Posted on 01/28/2016 6:13:01 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Corey Lewandowski, the campaign manager for 2016 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, exposed a blatant conflict of interest on Wednesday that the Fox News Channel has been hiding for months.
Lewandowski showed how Fox News has been hiding the fact that Fox News Channel Vice President Bill Sammon has a daughter working for the campaign of the Washington establishment-backed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL).
Sammon's daughter, Brooke Sammon, is Rubio's national press secretary, and obviously both have a vested interest in the success of the Rubio campaign and the demise of the other campaigns.
CNN's Erin Burnett asked Lewandowski about Fox News's controversial anti-Trump statement from Tuesday evening--and specifically the network's claim that the top Trump aide had allegedly made threats against Fox News anchor and Thursday debate co-moderator Megyn Kelly--when he responded by dropping the explosive revelation.
Lewandowski revealed two things for the first time: that the executive he was discussing matters with was Bill Sammon, and that Sammon's daughter Brooke Sammon works for Rubio's campaign, giving the first-term Floridian Senator an obvious boost. That blatant conflict of interest has never before been disclosed to the viewers of Fox News by the network.
"Not only did I not make threats, but the conversation with the Fox News executive--his daughter works for the Rubio campaign, he's one of the executives on Fox that writes the debate questions so maybe he has his own ulterior motives, I'm not sure," Lewandowski told Burnett in the Wednesday evening CNN interview. He went on:
But his daughter is a senior executive on the Rubio campaign, maybe he should disclose that before he's writing the debate questions for Fox.
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No one has mentioned that the CNN Deputy Chief Virginia Moseley is married to Tom Nides who is on the Hillary staff.
Trump stumped on nuclear triad. Rubio explains it...made me ponder.
Rubio was supplied the Qs.. remember him answering them at warp speed so he could cram his rehearsed responses in?
Yes.. .I’m sure of it.
Speaking of skullduggery, I notice Trump fans have never managed to come up with a believable theory as to why Trump had a nice long telephone chat with Bubba Clinton mere days before launching his campaign.
“No problem, my friend... they’re hungry for someone like me. Just as I always do, I’ll tell them what they need to hear and lead them down that primrose path, just give me time to get enough of them into my corner. Just give Hillary a hug for me and tell her I have her back.”
Will enjoy this thread even more tomorrow as having served a preview of Rubio pwning Cruz with questions fed to Fox through that backchannel:
Whhhheeeeeee! Meanwhile Cruz sputters at Trump, who is on CNN doing a telethon for Wounded Warriors.
Apparently you've never seen Rubio in other interviews. Do you think everyone at the other networks gives him a prior look at the questions as well?
You really think that a VP over at Fox can’t give his kid a job? Are you nuts?
lol
If Trump cared enough at the time to actually consult military experts, vs. -- as he himself admitted -- "watching the shows," he might've had a better understanding of the nuclear triad is.
Sorry, but your guy simply isn't as brilliant as you make him out to be.
I do remember that..and you are right. It is possible he got those questions given that the father of one of his workers ran that debate.
Actually the whole debate should be called off for this. It is the responsibility of the media to reveal their bias and let the people, candidates choose if they believe the moderators can be trusted.
Is Rubio getting the questions? He sounds like he is repeating from memory sometimes.
Exactly! Cruz crew is too busy celebrating Trump being out, and then mocking him for it. It’s as if they expect Cruz is going to get more mic time at the debate.
After all the previous debates where Cruz has had to claw and clamor for the mic, what makes his supporters think FOX is just going to hand it to him? This is FOX’s chance to promote RUBIO and they will have RUBIO going after Cruz.
Why the Cruz team can’t see this is beyond me.
So much for Cruz fighting the DC cartel! I hope this wakes a few people up. Instead, he is busy working to help them by mocking Trump. Disgusting.
The point is it should be announced. Then it would be honest. It’s when they hide these relationships. Easy enough for Fox to announce the debate manager has a daughter involved in Rubio’s campaign.
Other people do that all the time.
Superb point. Why should Fox be dictating the conditions and terms of the debate? Given the conflict between Kelly and Trump at the first debate, why would Fox be allowed to make her presence as non-negotiable? Shouldn’t the interests of the candidates and the public come first? Kelly isn’t running for office. The RNC should have demanded that Kelly be dropped just like they removed NR from the moderator role in an upcoming debate.
Yes! He seems rehearsed.
” Trump supporters are starting to see boogie men around every corner.”
Yep... if The Donald didn’t come out looking blindingly brilliant and someone got the best of him in the debate, there must be a conspiracy.
There just must be.
Where and when did Trump EVER say that HE alone was to be the one who picked moderators? He has not claimed or asserted that.
The fact the snowflakes he is BEATING in the polls, don’t step up and demand fair treatment is on them. They want to be abused that’s their right.
She’s had multiple jobs. They are listed on her linked in profile. You want to pretend her daddy didn’t have any influence re getting her on the staff of several republicans in DC?
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