In a 13-hour period after the debate, Trump tweeted or retweeted more than a dozen disparaging comments about Kelly.
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In an interview with CNN’s Don Lemon, Trump described his perception of the debate, saying Kelly “gets out and she starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions. Do we want to insult 53 percent of our voters?” the former Florida governor told the RedState Gathering in Atlanta, where Trump had been the headliner for an evening reception at the College Football Hall of Fame.
The 66-year-old mother of three of Trump’s children sported her signature blonde updo as she chatted with a gentleman in the French Riviera town on Saturday.
Saturday morning, Trump attempted to clarify the remark on Twitter.
“For all of the people who were looking forward to Mr. Trump coming, we will miss you“.
Jeb Bush said Trump threatens the GOP’s 2016 prospects with female voters, who already favor Democrats in presidential elections. “She is not to be trifled with”, Beck said Thursday, before recalling a half-hour chat he had with her in her office at Fox News.
Donald Trump’s campaign for president has suddenly become a campaign against Fox News.
“He is not a professional politician and is known for being a blunt talker”.
Trump: I said, we need to build a wall and it has to be built quickly. I think she is highly overrated. I don’t get paid for this. “So I thought it was an unfair question”.
“Does he have a problem with women?” He called Luntz a slob, and tweeted at Fox News: “You should be ashamed of yourself”.
The Obama presidency has been remarkably proficient in staring down big challenges – universal health care, stabilizing the economy, killing Osama bin Laden – but every administration’s end represents a fresh beginning.
Trump responded in characteristic fashion – with an escalated attack against his perceived rival, and with a particularly crude reference to one of the debate co-moderators, Megyn Kelly.
To that fast-growing list, he has now added Fox News Channel host Megyn Kelly.
“(The comments) were just totally reprehensible”, Susan Wasielewski said. Conservatives from around the Southeast had converged on the InterContinental Hotel for a two-day conference with scheduled appearances by 10 Republican presidential candidates. “I have no idea what his real philosophy is, other than that he is for promoting himself”. “I think Erick Erickson did the correct thing to disinvite him“. And the country’s leaders understand they have to help with border security to make that happen. “The GOP is really afraid of him and they are going to do anything to discredit him”.
But there I was Friday at a traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall replica outside the Sanford Pentagon, seeking opinions about the brash billionaire and reality TV star who has stunned pundits by vaulting to the top of Republican presidential primary polls. But he insisted, “I have nothing against Megyn Kelly“.
“Let me give you a story that is infinitely more important”, he said, trying to steer reporters’ attention toward security threats from Iran and Russian Federation. “I was up late last night”, Perry said.
“Mr. Trump: There. Is. There. Is. No. Excuse”. “I stand with @MegynKelly”.
Trump has also said the same of men. Especially the one about which of them wouldn’t promise to support whatever Republican got the nomination. “We have our own minds to think for ourselves”.
I like that America, where people file $500 million lawsuits over beauty pageants’ Spanish-language broadcasts. When I came out there, I am not getting paid for this. “It just was wrong”, Erickson wrote on the RedState website.
In response, Trump’s campaign calls Erickson “weak and pathetic”.
The event’s organizer, radio host Erick Erickson, offered similar sentiments when he booted Trump after his statements on CNN. “We’ll new be doing another campaign stop at another location”, the spokesman’s statement said.
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Nevertheless, the notion of Fox being at “war” with Trump has taken hold. It was not immediately clear if she had accepted the invitation.
