A statement from Fox News said Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes had three brief conversations with Trump about possibly appearing at the debate, denying the real estate tycoon’s claims that Ailes called “multiple” times.
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The network added, “We explained that was not possible and we could not engage in a quid pro quo, nor could any money change hands for any reason”.
Megyn Kelly confronted all candidates during the night.
Many legal experts say Trump is wrong about Cruz.
“Donald did not want his record challenged”, Cruz said, explaining why Trump skipped Thursday’s Republican debate.
And Ted Cruz began targeting Marco Rubio in an ad Thursday, a sign the Texan sees his fellow senator as a strong competitor in Iowa.
Trump also said he didn’t like the Supreme Court decision that allows for same-sex marriage because such a decision should be made at a state level so he would “strongly consider” appointing justices to overrule the high court decision. “But then when those wars and that economic dislocation comes back home, it’s ‘whoa, wait a minute, we wanted to keep all the consequences of our wars far away – and safe for us”, the analyst noted. “And that goes for the country, when you’re not treated properly you have to stick up for your rights”. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speak during a commercial break in the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate at the North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center on January 14, 2016 in North Charleston, South Carolina.
“I’m a maniac and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly”, Cruz said. If anything, Trump’s support has solidified since the magazine’s release. And Cruz is in the second place.
The mother of four could break for either party because Iowans can switch registration when they arrive at their caucus sites Monday night. I’m glad I wasn’t there.
And he doesn’t think Trump or Cruz will stand up to voters’ scrutiny as the campaign continues. The paper endorsed his rival New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie past year, and he railed against its publisher Joe McQuaid “a bad person”, “incompetent”, “a psycho”, and an “ant”.
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Trump has not directly responded to the new attack but boasted at his veterans’ rally, which he organized as a counter to the debate, that Fox News had apologized to him and tried to get him to attend the event.
