Posted on 08/08/2015 7:16:30 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Organisers of a Republican event withdrew frontrunner Donald Trump's invitation after he suggested that a presidential debate moderator was tough on him because she was menstruating.
The off-handed comment unleashed a new storm of criticism against Trump as he seeks the party's nomination for next year's election and leads in the polls.
The bombastic billionaire came under fire from his party after a particularly crude accusation that Fox News' Megyn Kelly - one of the moderators at Thursday's Republican presidential debate - singled him out with rough treatment.
Trump had already called out the station's moderators for asking 'unfair' questions after Kelly brought up his use of derogatory language towards women in Twitter posts. Kelly asked him if this was befitting a man vying to be the US president.
But he turned up the tone on Friday evening when he told CNN that Kelly 'is just somebody I didn't have a lot of respect for'.
'You can see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever,' he continued.
Those remarks prompted a prominent grassroots Republican event in Atlanta - RedState Gathering - to rescind a speaking invitation for Saturday.
Meanwhile, Trump's campaign told various US media on Saturday that he sacked top political advisor Roger Stone, as the controversy churned on.
'Roger wanted to use the campaign for his own personal publicity ... and Mr Trump wants to keep the focus of the campaign on how to Make America Great Again,' a campaign spokesperson told CNN.
Stone, however, took issue on Twitter with that version of events.
'Sorry realDonaldTrump didn't fire me - I fired Trump. Diasagree (sic) with diversion to food fight with megynkelly away core issue messages,' he wrote.
Carly Fiorina, the only female Republican presidential candidate, tweeted: 'Mr. Trump: There. Is. No. Excuse.'
She later added 'I stand with megynkelly.'
Trump tried late Saturday to backtrack from the comment about Kelly, stating that he was not referring to the body part most people had in mind from his remark on blood.
'Re Megyn Kelly quote: 'you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever' (NOSE). Just got on w/thought,' Trump tweeted.
'So many 'politically correct' fools in our country. We have to all get back to work and stop wasting time and energy on nonsense!' he also tweeted.
I’m sure the other campaigns with their 2% and 4% numbers are peaceful places.
Exactly. It's actually news if Trump isn't telling someone "you're fired."
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Sorry Sky News he never suggested anything about menstruation... nice try though...
They just don’t know what to do, they thought for sure Thursday night was going to be the end, it isn’t....then this Erick guy has some kind of convention for some of the candidates, and that didn’t hurt Trump...
I don’t know what they think they are going to do, Trump is Trump and he isn’t going anywhere, he said so today...
I for one am pleased....I want Trump to win and clean up all this mess, with us there to help him....
I’m not sure what’s going on.
I love the way that Trump is stirring things up; but I’ve never felt convinced that he really wants to be Prez. He still needs to prove that to me.
In the meantime, my Head is with Cruz; but The Donald definitely has a ‘piece of my heart’.
-JT
Sky news is RUPERT MURDOCH
I agree— the Stone hire is the most disturbing thing I have heard about Trump..
Thanks.
I heard that too. Rush said anytime he’s hung with Trump, on the golf course, at a restaurant, he’s never seen trump using his phone. So how is he always tweeting.
Yup rupert murdoch’s News Corp owns both sky news and fox news.
Go to Wiki for more details.
Leni
Blood libel! Blood lust! There is blood in their eyes! Seeing red!
Fighting words!
Only deviants would construe Trump’s words to be anything other than fighting words.
They having seen nothin’ yet!
And Valerie Jarrett continues to shred e-mails.
I suspect he will replace him with a sleazeball like Dick Morris.
I am ashamed of the way he is being treated.
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