In a change of pace, Donald Trump very politely turned down the invitation to attend Megyn Kelly’s two-hour special, called “The Kelly File: Face to Face with Candidates,” on Wednesday in Houston, Texas.
“The campaign has a previous engagement in Virginia and then New York, which could not be rescheduled. Given this was just proposed at the last minute it was not possible to change our plans in order to attend. Mr. Trump looks forward to participating in the next FOX News debate,” Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks wrote in an email to CNN on Monday evening.
Kelly affirmed the polite decline on Twitter on Monday.
Trump’s team is correct-we only scheduled this last-minute. They were very polite & we’re happy we’ll see him in MI. https://t.co/zkp4l4ghrf
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) February 23, 2016
There is also a Republican presidential debate hosted by CNN on Thursday at the University of Houston. Trump will attend the Texas debate as well the Fox News debate in Detroit on March 3.
Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson will be interviewed by Kelly either in-person or via satellite at Wednesday’s voter summit. It airs at 9 p.m. ET.
