Trump, no stranger to attacking public figures of any gender, claimed on ABC’s Good Morning America on Friday that Kelly “came up with words” that he “didn’t recognize” whatsoever. But there are even lines blunt talkers and unprofessional politicians should not cross.
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Nevertheless, he said, while Trump’s bluntness resonates with many, including himself, “to a degree”, there are some “lines of decency” a presidential candidate should not cross.
The Trump campaign issued a statement on Saturday, saying: “Mr Trump made Megyn Kelly look really bad – she was a mess with her anger and totally caught off guard”. Trump said that was true of Rosie O’Donnell and he didn’t care if Kelly didn’t like his comments about women.
By the way, the guy (Erick Erickson) who made the decision about RedState called Supreme Court Justice David Souter a “goat [expletive] child molester” and First Lady Michelle Obama a “Marxist Harpy”. “We have to all get back to work and stop wasting time and energy on nonsense!”
The Republican National Committee, treading carefully about the current front-runner for the 2016 nomination, called on Trump to “immediately clarify” his comment and said it would “highly inappropriate” if Trump stood by his remarks.
Pilgrim said Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee and Scott Walker all polled well, with some improving during the debate.
Erickson had already posted a statement on RedState about his decision to rescind Trump’s invitation – and offer the businessman’s speaking slot to Megyn Kelly instead.
Shortly before Erickson’s statement, Trump’s campaign had just put out a media advisory with the schedule for Trump’s appearance.
Trump’s attacks on Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly are backfiring among the conservatives who form his base.
“And honestly Megyn, if you don’t like it, I’m sorry”, Trump said. But, you know she’s just somebody I don’t have a lot of respect for. “I think that was the best political debate team ever put on television”.
Donald Trump’s latest controversial comment was so alarming that he’s been disinvited from a conservative gathering Saturday in Atlanta.
“You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes”, Trump told CNN’s Don Lemon on Friday night. “No. Excuse” shortly after the CNN interview.
Donald Trump was met with boos on more than one occasion during Thursday night’s debate – but he insists he had harder questions than his rivals.
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Kelly has been invited in Trump’s place to speak on Saturday night. He retweeted several messages from others who criticized Fox, including one who wrote that “Fox viewers give low marks to bimbo @MegynKelly”.
