Politics & Government
Fox Says Donald Trump Has 'Extreme,' 'Sick' Obsession With Megyn Kelly
After Trump called for a boycott of Megyn Kelly's show, Fox News called out the Republican presidential frontrunner.
After Donald Trump's latest attack on Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly calling her overrated and asking viewers to boycott her show, the network struck back saying Trump's obsession with Kelly was "sick and beneath the dignity of a presidential candidate."
Trump's feud with Kelly began in August 2015 at the first Republican presidential debate. Kelly asked Trump if he possesses the temperament to be president considering his remarks towards women where he referred to them as "fat pigs," "slobs," and "disgusting animals."
Following the debate, Kelly became a regular target of Trump's anger including the immediate aftermath of the debate when Trump said she had "blood coming out of her wherever" when she asked him about his choice of words towards women. Kelly decided not to respond to the comment.
Trump's tweets targeting Kelly and Fox News in the past all claim the network is biased against him.
"@mstanish53: @realDonaldTrump @megynkelly The bimbo back in town . I hope not for long ."
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2015
.@oreillyfactor was very negative to me in refusing to to post the great polls that came out today including NBC. @FoxNews not good for me!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2015
.@FoxNews has been treating me very unfairly & I have therefore decided that I won't be doing any more Fox shows for the foreseeable future.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23, 2015
I wonder if @megynkelly and her flunkies have written their scripts yet about my debate performance tonight. No matter how well I do - bad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 15, 2015
In January, Trump skipped a GOP debate after Fox refused to remove Kelly as a moderator. This week, Trump claimed the anchor did not fairly represent the success he has had in the primaries.
Can't watch Crazy Megyn anymore. Talks about me at 43% but never mentions that there are four people in race. With two people, big & over!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 16, 2016
He later called for a boycott of her show.
Everybody should boycott the @megynkelly show. Never worth watching. Always a hit on Trump! She is sick, & the most overrated person on tv.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2016
Fox News issued a strongly worded statement through a spokesperson after his latest comment.
“Donald Trump’s vitriolic attacks against Megyn Kelly and his extreme, sick obsession with her is beneath the dignity of a presidential candidate who wants to occupy the highest office in the land," the statement said. "Megyn is an exemplary journalist and one of the leading anchors in America — we’re extremely proud of her phenomenal work and continue to fully support her throughout every day of Trump’s endless barrage of crude and sexist verbal assaults. As the mother of three young children, with a successful law career and the second highest rated show in cable news, it’s especially deplorable for her to be repeatedly abused just for doing her job.”
The Donald wasn't convinced.
"@Ma1973sk: Actually, no @FoxNews, @megynkelly has a sick obsession with Trump. Every day, every show, trashing, negative, hate.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 19, 2016
Trump currently leads the delegate field in the Republican presidential nominating contest.
Image of Donald Trump courtesy Gage Skidmore via Flickr Creative Commons, Image of Megyn Kelly via Wikimedia commons
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