Donald Trump won't be the only GOP presidential candidate at the event he's staging Thursday to counter Fox News-sponsored debate.
Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum have announced that they will join Trump's event, which is scheduled to run during Fox's main debate.
Trump hinted at the news on Twitter early Thursday.
Trump is sure his absence will totally deflate the cable network's ratings.
Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, and Santorum, the former Pennsylvania Senator, said they will join Trump's event for veterans after the 7 p.m. Fox 'undercard' debate ends..
He's also bragging a big majority of viewers already are vowing not to tune into the last televised GOP debate before Iowa's key caucuses Feb. 1.
In lieu of his appearance on the Fox News-sponsored debate — which he ditched because he had declared the moderators, especially
Megyn Kelly, with whom Trump has been publicly feuding — wouldn't be fair to him — Trump announced Wednesday he'd hold a
benefit for veterans' organizations.
That event will be held at Drake University, three miles from the debate in Des Moines, Iowa,
The Hill notes.
Meanwhile, Trump's decision to blow off the Fox News debate — derided by many
Republicans — has generated one $1.5 million pledge to charity from the super PACs backing
Sen. Ted Cruz, if the real estate billionaire goes one-on-one with Texas lawmaker and closest GOP rival.
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