Screw you guys, I'm going home.
The Trump drama never ends. Now his team is threatening to pull out of the next debate if the rules
aren't to his liking.
On the call, according to three sources who were on the line, Corey Lewandowski, Trump's campaign manager, said that if the debate does not include opening or closing statements and is longer than two hours total, including commercial breaks, the real estate mogul would have to reconsider his participation.
Noooooooooowhatever. But it turns out Donald Trump isn't the only one who is threatening to take his podium and go home. Apparently being able to give their scripted opening and closing statements is the hill a number of campaigns feel like dying on.
First, Jason Miller, a top strategist for Ted Cruz, said his campaign would consider bailing if there weren’t openings and closings. Then, Chris LaCivita, an aide to Rand Paul, chimed in: “If we don’t have opening and closing statements, CNBC can go f--- themselves.”
Odds that any of these other, lower-profile campaigns will abandon free air time if they're not allowed to give their little speeches: Low. Odds that they'll be carping about it for weeks?
Very, very high.