Posted on 01/27/2016 4:25:09 AM PST by jimbo123
Donald Trump's campaign manager gave no ground on Wednesday morning after a Fox News statement singled him out, suggesting that he threatened the network with "terrorizations" of debate co-moderator Megyn Kelly.
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Asked about Ted Cruz's call for a one-on-one debate before Monday's caucuses in Iowa, Lewandowski said the Texas senator's campaign was not the only one to reach out asking if they could participate in the Trump campaign's event for wounded warriors and veterans on Thursday night in Des Moines.
"Well, look, he's not the only one. We've had calls from many debates, from many of the candidates now, to say look, why would we participate in the Fox debate as well? I think what you're finding out, once again, you have the candidates reacting to the only true leader in this race, which is Donald Trump," Lewandowski claimed. "He leads, and all of a sudden everyone realizes that, hey, maybe it's not the best idea to be involved in these debates, maybe we should leave as well. So I had a number of calls yesterday with some of the other campaigns who said hey, can we come and join you in raising money for the Wounded Warriors and the veterans, because, you know, Fox isn't going to be fair to you, what makes them think they're going to be fair to us?"
As for whether more could bolt the Thursday night debate, Lewandowski demurred.
"Well, it's very possible," he said. "Obviously, they have to do what they think is best for their campaign, but they reached out to us proactively so they could be part of our debate, our event, which we're going to do on Thursday night in Des Moines, and so we'll see what happens."
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Both of you mad every interesting inside baseball comments in 31 and 36 regarding RNC/GOPe rules.
Funny how it becomes more and more clear Trump is RNC/GOPe’s man.
Thanks.
Huh?
Cruz issued a challenge to debate one on one.
Trump takes it up and says tomorrow night at 9 pm.
Roger Ailes can fix this problem...which he, himself created!!! Megyn Kelly is going to take Fox News Channel down, She now has human vermin like butthead, Michael Moore and nustcase, ego-maniac, Glenn Beck on every night!!! I suggest that Mr. Ailes replace Megyn Kelly with Maria Bartiromo as a moderator for Thursday’s evening debate!!! Both CNN and MSNBC are destroying FNC with every chance they get!!! Trump will win this one big time!!! And....shame on every FNC employee that stand behind Ailes & Kelly!!! Watched a minute or two of Fox & Friends This morning.....wanted to throw up....switched immediately to “Morning Joe” on MSNBC!!! GO DONALD TRUMP!!!
Yeah Megyyynnn is a complete nutbar. Her obsessive ‘gonna get Trump’ Tweet to her dingbat sidekick. See at post #62.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3389122/posts?page=62#62
Chris Stirewalt....another Megyn Kelly robot....minus a brain!!!
And Megyn Kelly cozied up to Michael Moore on her program. Seems everybody is sleeping with the enemy.
So, do you walk into an ambush or do you refuse?
Personally, I think it’s stupid to do what we’ve been telling republicans for years not to do.
Trump made a good decision.
So many are encouraging Custer to ignore everything, just go to the Little Big Horn.
Fox news is out, without Trump the debate will not be watched.
Jim Gilmore would still be there. Is this his first debate appearance? LOL
Hey maybe they'll move all the candidates into the last debate to make up for Trump. No more kiddie table.
If Trump is GOPe, they sure have been doing a bad job supporting him! Are you serious??
“I would never vote for a leader who is.. scared of a girl.. and scared of unfair questions”
Ah, the liberal spin.
Funny to see ‘conservatives’ side with the liberal media. Talk about a lack of values.
You probably think Candy Crowley did a good job too.
hypocrites!
Yeah right. Skip the debate and be a spoiled brat like Trump. Trump is acting like a spoiled brat. The big blond girl might be mean to me so I’m taking the ball and going home.
Cruz’s challenge was to discuss the issues on mark Levin’s radio show. Is Trump afraid Mark Levin might be mean to him.
Open your eyes people.
I always thought the whole kidde table idea was stupid.
Of course, I always thought calling them 'debates' was stupid, too, since they're really just glorified dog and pony shows.
“Trump has reneged on a deal he made.”
Deal?
Nobody promised to attend the debates.
I suppose you think Reagan should’ve stayed in the talks with Soviets the time he walked, thereby letting them win.
He’s in first.
Do you understand how it works?
Sorry. Disagree.
It was a set up, and a good leader doesn’t walk into an ambush.
If Trump agrees for tomorrow night and Cruz backs down, then we know who has the spine to stand up and disagree with the republican handlers.
And Trump could have had his chance to tell her just that, make a big point of it in fact. Instead, he took to the hills. I’m also a bit pi$$ed about him using veterans as cover for his little side show. It’s like the Dems always do, “It’s for the children!” Just like he did when he was asked to respond to accusations that he shared liberal NY values, he wrapped himself in the 9/11 flag.
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