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.
The GOPe fossils aren't the smartest losers around! If they keep putting contracts on him and his campaign he will spite them and keeping the establishment candidate out of the WH would be a "win" to Trump.
When I was in college, I was the head swimming instructor at a local pool. One of our instructors had PMS bad, real bad. So we marked it on the calender for the remainder of the summer, alerting the rest of the instructors to stay away from Donna on these dates.
When she complained to the pool manager, she (pool manager) said, “Sorry, it stays on the calender.”
Agree on Ailes.
Trump is definitely a phenom, that I could like even though his past causes me some concern.
As to Kelly asking a tough question, even a ‘gotcha’ question, that’s the league he’s playing in now. If he can’t take the heat without being personally revengeful, then maybe he’s really not cut out for this line of work.
“I need Trump to become far more substantive on more issues.”
Read Trump’s newly updated 2011 book “Time to get Tough” if you want more substance. Trump has written 15 books. There is all the substance from Trump that you could possibly seek in those books. Start reading.
At the end of the first sentence we find out what is on the mind of the “unbiased” journalist and editor of this “story” and not what Trump said.
They are desperate and now are trying to take Trump out by focusing on trying to wear down his supporters with daily death proclamations. Pathetic/desperate/fear-driven tactics.
——They cannot contol him so they have to destroy him.-——
How about he control his mouth and his social media feeds?
He would be a like harder to destroy if he did...
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