Fox News slammed Republican frontrunner Donald Trump Friday night for his “sick obsession” with host Megyn Kelly after the real estate mogul called on supporters to boycott her evening news show.
A Fox News spokesperson said Trump’s “vitriolic attacks” on Kelly are undignified from a candidate running for the for the nation’s highest office.
“Donald Trump’s vitriolic attacks against Megyn Kelly and his extreme, sick obsession with her is beneath the dignity of a presidential candidate who wants to occupy the highest office in the land,” the spokesperson said in a statement provided to TPM.
Trump’s one-sided feud with Kelly dates back to the first Republican debate hosted by Fox News last summer, when the freshly minted presidential candidate took issue with Kelly’s line of questioning.
After that, Trump for weeks lobbed insults at Kelly, insulating the Fox News host must’ve been menstruating during the debate and calling her a “bimbo.”
Here’s the full statement from Fox News, provided to TPM:
Donald Trump’s vitriolic attacks against Megyn Kelly and his extreme, sick obsession with her is beneath the dignity of a presidential candidate who wants to occupy the highest office in the land. Megyn is an exemplary journalist and one of the leading anchors in America — we’re extremely proud of her phenomenal work and continue to fully support her throughout every day of Trump’s endless barrage of crude and sexist verbal assaults. As the mother of three young children, with a successful law career and the second highest rated show in cable news, it’s especially deplorable for her to be repeatedly abused just for doing her job
Pig shit calling pig shit, pig shit.
Hard to believe this big nasty baby is in the running to be president of the USA. Talk about childish, disgusting. He continues to outdo himself, I’m amazed. The GOP has become a laughingstock to the entire world at this point, and maybe the entire USA for enabling such to happen. This has become the reality show of the century, sorry to say. I’m tuned in for the laughs and entertainment. The country has already gone to hell anyhow, so what’s to lose? A lot more, I know. The country is maybe still salvageable but … with the GOP and their Trump, seems hopeless. And Hillary isn’t really any better, less threatening to most countries and people, but still a Neo Con at heart and in her actions. The implosion of the country will just be slower under Clinton.
Much as I loathe FOX, what they say is close to the truth. Just the bit about her being one of the “leading” anchors is crap. But, then, it’s FOX, isn’t it.
I could understand being obsessed with her. Well, until that haircut anyway. Eew.
I’m so entertained with all the infighting…
Carry on little children.