GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump has decided to blow off Thursday's debate – days before Iowa voters assemble to formally begin the 2016 contest.
You know that already. What you might not know is that Fox News - one of the sponsors of the debate - has accused the Trump campaign of "terrorizations" of its employees, i.e., Megyn Kelly.
We’re not sure how Iowans are going to feel about [Trump] walking away from them at the last minute, but it should be clear to the American public by now that this is rooted in one thing – Megyn Kelly, whom he has viciously attacked since August and has now spent four days demanding be removed from the debate stage. Capitulating to politicians’ ultimatums about a debate moderator violates all journalistic standards, as do threats, including the one leveled by Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski toward Megyn Kelly.
In a call on Saturday with a FOX News executive, Lewandowski stated that Megyn had a ‘rough couple of days after that last debate’ and he ‘would hate to have her go through that again.’ Lewandowski was warned not to level any more threats, but he continued to do so. We can’t give in to terrorizations toward any of our employees.
Trump is still welcome at Thursday night’s debate and will be treated fairly, just as he has been during his 132 appearances on FOX News & FOX Business, but he can’t dictate the moderators or the questions.
Here is Trump's Twitter response:
We wonder who gets “Fox & Friends” in this divorce.
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