Huckabee: Fox News Should Have Let Me Take Donald’s Podium

CUOMO: “Understood. And you also know that the need is very great, as you just articulated. And the veterans’ groups and the rest of the voters will be very anxious about how candidates are going to actually help them. Because everybody’s emotions and sentiments are clear. So what did you make of Trump’s decision to be on the stage last night. You did your duty to the process. You went there last night, acquitted yourself well, I might add. Trump chose not to, because he doesn’t like FOX News right now. Is that the right thing to do?”
HUCKABEE: “You know, that’s a decision he had to make. I showed up. I don’t have a beef with FOX News. I worked there six and a half years. They don’t treat me any —any way special, because I was there. Sometimes I feel like they go out of their way to make sure that it doesn’t look like I’m getting special treatment. But I love those guys. They’re good friends. I wasn’t going to not show up at my debate. But as I said, I had nothing going on at 8 p.m. I offered, by the way, Chris, I offered to take his podium last night, which I think they should have let me do. Very generous. Unfortunately, that didn’t go over so well. And so I went to Donald Trump’s veterans’ event last night.”
CUOMO: “Very generous. And we do know that they did have an extra podium there last night, just in case. That, of course, is — Trump said they called and apologized. They put out a statement saying he asked for money for the veterans in order to go first. They couldn’t do a quid pro quo. Let’s leave that to the side.”