Posted on 08/07/2015 7:46:03 AM PDT by GoneSalt
GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump and his supporters are crying foul over what they consider to be tough treatment by Fox News and in particular Megyn Kelly at Thursday night's debate. They are calling for a ban on Kelly at future GOP showdowns.
For anyone who watched even the first few minutes of the first 2016 Republican presidential candidate debate Thursday night, it was clear that Fox News was out to sandbag Trump. Taking to social media after the debate, it was clear that "The Donald" was far from pleased with the conservative news network.
When the highly anticipated debate of the crowded field of Republican presidential hopefuls began, the first question, asked by the team of Fox News personalities who acted as the evening's moderators, was clearly aimed at one of the ten contenders on stage.
"Is there anyone on stage, and can I see hands, who is unwilling tonight to pledge your support to the eventual nominee of the Republican Party and pledge to not run an independent campaign against that person," asked Fox News' Bret Baier.
The lone hand that went up was that of frontrunner Donald Trump, who is enjoying a double-digit lead in the polls. Trump's move prompted both cheers and jeers from the audience in Cleveland and gave his challengers their first opportunity to jump on the billionaire former TV reality show star.
"Maybe he runs as an independent," said Sen. Rand Paul, who is trailing Trump by 20 points. "He's already hedging his bets."
"That question -- statement was absolutely aimed at me," Trump said during a phone interview on "Fox and Friends" Friday morning, adding "I didn't think it was appropriate, but that's OK."
The second obvious slam to Trump came from Fox's Megyn Kelly whose question was neither about policy nor politics, but about the thrice married businessman's history of calling women he doesn't like "fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals." Kelly further noted an instance on Trump's reality show "The Apprentice" where he alluded to seeing a female contestant on her knees.
The questions that were given to Trump were not hard, they were ‘sexist’ and they were meant to bring him ‘down’ because the MSM, RINOs, GOPe, and the libtards are scared to death of him...
He can say things about people, all kinds of people he has dealt with, and it would ruin them, and they know that, that is why he is such a danger to these people....
From now to Nov 2016, things could get very interesting.
They were not tough questions. I didn’t like his whining like a little b**** afterward, but they weren’t tough. Now they WERE only intended to make Trump look bad (GOPe in tank for Bush) and were not proper debate questions.
Quite frankly, I am sick of all Media soft-balling who they like and attacking who they don’t.
But tough questions? I’d actually love to see some.
Nice pic. Would be better if she was in the kitchen, making me a sammich.
Comments kb both Megan and Fox FB were in the thousands. With internal replies tens of thousands. Have never seen as much vitriol in one place at one time. Many calls for her dismissal YOUR FIRE! Fox was looser last night
If you look like a ‘call girl’ your going to get treated like one, and that’s what she appeared to be last night...
She is ‘to important in her own mind’ to see that how she acts and looks are just as important as what she TRYS to say but can’t....
Trump said that she basically wasn’t plying fair. Is that always his go-to answer? I have heard that song and dance before.
Trump said that “I cannot say. I have to respect the person, who is not me.” pertaining to if he would support the GOP nominee if hit were not him.
Play fair... Me, me, me.
All about ME! That seems to be what he likes to say.
A slimy attack by Fox from the get-go. Thanks a lot, Roger Ailes.
I thought the moderators in the 5 PM “Happy Hour” debate conducted themselves in a much more professional and appropriate manner. Much of he prime time telecast seemed to be more of a debate between Megyn Kelly and Donald Trump.
She would have you making her sammich. LOL.
Hasn’t Kelly been married almost as many times as Trump? Where does she get off judging him?
To paraphrase Andrew Dice Clay: “Why doesn’t Megyn wear a watch? Because there’s a clock on the [effin] oven!”
Playing. ;)
How come her feet are so small? So she can stand closer to the stove!
From the start I thought Greta should have been in Kelly’s place.
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