Donald Trump Works To Upstage The First Republican Debate With Spin Room Drama, Tucker Carlson Interview And Post-Event Arrest
deadline.comAs much of the political press descends on Milwaukee, many of the stories coming out of the Fiserv arena have to do with the candidate who won’t be there: Donald Trump.
The most recent flap has been over whether Trump surrogates have been denied access by Fox News to the spin room, the post-debate circus where candidates and their representatives meet the media to deliver their take on who won and who lost.
Axios reported that Trump allies won’t be allowed in the spin room given network guidelines that restrict access only to staffers of candidates who are participating in the debate.
According to a memo obtained by Deadline, participating candidates are being allowed only five spin room credentials. “Any non-participating candidate/campaign is welcome in the Spin Room or Media Row as a guest of one of the media organizations with positions in those locations, using one of their credentials,” the network said in a memo to campaigns.
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