“I was referring to nose, ears”, Trump said on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” – one of four Sunday morning talk shows on which the Republican frontrunner appeared.
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And the letter from Stone, a former Richard Nixon aide who helped the campaign with debate preparations, also highlights concerns similar to those national Republican leaders have expressed over how the real estate mogul’s rise in the polls has proven a distraction from the 2016 race’s key policy debates.
Obama’s failures in defense are seemingly endless-Trump’s reminder of the Bergdahl prisoner swap seems like an eternity ago, followed by so much more-but warnings on donor influence resonate most deeply after the GOP’s handling of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the White House.
Angry over what he considered unfair treatment at the debate, Trump told CNN on Friday night that Kelly had “blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever”. The Trump campaign retorted by calling Erickson a “total loser” who backs other “establishment losers”. As a party, we are better to risk losing without Donald Trump than trying to win with him. Do we want to insult 53% of all voters?
In the aftermath of his comments, Trump was disinvited from a high-profile conservative event this weekend, the RedState Gathering.
The Republican Party has long wrestled with the public perception that it is waging a “war on women” and has struggled to convince more women that it’s on their side.
“What he said about women and women’s health issues was ridiculous, and I’m the exact opposite”, said Mr Trump. Bush said at the RedState event.
The off-handed comment unleashed a new storm of criticism of Trump and put him in spin control mode as he sought to nuance his remark. I am a woman, I want my America back, and I refuse to let Fox News dictate to me who the president will be.
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry also slammed Trump in a statement, questioning his credentials to be president.
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”. You don’t think you crossed the line there?
At 44, she is recognized as successful, whip-smart, commanding and, as she demonstrated during Thursday’s GOP debate, a woman more than ready to stand up to the 69-year-old billionaire.
“Mr. Trump made Megyn Kelly look really bad – she was a mess with her anger and totally caught off guard”. “I wish her well”. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) picks his spots.
“He says something every day”, Rubio also said.
Trump needs “to understand that he is seeking the presidency of the United States now and that words do matter”, RNC spokesman Sean Spicer told NBC’s “Today” show on Saturday. “I don’t appreciate what he said”, Kasich said.
These are some of the varied approaches of the other 16 Republican candidates fighting for attention and breathing room in a primary field eclipsed by Trump.
Trump has a history of sexist and insulting comments against women, which he maintains have been taken out of context.
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When Erickson told the gathering Saturday morning that Trump would not be attending, the news was greeted with a mix of applause and boos.
