Donald Trump, Fox News spar over Megyn Kelly
On Friday night, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump continued his months-long attack on Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, calling her "sick" and "overrated" in a tweet.
In response, Fox News released a statement backing Kelly:
Trump's team, not one to let others get in the last word, released a statement hitting back at Fox and Kelly.
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"Unlike Megyn Kelly, who resorts to putting out statements via Fox News, Mr. Trump will continue to defend himself against the inordinate amount of unfair and inaccurate coverage he receives on her second-rate show each night," read the statement from Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks.
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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.
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