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Roger Ailes Defends Megyn Kelly’s Debate Performance …Donald Trump Responds
Gateway Pundit ^ | 08/25/15 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 08/25/2015 1:47:36 PM PDT by Enlightened1

Last night Donald Trump welcomed Megyn Kelly back from vacation with this tweet:

""@PatrickStinard: @megynkelly Kelly File was much better without Megyn Kelly. Her replacement while she was out on vacation was much better!"

Today Roger Ailes accused Donald Trump of “verbal assault” and defended controversial Megyn Kelly’s debate performance.

Fox News CEO released a statement on the attacks by Trump Tuesday: “Donald Trump’s surprise and unprovoked attack on Megyn Kelly during her show last night is as unacceptable as it is disturbing. Megyn Kelly represents the very best of American journalism and all of us at Fox News Channel reject the crude and irresponsible attempts to suggest otherwise,”

Ailes statement reads. “I could not be more proud of Megyn for her professionalism and class in the face of all of Mr. Trump’s verbal assaults.

Her questioning of Mr. Trump at the debate was tough but fair, and I fully support her as she continues to ask the probing and challenging questions that all presidential candidates may find difficult to answer,” Ailes said.

Enter the Donald: Here is his response:

“I totally disagree with the FOX statement. I do not think Megyn Kelly is a quality journalist. I think her questioning of me, despite all of the polls saying I won the debate, was very unfair. Hopefully in the future I will be proven wrong and she will be able to elevate her standards to a level of professionalism that a network such as FOX deserves. ” Trump said. Trump said that what’s more important are his high poll numbers.

Hillary Clinton, Media Matters, and The New York Times all praised Megyn Kelly for her debate performance

(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ailes; bimbo; defends; donaldtrump; foxnews; kelly; megynkelly; proabortion; rogerailes; trump
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To: Enlightened1

21 posted on 08/25/2015 2:15:29 PM PDT by Bobalu (See my freep page for political images.)
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To: Enlightened1

Trump needs to get over himself and grow a thicker skin. The debate was weeks ago, and he’s still butthurt because Kelly asked him a hardball question. He should have forgotten about this by now if he really wants to be President.


22 posted on 08/25/2015 2:17:22 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Enlightened1

Trump would know about bimbos, he leaves his wives for them.

Trump is gonna implode if he keeps this up but then his history of donating to hitlery shows trumps lack.


23 posted on 08/25/2015 2:19:43 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: stephenjohnbanker

?...mysterious post?


24 posted on 08/25/2015 2:20:10 PM PDT by newfreep ("Evil succeeds when good men do nothting" - Edmund Burke)
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To: Enlightened1

-— Kelly File was much better without Megyn Kelly. Her replacement while she was out on vacation was much better!” -—

Pundits can criticize politicians but not vice versa.

Why? Who sez?


25 posted on 08/25/2015 2:22:31 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: ozzymandus

Newsmax TV is now billing itself as the new home for conservatives on TV. The New Conservative network.

Ha Ha Ailes, you had a monopoly and you F-ed it up sending Me Gyn The Tramp Kelly AKA Crowley and Wallace to Fatwah Diamond Donald Trump.

Next time Me Gyn visits the Howard Stern show she should Twirl on the Symbian. I hope he ratings sink like the stock market.


26 posted on 08/25/2015 2:24:27 PM PDT by Zenjitsuman
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To: TomGuy
Kelly did not directly attack Trump on her program last evening, but she did have 2 guest commentators on who did attack Trump.

And, that is the bottom line...
27 posted on 08/25/2015 2:26:22 PM PDT by BigEdLB (They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
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To: Zenjitsuman

-— Newsmax TV is now billing itself as the new home for conservatives on TV. The New Conservative network. -—

Ain’t the free market grand? I’m getting the Newsmax app for my phone.


28 posted on 08/25/2015 2:26:48 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Her ratings must be down. Hope so. Pay back’s a bitch.


29 posted on 08/25/2015 2:32:56 PM PDT by AdaGray
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To: BigEdLB
And, that is the bottom line...

Trump responded. Actually, he responded to someone else's tweet that included the b-word [not blondette].
30 posted on 08/25/2015 2:34:01 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Is Hume the father of her children?


31 posted on 08/25/2015 2:34:52 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: Enlightened1

Hey Roger your fake hair extensions bimbo is a disaster. Hopefully she will get offered a better deal at MSNBC and they will take off your hands.


32 posted on 08/25/2015 2:35:00 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: CaptainK

That is all gossipy bs from someone trying desperately to be relevant


33 posted on 08/25/2015 2:37:04 PM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, .. Iran deal & holocaust: Obama's batting clean up for Adolph Hitler)
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To: AdaGray

She is getting just what she signed up for.


34 posted on 08/25/2015 2:45:43 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Enlightened1

We saw the debate. We know what Fox tried to do. It was really obvious - just read the thousands and thousands of negative responses on social media Kelly received.

She really sucked. We know that you know she sucked.

Stop insulting our intelligence, FOX.


35 posted on 08/25/2015 2:48:02 PM PDT by mom.mom
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Of course they can. People have just been so cowed by the press for so long, some get all loose in their shorts when someone does slap a media person down, especially if they are slapping them down repeatedly. Maybe people shouldn’t have trusted Fox News all these years after all. Nobody likes to be duped—hence the conflicted emotions. But Donald has a killer instinct and he’s not gonna let up. Good for him.


36 posted on 08/25/2015 2:53:13 PM PDT by ballearthout
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To: Enlightened1

So; Ailes thinks Kelly’s “PERFORMANCE” in the so called debate was the best in journalism?
Just goes to prove that journalists are nothing more than bought and paid for DUMB ASSES.


37 posted on 08/25/2015 3:08:26 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: bigbob

Then those advertisers had better ship their resources over to BONES and CASTLE re-runs, that’s where FOX’s viewers went.


38 posted on 08/25/2015 3:12:26 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Enlightened1

Kelly had a little twerp on last night to smugly chuckle at her biased description and innuendo around his immigration position.

So she spills barrels of virtual ink smearing him, and he can’t tweet out that he didn’t like the show?


39 posted on 08/25/2015 3:15:08 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: All

Trump rally livestream in Iowa 7p ET, 6p CT

http://www.cbsnews.com/live/video/trump-rally-in-dubuque-iowa/


40 posted on 08/25/2015 3:15:43 PM PDT by jimbo123
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