Cruz: Trump Skipped CPAC Because He Heard Megyn Kelly Was Coming

UNITED STATES - MARCH 4: Republican presidential candidate Texas Senator Ted Cruz speaks at the American Conservative Union's CPAC conference at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., on Friday, March 4, 2016. (Photo By ... UNITED STATES - MARCH 4: Republican presidential candidate Texas Senator Ted Cruz speaks at the American Conservative Union's CPAC conference at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., on Friday, March 4, 2016. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS

During his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, Sen Ted Cruz (R-TX) joked that Donald Trump had canceled his scheduled speech at the confab because he didn’t want to face Fox News host Megyn Kelly.

“Donald Trump is skipping CPAC. I think somebody told him Megan Kelly was going to be here,” Cruz said to cheers from the crowd. “Or even worse, was told there were conservative that were going to be here. Or even worse he was told there were libertarians that were going to be here. Or even worse, they were told there were young people who were going to be here. Not all of you have a degree from Trump University.”

Trump was scheduled to speak at CPAC on Saturday morning, but canceled that appearance on Friday in order to hold a rally in Wichita, Kansas instead.

The real estate mogul has publicly butted heads with Kelly ever since she asked a question about his derogatory remarks toward women at a Republican presidential debate in August.

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  1. Finally learning how to play the game Trump is playing. It’s going to be interesting.

  2. Cruz: Trump Skipped CPAC Because He Heard Megyn Kelly Was Coming

    from her wherever?

  3. Nah

    That insult form was akin to ‘mad libs’.

    Now he has a receptive audience, but if that’s the best he has…

  4. Ah Ted Cruz… If only your ideas, speaking voice, and face in general, didn’t cause everyone you come into contact with to loathe you…

    No… wait… still wouldn’t be elected President.

  5. Avatar for okay okay says:

    Trump and Kelly act like they really like each other: it’s like those old Hollywood movies, like some of us still watch.

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