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Trump To Skip Debate: Why Is FOX News Playing Games With Me? (VIDEO)
Real Clear Politics ^ | 1/26/2015

Posted on 01/27/2016 4:56:28 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Presidential candidate Donald Trump said he is "most likely" not going to participate in Thursday's night Republican debate hosted by FOX News Channel and moderated in part by Megyn Kelly. Trump made the comments at a Tuesday evening press conference in Marshalltown, Iowa.

Trump said he would probably hold a charity event a charity event to raise money for veterans and the Wounded Warrior Project.

DONALD TRUMP: I told FOX you should give money to the Wounded Warriors. I'm not a fan of Megyn Kelly. I think she's a third-rate reporter, frankly, not good at what she does. They could do a lot better than Megyn Kelly. I'm going to make a decision with FOX but i probably won't bother doing the debate. they picked me as number one. Not only number one, number one by far.

Probably I won't be doing the debate. I'm going to have something else in Iowa, do something where we raise money for the veterans and the wounded warriors. We're going to do something simultaneously with the debate. Most likely I'm not going to do the debate...

I don't know what games Roger Ailes is playing, but what's wrong over there, something's wrong. But when they sent out that press release talking about, I said why are these people playing games? Most likely I won't be doing the debate.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bfac; debates; election2016; foxnetwork; foxnews; iowa; megynkelly; newyork; rogerailes; rupertmurdoch; trump; trumplessdebate; trumpskipdebate

1 posted on 01/27/2016 4:56:28 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
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2 posted on 01/27/2016 4:58:45 AM PST by OwenKellogg (Trump all the way.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
No "most likely" about it.


3 posted on 01/27/2016 4:59:17 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: OwenKellogg

THERE IS TRUTH THAT TRUMP IS WINNING! EVERY LEGITIMATE POLL SAYS SO!

LOL


4 posted on 01/27/2016 5:05:14 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel ("God only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defence." (Psa 62:2))
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DT is toying with FNC and must believe all the polls except the part where everyone does not love him. DT can dish it but he can’t take it as all not on the koolaid see. He has the temperament of a spoiled child.
DT’s trashing of Vander Plaat does not bode well for him in Iowa.


5 posted on 01/27/2016 5:08:38 AM PST by libbylu (Cruz: The truth with a smile.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Another brilliant move at getting the news cycle to concentrate on him alone:-) Let the others trash each other and Trump but in the meanwhile Trump is Winning:-)


6 posted on 01/27/2016 5:09:42 AM PST by Harpotoo
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Yep!!


7 posted on 01/27/2016 5:12:15 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel ("God only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defence." (Psa 62:2))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Ha! Your candidate is a coward! LOL. Afraid of a girl armed with hard questions. :-)

This really shows Trump’s cowardice. He knows he’d fumble the debate, so he chickens out. Hilarious! :-D


8 posted on 01/27/2016 5:36:05 AM PST by Theo (Trump = French Revolution. Cruz = American Revolution. Choose wisely.)
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“Trump To Skip Debate: Why Is FOX News Playing Games With Me? (VIDEO)”

Because Fox News is not in your camp and you walked right into their trap.


9 posted on 01/27/2016 5:36:24 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (The Trump/Cruz war is a media generated war so the establishment can stay in power.)
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To: Theo

Ha! Your candidate is a non-NBC! LOL.


10 posted on 01/27/2016 5:51:05 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel ("God only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defence." (Psa 62:2))
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From what I’ve read, regardless of how one views Mr. Trump’s behavior, Fox was definitely out of bounds and partisan. Aren’t they supposed to maintain at least a veneer of disinterest if they are hosting the debate? I think RNC should have stepped up on this. Love him or hate him, Trump is one of their candidates.


11 posted on 01/27/2016 6:28:47 AM PST by JustSurrounded
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Ah. So you’re a birther now, hm?

Just a few weeks ago your messiah Trump was floating the idea of bringing on Ted Cruz as his VP. A few weeks ago Trump had concluded that Ted Cruz was eligible to be president. But the polls changed (not the US Constitution), and so your messiah Trump, Donald Duck, flip flopped.

Whew. It must suck to be so enamored with such a cowardly candidate.

I, on the other hand, absolutely love that Trump is showing his cowardly character. Donald Ducks the Debate. LOL. :-)

As an aside, are you a former Army Captain? Because I don’t understand how you could post so much pro-Trump stuff if you were currently in the service.


12 posted on 01/27/2016 7:00:15 AM PST by Theo (Trump = French Revolution. Cruz = American Revolution. Choose wisely.)
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Ah. So you insult me and act surprised when I answered back... bitter now, hm?


13 posted on 01/27/2016 7:25:58 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel ("God only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defence." (Psa 62:2))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

;-)


14 posted on 01/27/2016 7:29:49 AM PST by Theo (Trump = French Revolution. Cruz = American Revolution. Choose wisely.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Why is Trump playing games with FOX?


15 posted on 01/27/2016 8:03:56 AM PST by duffee (CRUZ 2016)
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Go Trump!!


16 posted on 01/27/2016 8:15:07 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel ("God only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defence." (Psa 62:2))
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To: Theo

:)


17 posted on 01/27/2016 8:15:39 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel ("God only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defence." (Psa 62:2))
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“Go Trump!!”

That’s an answer? I could just post CRUZ, CRUZ, CRUZ, CRUZ, I’m sure that would influence someone.


18 posted on 01/27/2016 8:27:10 AM PST by duffee (CRUZ 2016)
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To: duffee

Go Trump!!


19 posted on 01/27/2016 9:18:41 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel ("God only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defence." (Psa 62:2))
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I'm skeptical about Trump motives and I don't know how his no show at the debate will hurt his campaign but the Fox News Moderators made Candy Crowley like a fair and unbiased moderator in the Romney-Obama debate.

There was an obvious plan by the Fox News moderators to ambush Trump in the Fox News debate and bring him down to destroy his presidential hopes

Megan Kelly strutted into the debate acting like Mohamed Ali walking into the ring or like Bill Clinton doing his victory march down the walkway into the Democrat Convention after impeachment. She showed and attitude of absolute self importance and arrogance walking up to the moderator table.

Trump is smart to avoid getting ambushed again and lets face it - one of the best tricks the Democrat dirty tricks and smear machine has pulled against Republicans is tying them to Fox News, which is reviled and reflexively hated by the Democrat's Progressive Left and also many other potential less radical 1980’s Reagan Democrats who may become Trump Democrats in 2016.

No way are the Democrat going to be able to tar Trump with the Fox News brush this time around and the fact that he is publicly feuding with Fox may actually make it easier for the 2016 Trump Democrats to throw their support to Trump and vote for him in 2016

Nobody is emerging to

20 posted on 01/27/2016 12:25:56 PM PST by rdcbn ("If what has happened here is not treason, it is its first cousin." Zell Miller)
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