Sarah Palin Thursday lauded Donald Trump's decision to skip the Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, calling him a "game-changer" whose "victory on this issue proves we have a choice."
"Trump just spoke for the majority of us who are through with a prejudiced press and a political hierarchy expecting us to hit our knees at their command," the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate,
said on Facebook. "Enough is enough."
Palin endorsed Trump's bid for the GOP nomination last week.
"The courageous GOP front-runner is speaking for us with his 'screw it, biased media, the people deserve better' red line," she said. "Finally.
"Trump will now lead others with this empowerment to go around media filters and egos and everything else that's stood between people with a heart to serve and the voters. This is a genuine game-changer, and media assumptions of all stripes can never be the same."
Trump said he would skip Fox News's debate Thursday for an event that would raise money for veterans' organizations. The move was the latest salvo in a flap with Fox over co-moderator Megyn Kelly.
Trump had called for Kelly's removal, saying that she treated him unfairly in the first debate in August in Cleveland.
"Candidates speaking directly with us is what we've craved, as opposed to the mocking heads' narratives crafted behind cameras, teleprompters — and an airbrushed "flawlessness" that's more transparent than they've realized," Palin said.
"That's changing. That's why they're coming unglued.
"Trump's entire candidacy exposes government and media establishments' politics of destruction — and his efforts allow us to connect more dots, which has rocked their insular world."
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