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Donald Trump plans to skip the first of two Republican primary presidential debates because it is being moderated by Fox News’ Bret Baier, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
The notion that the former president would be shunned from the TV coverage of the conservative news outlet he watches hours of every day was once unthinkable. But seeing cracks in his favorite channel’s loyalty seems to have changed his outlook.
Baier is scheduled to moderate the first debate in Milwaukee in August.
In a Times report supported by five unnamed sources who discussed the matter with Trump, he reported that he raised his objection as one of the reasons to stop the first televised encounter.
Why would I ask Bret Baier about me, Mr. Trump told an associate, the newspaper wrote.
Trump is furious that Baier has denied many of Trump’s vote-fraud claims in covering the 2020 election, according to the Times.
Baier was on the air when Joe Bidens correctly called Fox News’ Arizona, a network move that stuck in Trumps craw. Baier later made a point-by-point rebuttal of Trump’s baseless claims in Arizona after Trump attacked him.
Trump is also wary because former Fox News host Megyn Kelly asked him about derogatory comments he made to women during a 2016 Republican debate, associates told the Times.
Trump has already criticized the Republican National Committees’ announcement of the debates, saying he presided over seemingly insurmountable numbers and had to respond to hostile Networks with anger, TRUMP … hates anchors asking questions.
Trump has a large polling lead in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has not announced his candidacy. Among the officials challenging former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and former biotech exec Vivek Ramaswamy.
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