The magazine’s Gabriel Sherman did not elaborate on the nature of the threats, which he attributed to “one high-level source”. Kelly asked. “What I say is what I say”. “And to be honest with you, this country doesn’t have time either”.
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The conservative-oriented TV network has given the blustery billionaire a huge amount of favorable coverage in recent weeks as Trump climbed to the top of the presidential polls among Republicans. Ted Cruz. NBC News conducted an online poll, and the Republican primary voters said they would vote for Trump if the election were to be held now.
It’s important to be cautious when interpreting day-to-day polling results, but the data provides suggestive evidence that continued media coverage of the controversy related to Trump’s comments may very well be eroding his support, especially among women.
The Republican businessman insists he said nothing inappropriate, but that did little to silence his critics.
But the backlash went both ways.
Kelly and Trump have “agreed to disagree”, according to Kelly.
Kelly addressed the Trump dust-up on-air Monday night.
“Regardless, the snub fueled speculation that Trump was boycotting Fox, which, clearly caused consternation from the top brass at the network”, Cillizza writes.
Megyn Kelly didn’t come up. Trump leads the field with 16.6 percent support, besting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s 12 percent.
In a statement Monday evening, Ailes described the conversation as “blunt but cordial” and said the air had been cleared.
In a Tuesday morning interview on CNN’s “New Day“, Trump told Chris Cuomo that he is “the most fabulous whiner” when confronted with an opinion piece that criticized him using the same label. “He called me and I have no problem”. Ailes later confirmed he spoke to Trump and said he assured the real estate magnate “we will continue to cover this campaign with fairness and balance. That showed such weakness”, said Trump, who vowed that something similar would never happen to him.
Gross. Naturally, every thinking and/or sane person was horrified by Trump’s comments, including, one would assume, Kelly herself. “I want to run as a Republican but I do want to keep that door open in case I don’t get treated fairly”.
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But Ms Kelly told her viewers she “will not apologise for doing good journalism”. A full 41 percent of New Hampshire voters sympathetic to Trump’s ideas also “don’t think he has the temperament to be President”.
