Monday, January 25, 2016

Trump Says Kelly Should Not Moderate Debate

Donald Trump is continuing his attacks against Fox News host Megyn Kelly less than a week before she and two other Fox anchors are set to moderate the next GOP presidential primary debate.

On Saturday morning, Trump wrote on Twitter that because of Kelly's "conflict of interest," she "should not be allowed to be a moderator of the next debate."

It wasn't immediately clear what Kelly had done to earn Trump's latest attack, but she did interview National Review's editor, Rich Lowry, the night before.

The influential conservative magazine launched an all-out effort to take down Trump, who responded by trashing the "failing" magazine. During her interview with Lowry, Kelly said it was "amusing" that Trump had hailed National Review as a "true conservative voice" in April 2015.

On the same show, Kelly also interviewed Roger Stone, Trump's former political adviser, who defended the front-runner from the National Review's criticism. Washington Times columnist Charles Hurt further told Kelly that he didn't expect the National Review's attack have much of an effect on Trump's supporters.

Business Insider reached out to Fox News for comment. But it would seem unlikely that the network would consider shaking up its talent lineup for next Thursday's debate, which is also set to be moderated by Fox anchors Bret Baier and Chris Wallace.

Fox News has responded in a statement to Mediaite, saying:
“Megyn Kelly has no conflict of interest. Donald Trump is just trying to build up the audience for Thursday’s debate, for which we thank him.”

 Donald Trump spokesperson Katrina Pierson toned down the Republican front-runner's fiery rhetoric on Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly on Sunday, reports Politico.

"There's no love lost between Megyn Kelly and Donald Trump after that first debate, that's been a very publicized disagreement there," Pierson said on CNN's "Reliable Sources", adding that Trump hasn't mentioned anything about skipping Thursday's GOP debate, for which Fox News is partnering with Google and YouTube. "But, I think it's going to be fine."

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