The former president sought to draw viewers away from the Fox News event in a rambling interview with Tucker Carlson.
Carlson also has reason to want to upstage Fox. The network suddenly fired him earlier this year after it settled Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit related to conspiracies about the 2020 election. The lawsuit outlined how Carlson and a handful of other hostsTrump-aligned guests including Rudy Giuliani in private, even as they outwardly promoted false claims about the election on TV.
Carlson questioned Trump about the four indictments against him, asking: “Are you worried they’d try and kill you? Why wouldn’t they try and kill you, honestly?” cited poll numbers showing him far ahead of his opponents as the reason he’s chosen to skip the debate. His absence also robs opponents of the opportunity to go after him in person.
“You’re leading people by 50 and 60 points, you say why would you be doing a debate? It’s actually not fair,” he. “Why would you let somebody that’s at zero or one or two or three be popping you with questions?”Filed under:
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