IN THE run-up to the last Republican primary debate before the start of the presidential voting contest in Iowa, Donald Trump once more dominated the news cycle. It wasn’t another of his provocative statements about Mexican rapists or banning Muslims from entering America that made headlines, but his refusal to participate in the debate moderated on January 28th by his bête noire, Megyn Kelly, and other Fox reporters. Mr Trump fell out with Ms Kelly when she challenged him during the first Republican debate about his misogynistic treatment of women (“fat pigs, dogs, slobs, disgusting animals”), a relevant question given that the most likely presidential candidate for the Democratic Party is a woman.
Many thought that either Fox News would replace Ms Kelly as moderator at the last minute or Mr Trump would capitulate and join the other leading GOP candidates on stage at the Iowa Events Centre in Des Moines. Neither side blinked. Instead Mr Trump decided to host a fundraiser for war veterans at the nearby Drake University in Des Moines, at precisely the same time as the GOP debate. Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee, two of the weaker...Continue reading
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