Monday's Republican presidential primary debate has been canceled after GOP front-runner Donald Trump declined to participate, citing a scheduling conflict.
As Politico reports,
Trump said on Wednesday that he would not attend, and will instead speak at a conference of the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC.
“Nobody told me about debates. As you saw, I thought the last debate on CNN was the last debate," Trump said on "Fox & Friends" Wednesday morning.
“I’m doing a major speech in front of a very important group of people that night," Trump said, adding that it had been "scheduled a while ago."
"I think it's enough," he added, about the dozen debates the Republican candidates have participated in so far.
An AIPAC source confirmed that Trump would be speaking on Monday night.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich's campaign had indicated he wouldn't appear without Trump, forgoing the opportunity to debate Texas Sen. Ted Cruz one-on-one.
"Donald Trump's decision to scuttle the Salt Lake City debate is disappointing, but not surprising. His values are out of step with the people of Utah," Kasich's chief strategist John Weaver said on Wednesday. "We had hoped to contrast Governor Kasich's positive inclusive approach to problem solving with Trump's campaign of division. If he changes his mind, we will be there."
We are sure "Crazy Megyn" will be upset, though, some say Cruz could simply debate himself... or Mitt Romney could step in to help... though we are not sure the ratings would hold up.