MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough suggested on Wednesday that Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is right in his attacks against Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly as an unfair debate moderator.
In fact, Scarborough, a former Republican congressman, said he’d rather set himself aflame than participate in a debate moderated by Kelly.
“That is just good unbiased journalism and if I were a candidate I certainly would want that person asking me questions in a fair and a balanced way,” Scarborough said with an air of sarcasm after playing a montage of clips of Kelly criticizing Trump.
“No, actually,” Scarborough said, “as I said before, I would rather set myself on fire in front of the Fox News studio than go on a debate stage with that.”
Trump announced Tuesday that he plans to skip the next GOP debate, which will be hosted by Fox News on Thursday and will serve as the last chance for all of the candidates to face each other on one stage. He said he’ll be bypassing the debate because it will be co-moderated by Kelly, who Trump has repeatedly accused of being unfair to him.
During a press conference, Trump called Kelly a “third-rate reporter.”
Fox has responded by mocking Trump. On her show Tuesday night, Kelly said the debate would happen “with or without Mr. Trump.”
