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Is Donald Trump Succeeding At Bullying Fox News Over Megyn Kelly?

Posted by Ellen -7841.60pc on January 26, 2016 · Flag

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Donald Trump is going full tilt against Megyn Kelly again, on Twitter and in the press and according to New York Magazine’s Gabriel Sherman, Fox CEO Roger Ailes is starting to sweat.

On CNN yesterday, Trump followed up his demand that Kelly be removed from the upcoming Fox News Republican candidates’ debate with insults and threats – including a not-so-veiled threat to spill the beans about some dark secret she may have.

Trump told Wolf Blitzer that he’ll “probably” take part in the debate. But moments later, he threatened not to:

TRUMP: I’m not a fan of Megyn Kelly. I don’t like her. She probably doesn’t like me and that’s OK but she’d better be fair. I’d like to go to the debate. I enjoyed the debates. I’ve done well in the debates. Every single poll has said I’ve won every debate. But we’re gonna see what happens. Gonna be exciting.

“Nothing’s 100%” on whether he’ll be there, Trump said. “If I think I’m gonna be treated unfairly, I’ll do something else.”

“I don’t think she can treat me fairly, actually,” Trump added. “I think she’s very biased and I don’t think she can treat me fairly 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 also threw in the dig, “I might be the best thing that ever happened to her. Whoever even heard of her before the last debate?” Probably millions, Donald. Kelly was profiled in The New York Times and Variety, appeared on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show and Late Night with Seth Meyers and was repeatedly skewered by Jon Stewart, all before her famous debate confrontation with Trump on August 6. That’s not counting her little prime time show on Fox News five nights a week.

Trump also said menacingly on CNN, “I’m not a big fan of hers. Maybe I know too much about her.”

Blitzer did not press for more details.

Fox fired back at Trump, saying, “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.”

But Trump is not backing down. Tonight, he went after Kelly again on Twitter:

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And Sherman sees weakness behind Fox’s bluster. He writes:

The timid response – by Ailesian standards – is more evidence that the Fox chief is struggling to draft a playbook to deal with Trump. According to a Fox source, Ailes’s senior executives convened an emergency conference call on Sunday to discuss Fox’s Trump strategy. Two more sources told me that Ailes is becoming increasingly worried about leaks from inside Fox. He’s tasked his lawyer Peter Johnson Jr. with running an investigation to ferret out sources.

As I previously wrote, I think it’s highly unlikely Trump will skip the debate. But whether or not Megyn Kelly pulls her punches as a moderator is another question entirely.

Stay tuned!

Trump’s January 25th CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer is below. The portion about the Fox debate starts at about 9:55.

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Joseph West commented 2016-01-27 01:37:30 -0500 · Flag
@ marco: In fairness to Cruz, Mapquest does offer a new map feature to “avoid Donald.” (http://www.mapquest.com/avoidtrump/ )

And there is a #AvoidTrump out there as well.

(And PLEASE. Let this be the LAST time I ever have to be “fair” to Ted Cruz.)
Antoinette commented 2016-01-27 00:34:51 -0500 · Flag
Dave Wright, Trumpster will not appear at the debate after stating he will do a fundraiser for the vets. If he does do the debate he will be seen as a flip-flopper which his opponents will use against him. Plus, a few of his supporters will begin to question the man’s ability to run the nation.
marco commented 2016-01-26 22:21:06 -0500 · Flag
Cruz on hannity telling peeps to go to duckingdonald.com to complain about him avoiding debate. There’s no such website on my internet but I guess Cruz may have a direct hotline to the Internet of God. Yes, it’s about increasing viewership just like the MSNBC debate. What’s scarier than these not so hopefuls is the millions of minions supporting these narcissists. Cruz challenges Trump for a one on one.
truman commented 2016-01-26 20:35:42 -0500 · Flag
@doors 17. I agree. T-Rump will be there. He can’t resist the limelight.

Jabba the Ailes has tasked his lawyer Peter Johnson Jr. with running an investigation to ferret out sources. LMAO. Penis 3 couldn’t ferret out a fly on a horse turd.
doors17 commented 2016-01-26 19:18:06 -0500 · Flag
Dave Wright, I was about to say the same thing you did. It’s a con to get attention for the debate for ratings and get people talking about will he or won’t he for the next two days who otherwise wouldn’t know or care much. It’s free publicity for everyone involved.
Bob Roberts commented 2016-01-26 18:52:57 -0500 · Flag
Britt Hume is sweating right about now.
Barbara S commented 2016-01-26 17:59:03 -0500 · Flag
If you check that link, it’s a photo of him with that mid-bowel movement puss, and people retelling him he must go to the debate.
lo commented 2016-01-26 17:58:50 -0500 · Flag
What a pussy. Calls everyone else weak and a loser, but a woman challenges his real ability to lead a country and he calls her “unfair”.
Barbara S commented 2016-01-26 17:57:01 -0500 · Flag
Ugh- here’s how he’ll get out of this:

Should I do the #GOPdebate? https://www.instagram.com/p/BBAvs0rmheW/

And his minions will swoon, and he just HAVE to do the debates- his fans demand it!
Eyes On Fox commented 2016-01-26 17:03:22 -0500 · Flag
I think it was Howie Kurtz I saw interview Trump over the weekend. While Howie defended Megyn against The Donald’s diaper filling, his pushback against the man in a muskrat toupee wasn’t nearly as forceful as I’d expect Howie to defend a fellow Foxie. In fact, the defense was quite pathetic.
Dave Wright commented 2016-01-26 13:32:36 -0500 · Flag
Geezus, don’t you people know when you are being had? This is a beautiful PR stunt that is guaranteed to help Fox’s ratings Thursday. You know Trump is going to be there. You know Ms. Kelly is going to be there. This is a scam of the first order. Don’t fall for this crap.
Joseph West commented 2016-01-26 11:55:44 -0500 · Flag
Well, one thing’s for certain. Megyn will NOT go quietly if the network tries to drop her.
She’s a lawyer by training and I’ll bet she knows “where the bodies are hidden.”
Richard Santalone commented 2016-01-26 10:46:34 -0500 · Flag
@ w d Here’s your answer:

Because the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of Fox viewers have been trained from their childhoods to RESPECT, BELIEVE, AND BLINDLY OBEY authority figures — not to THINK FOR THEMSELVES, DO RESEARCH AND ASK QUESTIONS!
Richard Santalone commented 2016-01-26 10:26:21 -0500 · Flag
From David Lindsay’s comment:

“Maybe we are gonna be treated to a gang of plumbers breaking and entering here and there.”

Dear David: That would only prove the following:

JABBA THE AILES IS NOTHING BUT A BIG FAT DRIP!

;^)
David Lindsay commented 2016-01-26 10:21:06 -0500 · Flag
Shades of Richard Nixon! Ailes is increasingly worried about leaks from inside Faux. Maybe we are gonna be treated to a gang of plumbers breaking and entering here and there. They can find an abundance of bad toupees inside Trump’s place.
w d commented 2016-01-26 10:19:15 -0500 · Flag
How come so few Fox viewers know that a Saudi Prince is part owner of Fox?
Sir Rock commented 2016-01-26 09:27:03 -0500 · Flag
When trumps ego bubble bursts there will be a ten mile radius of rotten brains and bad hair……it’ll be yoooooge!








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