Trump Threatens To Skip Fox Debate If Megyn Kelly Treats Him ‘Unfairly’

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Donald Trump on Monday said he wasn’t 100 percent sure that he will attend the Thursday Republican presidential debate moderated by Fox News, renewing the feud he started with Megyn Kelly after the first Republican debate.

“I don’t like her. She doesn’t treat me fairly. I’m not a big fan of hers at all,” Trump told CNN on Thursday, adding that Kelly “better be fair” to him while moderating the debate.

He said on Monday that he won’t attend the debate unless he thinks he will be treated fairly.

“If I think I’m going to be treated unfairly, I’ll do something else. But I don’t think she can treat me fairly, actually. I think she’s very biased,” he told CNN. “But that doesn’t mean I don’t do the debate. I like doing the debates. I’ve won every single debate according to every poll.”

Trump on Saturday said that Kelly should not be allowed to moderate the debate because she is is biased.

During his Monday interview on CNN, Trump also credited himself with Kelly’s success as a Fox News host.

“I might be the best thing that ever happened to her,” he said. “Who ever even heard of her before the last debate?”

In a Monday statement, Fox News brushed off Trump’s threats to boycott the debate.

“Sooner or later Donald Trump, even if he’s president, is going to have to learn that he doesn’t get to pick the journalists — we’re very surprised he’s willing to show that much fear about being questioned by Megyn Kelly,” the network said, according to CNN.

Watch part of Trump’s interview on CNN:

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  1. So he might skip it based on what he does not know will happen. Funny. If he had balls, he’d walk out of the debate if he felt it was unfair. Love to see this clown do that.

  2. if he had balls they’d be yuuugggggeee…

    on the other hand… if he walked out wouldn’t he be tacitly admitting he’d let a woman castrate him?

  3. Broadcast news programs live and die by access. We all watch these shows wondering “Why didn’t they ask him/her about…?!” The next day various blogs report about the interview and detail in 100 ways the various sensitive subjects or elephants in the room that were ignored or soft-pedaled.
    Fox won’t admit it, and it may prattle on about how Trump can take a hike before presuming to dictate their terms of coverage. But in the end Fox, along with everyone else, will do whatever is necessary to maintain access to the big names they need on their shows for ratings; journalistic standards, independence and integrity be damned. Trump knows this. Kelly likely keeps her moderator slot, but you can bet money Ailes will counsel her to tread lightly and to be sure to evenly spread around the hard stuff, despite Trump deserving more scrutiny than all the others. You can also bet Ailes tells Kelly their little talk didn’t happen if he’s asked about it.

  4. Poor, pitiful Donald is going to stay home, cause Kelly might harm his delicate feelings! What a phucking wuss/crybaby!

  5. Little boy’s going to have another tantrum .
    And all because Megyn refuses to kiss his a$$ .

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