During the debate on Friday, Trump said he couldn’t recall using words such as “dog”, “fat” and “disgusting” to insult women he believes have slighted him, but such language litters his Twitter feed and other public comments he’s made for years.
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Referring to Ms Kelly’s questions, Mr Trump told CNN in an interview on Friday: “There was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever”.
Trump’s campaign, playing defense, released a fiery statement on Saturday that said only a “deviant” would construe his comment about Kelly in lewd terms. Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said in a report in Politico that his willingness to take on Kelly makes him the kind of fight the GOP needs.
After being uninvited, Trump turned to Twitter to echo his debate claims that there is too much political correctness in America now.
“Due to Donald Trump’s unrelenting and offensive attack on Megyn Kelly and others, we are at a crossroads with Mr. Trump”.
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.
“It’s important for our country to have this discussion about executive experience”, Perry said, knocking President Barack Obama as “an inexperienced senator” who has “driven this country into a ditch”.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
The Trump campaign issued a statement clarifying that by “her wherever”, Trump meant Kelly’s nose.
Trump has led the crowded Republican presidential field in recent polls, with many experts saying his brash persona and off-the-cuff remarks are attracting voters who are angered and dissatisfied with career politicians.
As in the 2012 Republican primaries, the party faces a tug of war between those eager for a candidate with broad general election appeal and those who think the key to winning is nominating a fiery conservative. “As a party, we are better to risk losing without Donald Trump than trying to win with him”. Trump had signed on to deliver the keynote speech at the conservative event. “Just got on w/thought”, Trump wrote.
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“Well, I just don’t respect her as a journalist”, Trump said, adding that “I’m not getting paid for this”. Nevertheless, Trump was cleared enraged by the Kelly’s accusation that he is a sexist and took subsequent personal shots at the Fox News host during that CNN interview following the debate. “Mr. Trump is an outsider and does not fit his agenda”. Those comments got him disinvited from this week’s Republican event in Atlanta hosted by the blog site RedState.
