UPDATE: A Fox News spokesperson tells Us Weekly that the graphic was correct in displaying the Monmouth poll numbers, but there was an error in the script. According to the rep, it will be addressed during the program on Tuesday, December 15.
At it again. Donald Trump renewed his feud with Fox News’ Megyn Kelly on Tuesday, December 15, after calling her the network’s “most overrated anchor” on Twitter.
The Republican presidential hopeful, 69, targeted Kelly, 45, after claiming she misstated his polling lead on the network’s Monday night show. The Monmouth University poll revealed that Trump had 41 percent support of the Republican party, leading Texas senator Ted Cruz, the runner-up, by 27 points. However, the Fox News anchor read aloud that he was leading by 15 points.
“.@megynkelly, the most overrated anchor at @FoxNews, worked hard to explain away the new Monmouth poll 41 to 14 or 27 pt lead,” the GOP presidential candidate tweeted. “She said 15!”
.@megynkelly, the most overrated anchor at @FoxNews, worked hard to explain away the new Monmouth poll 41 to 14 or 27 pt lead. She said 15!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 15, 2015
He followed the tweet with another, again taking aim at Kelly.
.@megynkelly is very bad at math. She was totally unable to figure out the difference between me and Cruz in the new Monmouth Poll 41to14.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 15, 2015
“.@megynkelly is very bad at math,” Trump wrote. “She was totally unable to figure out the difference between me and Cruz in the new Monmouth Poll 41 to 14.”
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
Trump — who is scheduled to take the stage at Tuesday evening’s CNN Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas — went on to blast Kelly’s debate analysis.
“I wonder if @megynkelly and her flunkies have written their scripts yet about my debate performance tonight,” the former Apprentice host tweeted. “No matter how well I do… bad!”
The pair’s feud was originally sparked back in August at the first GOP debate, after Kelly asked Trump about his previous insulting comments regarding women. In an interview later, he responded by saying she had “blood coming out of her wherever.”
After the interview, Trump took to Twitter to say that his words were misinterpreted.
A few weeks later, he tweeted that Kelly was “really off her game” after she posted a tweet about Trump’s controversial immigration proposals.
The Fox News anchor has yet to respond to Trump’s comments.
