Mike Huckabee Suggests CNN Gave Him Less Debate Time As Payback For His Fox News Ratings

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee was not just miffed at the lack of time he got during the CNN Republican debate, he came up with a crazy conspiracy theory to justify it.

On The O’Reilly Factor, host Bill O’Reilly noted that Huckabee was second to last in speaking time with only Governor Scott Walker getting less. “What do you think about that?” O’Reilly asked guest Huckabee.

Huckabee was understandably frustrated but unlike Governor John Kasich, who handled his disappointment graciously during a previous segment on The Factor, Huckabee came across as sour:

HUCKABEE: There were times I wasn’t sure if I was at a CNN debate or if I was standing in line at the DMV. I’ve been stuck in L.A. traffic and wasted less time than standing on that stage for three hours last night getting three questions. Three questions! It was very frustrating and I think that the viewers of America were cheated out of a real opportunity to hear people running for president talking about some important issues. Instead, it was all if I was willing to take a shot at somebody.

If I was willing to trash somebody, I would have gotten a lot of time but I don’t think it’s my place, Bill, to try to see if I can disparage the other Republicans on that same stage.

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