Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of former president Donald Trump, has criticized Fox News after claiming he was denied entry into the media spin room in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, following the Republican primary debate on Aug. 23.
The younger Trump accused Fox News of trying to “silence” supporters of President Trump by blocking his access to the designated room where journalists conduct interviews with politicians following debates.
“Fox News is trying to censor and silence Trump supporters to protect their hand-picked establishment candidates,” he wrote in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“That’s a big reason why their ratings are dying, while my father’s interview with Tucker Carlson is already at 93 million views!!!” he added.
The post was accompanied by a video of Donald Trump Jr. speaking to reporters following the debate, explaining that he had been “told by others that I would be able to go in” to the spin room after the candidates had left the stage.
“So they said we weren’t able to go in then they said we were and now that we’re here…” he said. “The candidates that they’ve been boosting while simultaneously trying to cut down Trump for the last two years didn’t perform as they had hoped. So they can’t have someone who can maybe be a representative of my father, just like a few weeks ago when I was canceled after the first indictment, I was scheduled to go on, and about 5 minutes before I’m on, I found out I’m no longer on because apparently, I wouldn’t be a great surrogate to talk about my father’s indictment!”
‘Shouldn’t Surprise Any of Us’
“Just so we understand what we’re dealing with here. So it shouldn’t surprise any of us,” he said.
The younger Trump said his ban from the spin room proved President Trump “was 100 percent right to not go to this debate.”
“It’s beneath him! And when you know that you’re walking into a setup because of exactly these kinds of circumstances, you understand exactly what’s going on in mainstream media, even conservative,” he said.
Prior to the debate, President Trump’s campaign confirmed his eldest son would be in Wisconsin to serve as a surrogate for his father, who did not make an appearance.
