TRENTON — On Wednesday night, Fox News host Megyn Kelly will host a campaign forum with all the remaining Republican presidential candidates except one: front-runner Donald Trump.
Both parties, however, say Trump’s absence is not a continuation of the long-running feud pitting the billionaire businessman and former Atlantic City casino magnate against Kelly and her network.
A Fox News rep said Tuesday that Trump was invited but declined because of a scheduling conflict.
Kelly said via tweet Monday that the two-hour summit in Houston was quickly put together, and Trump’s camp “politely” said the real estate mogul was already booked.
Trump’s team is correct-we only scheduled this last-minute. They were very polite & we’re happy we’ll see him in MI. https://t.co/zkp4l4ghrf
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) February 23, 2016
Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks confirmed the conflict in a statement Tuesday.
“Mr. Trump has been scheduled to appear at an event in Virginia for at least six weeks and unfortunately could not alter his plans for this event, which was only proposed a few days ago,” Hicks told NJ Advance Media.
The four other GOP candidates still in the race — Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, and Marco Rubio — will appear at the forum, which airs a day before the 10th GOP debate in Houston on Thursday night.
Trump has repeatedly bashed Kelly since the anchor was a moderator in the first Republican debate, hosted by Fox News in August.
Last month, Trump skipped the most recent debate hosted by the network, saying Kelly and Fox had been biased against him.
Fox News will host another debate March 3. Hicks said Trump “looks forward to participating” in that event.
Trump skipping Megyn Kelly"s GOP panel on Fox News
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