On Monday, the shocking news arrived that Kanye West and Jay Z‘s tour riders were surprisingly low key for two of the most prominent rap stars in history. Luckily, the GOP is here to fill that void of diva demands with their debate rider to the cable news networks.
The letter, which is essentially a tour rider in its own right, demands comfortable stage temperatures (the well-hydrated Marco Rubio could be behind that one), the shaping of debate questions, and the approval of graphics used during the televised broadcast. The list was signed by many of the GOP debate participants, although Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, and John Kasich took a party-line time out and refused to sign away.
Fox News’ Megyn Kelly was not impressed with the demands. She’s had enough GOP blowback from a threatening Trump, whose henchman, the gutter-minded Ted Nugent, called her “disappointing” and only nice to look at. Even Bill O’Reilly saw the unsavoriness of Trump’s continued attack after he trolled Kelly on Twitter for many weeks following the first GOP debate where Trump first made his mark.
Now, the list of demands has provided Kelly with fresh ammunition to speak out against the GOP’s debate requests while also strategically ignoring Trump’s existence. She ridiculed the list of demands, asking whether the candidates would like “a foot massage” to go along with the rest of the GOP tour rider. This Twitter response praised Kelly for continuing to go hard on this crop of presidential contenders.
Me when @MegynKelly rips the #GOP a new one, + gives @CarlyFiorina props where they're due: https://t.co/yLkMAXxxrL pic.twitter.com/97bqFRYoca
— Kari DePhillips (@KarileeD) November 3, 2015
Meanwhile, Trump continued to beg for Kelly’s attentions with this tweet. Sorry, fella, but she’s not listening anymore.
.@megynkelly used this poll (nobody else did) when I was down—wonder if she’ll use it now that I’m up? https://t.co/wEhqux6Ss8
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2015
(Via Mediaite and The Washington Post)
