Trump saw the press release from Fox, "I said, 'Bye bye,'" he said.
Trump said his event on Thursday will benefit military veterans and service members wounded in war.
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In support of Trump, I’ll skip the debate as well.
This might actually affect his poll numbers negatively. That is a good thing.
Good.
Fox’s snaky little Press release was so over the top, that any man would not take that level of BS. You don’t insult someone, then expect them to make you millions.
OH GLORIOUS DAY......thank you LORD. Now I will be able to hear some issue substance.
So you would allow Fox to disrespect you? Really?
I watched this clip. It shows Trump’s mastery of television sound bites.
Notice that he repeats how he wants to raise money for wounded veterans instead of taking part in the debate. He repeats this line about five times.
Any sixth grader could get it.
Not really. Trump is showing off how popular he is. That will make his poll numbers jump.
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Flightdeck: This might actually affect his poll numbers negatively. That is a good thing.
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Donald Trump disrespects me, by being a progressive liberal democrat.
Donald J. Trump â€@realDonaldTrump 3h3 hours ago
Pathetic attempt by @foxnews to try and build up ratings for the #GOPDebate. Without me they’d have no ratings!
Fox got owned!
Cruz to lose.
What was the press release by Fox that has pissed Donald off?
He spoke as much substance of any of those other schmucks on that stage. In fact, most were better than Cruz was.
For good reasons.
Go Ted!
Always wanted to post this.
It's likely Trump will respond that he'll do it, but only in Canada.
Kinda brilliant eh?
Is this the Fox PR? For real????
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