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CONFIRMED.
ETA
Here's the confirmation:
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article56594853.html
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EXCERPT (only posted the most recent update)
The Latest: Trump campaign manager: Trump skipping debate
January 26, 2016 7:27 PM
DES MOINES, Iowa
Here are the latest developments from the 2016 race for president, one week out from the Iowa caucuses. All times local.
6:20 p.m.
Donald Trump's campaign manager says Trump is skipping the next Republican debate.
The Republican candidates are set to square off in the Fox News debate Thursday night, their last debate before Monday's Iowa caucuses.
Trump previously had said he may not show up. But campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said during a Tuesday evening news conference in Marshalltown, Iowa, that the GOP front-runner "will not be participating in the Fox News debate Thursday."
Trump has criticized Fox News for "playing games" and for including anchor Megyn Kelly as a debate moderator. He says Kelly is a third-rate reporter who is bad at her job and shouldn't be allowed to participate.
[...]
ORIGINAL POST:
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box...s-he-probably-wont-take-part-in-foxs-thursday
(fair use applies)
Trump says he 'probably' won't take part in Fox's GOP debate
By Jonathan Easley
January 26, 2016, 06:40 pm; Updated at 6:59 p.m.
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is ratcheting up his fight against Fox News, saying Tuesday that he’s likely to skip the network’s Thursday GOP debate in Iowa because he’s incensed over how they’re treating him.
Speaking at a press conference in Marshalltown, Iowa, Trump said he will “probably” follow through on his threat to sit out Thursday’s prime-time debate — the final debate before the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses.
“I’m going to be making a decision with Fox, but I probably won’t bother doing the debate,” Trump said.
He had initially threatened to pass because he didn’t believe anchor Megyn Kelly, who will moderate Thursday’s debate, would treat him fairly.
The two have been feuding since the first GOP debate in August, when she challenged him on his past statements that were derogatory towards women.
But Wednesday, Trump said the final straw was Fox News’ response to his threat to sit out the debate.
A network spokesperson mocked Trump to several media outlets, saying:
“We learned from a secret back channel that the Ayatollah and Putin both intend to treat Donald Trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president — a nefarious source tells us that Trump has his own secret plan to replace the Cabinet with his Twitter followers to see if he should even go to those meetings.”
Trump fumed over those remarks at the Tuesday press conference, calling it a “wise-guy press release” and accusing Fox and network chairman and CEO Roger Ailes of “playing games.”
“Most likely I’m not going to do the debate,” Trump said. “I didn’t like the fact that they sent out press releases toying, talking about Putin and playing games. I don’t know what games Roger Ailes is playing or what’s wrong over there. But when they sent out that press release talking about it – I said what are these people, playing games? So most likely I won’t be doing the debate.”
Trump said he had told Fox that he’d do the debate if they donated the proceeds to Wounded Warriors. Instead, he said he’ll hold his own event simultaneously with the debate that will raise money for the group.
“We’ll do something else where we raise money for the veterans and Wounded Warriors,” he said. “We’re going to do something simultaneously with the debate.”
Trump said he was putting Fox on notice that they can’t treat him like just another candidate.
“The point is with me, they’re dealing with somebody that’s a little bit different,” he said. “They can’t toy with me like they toy with everybody else, so let them have their debate and let’s see how they do with their ratings.”
ETA
Here's the confirmation:
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article56594853.html
(fair use applies)
EXCERPT (only posted the most recent update)
The Latest: Trump campaign manager: Trump skipping debate
January 26, 2016 7:27 PM
DES MOINES, Iowa
Here are the latest developments from the 2016 race for president, one week out from the Iowa caucuses. All times local.
6:20 p.m.
Donald Trump's campaign manager says Trump is skipping the next Republican debate.
The Republican candidates are set to square off in the Fox News debate Thursday night, their last debate before Monday's Iowa caucuses.
Trump previously had said he may not show up. But campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said during a Tuesday evening news conference in Marshalltown, Iowa, that the GOP front-runner "will not be participating in the Fox News debate Thursday."
Trump has criticized Fox News for "playing games" and for including anchor Megyn Kelly as a debate moderator. He says Kelly is a third-rate reporter who is bad at her job and shouldn't be allowed to participate.
[...]
ORIGINAL POST:
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box...s-he-probably-wont-take-part-in-foxs-thursday
(fair use applies)
Trump says he 'probably' won't take part in Fox's GOP debate
By Jonathan Easley
January 26, 2016, 06:40 pm; Updated at 6:59 p.m.
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is ratcheting up his fight against Fox News, saying Tuesday that he’s likely to skip the network’s Thursday GOP debate in Iowa because he’s incensed over how they’re treating him.
Speaking at a press conference in Marshalltown, Iowa, Trump said he will “probably” follow through on his threat to sit out Thursday’s prime-time debate — the final debate before the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses.
“I’m going to be making a decision with Fox, but I probably won’t bother doing the debate,” Trump said.
He had initially threatened to pass because he didn’t believe anchor Megyn Kelly, who will moderate Thursday’s debate, would treat him fairly.
The two have been feuding since the first GOP debate in August, when she challenged him on his past statements that were derogatory towards women.
But Wednesday, Trump said the final straw was Fox News’ response to his threat to sit out the debate.
A network spokesperson mocked Trump to several media outlets, saying:
“We learned from a secret back channel that the Ayatollah and Putin both intend to treat Donald Trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president — a nefarious source tells us that Trump has his own secret plan to replace the Cabinet with his Twitter followers to see if he should even go to those meetings.”
Trump fumed over those remarks at the Tuesday press conference, calling it a “wise-guy press release” and accusing Fox and network chairman and CEO Roger Ailes of “playing games.”
“Most likely I’m not going to do the debate,” Trump said. “I didn’t like the fact that they sent out press releases toying, talking about Putin and playing games. I don’t know what games Roger Ailes is playing or what’s wrong over there. But when they sent out that press release talking about it – I said what are these people, playing games? So most likely I won’t be doing the debate.”
Trump said he had told Fox that he’d do the debate if they donated the proceeds to Wounded Warriors. Instead, he said he’ll hold his own event simultaneously with the debate that will raise money for the group.
“We’ll do something else where we raise money for the veterans and Wounded Warriors,” he said. “We’re going to do something simultaneously with the debate.”
Trump said he was putting Fox on notice that they can’t treat him like just another candidate.
“The point is with me, they’re dealing with somebody that’s a little bit different,” he said. “They can’t toy with me like they toy with everybody else, so let them have their debate and let’s see how they do with their ratings.”
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