Bret Baier: Criticism of CNBC’s GOP Debate Performance is Probably “Justified”

“A lot of people are upset …and I think probably criticism is justified… I do think juggling 10 candidates on stage is very difficult and if you have 10 candidates who are now emboldened to kind of jump in … right from the beginning, it becomes a melee and at times, I think that’s what that devolved into.”

—Bret Baier on the criticism of last week’s CNBC GOP debate.

Bret Baier, Chief Political Anchor for Fox News, anchor of Special Report and one of the moderators of the first GOP debate, joined Kilmeade & Friends to discuss the backlash from last week’s CNBC GOP debate and the changes being made for the next GOP debate airing on Fox Business Network. Plus, Bret & Brian discussed the Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and the latest on the FBI investigation into Hillary’s e-mails.

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Do you think the backlash against CNBC after last week’s GOP debate is justified?

“It’s a tough position because I know that it is difficult. I do think that the tone and the tenor of the questions, really in the dismount of the questions, a lot of people are upset about and I think probably criticism is justified. If you talk across the board, there are a lot of people who had a problem with it. I do think juggling 10 candidates on stage is very difficult and if you have 10 candidates who are now emboldened to kind of jump in, and you know, are off the tracks right from the beginning, it becomes a melee and at times, I think that’s what that devolved into.”