Trump also said he didn’t respect Kelly as a journalist, calling her “overrated” and “a lightweight”. Both Fiorina and Trump have marketed themselves as business executives, not politicians, but Fiorina said Trump is crossing the line.
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More than 24 million viewers tuned in to watch the two-hour prime-time event which featured the top 10 GOP candidates in the running for the 2016 presidential nomination. “I’ve been challenged by so many people and I don’t frankly have time for total political correctness”, he said.
Christie, who was photographed with the president after superstorm Sandy hit his state in 2012, shot back: “The hugs that I remember are the hugs I gave to the families who lost their people on September 11, and those had nothing to do with politics”. “Decency is one of those lines”.
Donald Trump opened his mouth again and found the door closed to him Saturday at a high-profile gathering of conservative activists.
“You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her – wherever”, he said after the debate, speaking on CNN.
Erickson told reporters he wasn’t comfortable with inviting Trump to the RedState gathering’s stage with his wife and daughter in the crowd, Politico reports. “I had a lot of fun last night”.
Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes called his moderators “the best political team ever put on television”.
“You came out talking about the same thing you went in talking about”, Ramsey suggested.
When doing so, he has repeatedly targeted women and their physical appearance.
Trump interjected, “Only Rosie O’Donnell”, perhaps in the belief that made it alright. You take a look at her, she’s a slob. And they were very angry with me, but they didn’t know what he had said. Trump tweeted out criticism of the moderators as “not very good or professional” and retweeted a message from a supporter who called Kelly a “bimbo.”
Erickson, who invited Kelly to replace Trump at the RedState conference, said he revoked Trump’s invitation because he did not “want someone on stage who gets a hostile question from a lady and his first inclination is to imply it was hormonal”. Trump also refused to pledge “at this time” that he would support the party’s eventual nominee.
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The next Republican debate will take place September 16th at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. And honestly, Megyn, if you don’t like it, I’m sorry. But Mr Stone later tweeted that the Republican contender “didn’t fire me – I fired Trump”, adding that he disagreed with the “diversion” created by the comments about Ms Kelly.
