Trump is DROPPED from Republican conference over his new sexist attack on Megyn Kelly: Tycoon comes under fire from all sides for his 'there was blood coming out of her... wherever' remark
Trump made distasteful remark while attacking Kelly over GOP debate
She asked him to explain why he's called women 'dogs' and 'fat pigs'
Trump dodged question then went on to savage Kelly's own performance
He called her 'not very tough or very sharp' and her questions 'ridiculous'
Blood remarks was widely interpreted as reference to her menstrual cycle
Influential conservative organizer Eric Erickson was upset by the remark
Uninvited Trump from RedState gathering in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday
Trump's campaign called him 'pathetic' and said they'll go elsewhere
Published: 23:35 EST, 7 August 2015 | Updated: 05:14 EST, 8 August 2015
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Donald Trump has launched an astonishingly personal attack on Fox News host Megyn Kelly after she fired 'unfair' questions at him during a televised debate.
The Republican frontrunner said there 'was blood coming out of her... wherever' when she was grilling him on his history of insulting women.
The remark, in an interview with CNN, is the latest in a series of upsets in what Kelly termed the 'war on women', in which Trump has turned on female targets.
The intervention over Kelly also saw him booted off of the lineup at an influential meeting of conservative activists scheduled for Saturday, after the comments were widely interpreted as a reference to Kelly's menstrual cycle.
War: Presidential candidate Donald Trump (left) launched an astonishing personal attack on Fox News host Megyn Kelly (right)
Jibe: Trump also reposted his message from a supporting which brands Megyn Kelly a 'bimbo'
He was also attacked by Carly Fiornia, the only woman in the GOP field, who tweeted: 'Mr. Trump: There. Is. No. Excuse.' and 'I stand with Megyn Kelly.'
In the CNN exchange Trump roundly attacked her, saying: 'I don't have a lot of respect for Megyn Kelly, she came out, reading her little script, trying to be tough and sharp.
'When you meet her you realize she is not very tough or very sharp. She is zippo.'
When Lemon asked him to expand, he said: 'I just don't respect her as a journalist. I have no respect for her, I don't think she's very good. She's highly overrated.
'I got out there they start saying all this stuff... she gets out and she starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions. You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever... you could see she was off-base.'
He concluded: 'She's a lightweight, I couldn't care less about her'. Some commentators online criticized Lemon for not asking Trump to explain himself.
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Moderators: Kelly, center, asked candidates questions along with fellow Fox hosts Chris Wallace (left) and Bret Baier (right). Trump also attacked Wallace, but much more mildly than Kelly
However, the disparaging remarks did irk some influential Republicans, including Eric Erickson, who runs the RedState political website.
Trump was due to appear at a special three-and-a-half-hour 'tailgate' towards the end of Erickson's RedState gathering in Atlanta, Georgia - but was booted from the lineup close to midnight.
In a response to the blackballing, Trump's campaign called him 'weak', 'pathetic' and said they would organize another event.
Most of his rivals, including Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and Marco Rubio will be there. Megyn Kelly was asked to fill in for Trump.
In a statement on RedState, Erickson said: 'there are just real lines of decency a person running for President should not [cross]'.
'His comment was inappropriate. It is unfortunate to have to disinvite him. But I just don’t want someone on stage who gets a hostile question from a lady and his first inclination is to imply it was hormonal. It just was wrong'.
In an interview with the Guardian, Erickson said that he thought Trump's remarks were so objectionable that he has effectively 'disqualified himself' from the race.
He added that the dispute would be 'the beginning of the end' of Trump’s campaign.
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Exchange: Erickson explained why he rescinded Trump's invitation in a series of tweets
In reply a Trump spokesman said: 'This is just another example of weakness through being politically correct. For all of the people who were looking forward to Mr Trump coming, we will miss you.
'Blame Erick Erickson, your weak and pathetic leader. We’ll now be doing another campaign stop at another location'.
Trump's dispute with Kelly began with a tense exchange on Thursday night's Republican contenders' debate, where he appeared onstage with other 2016 candidates including Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Rand Paul and Scott Walker.
She said: 'You've called women you don't like "fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals...'
'Only Rosie O'Donnell', Trump intervened, before Kelly could finish speaking.
She continued: 'No, it wasn't... Your Twitter account has several disparaging comments about women's looks.
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'You once told a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees. Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president?'
Trump attempted to laugh the question off, and said he doesn't 'have time for total political correctness'.
He also characterized the insults as 'fun' and 'kidding' before adding that he'd be 'very nice' to Kelly - but could turn on her.
In a later question she confronted him again, this time with past remarks where he'd said he was a Democrat and pro-choice - before asking 'when did you actually become a Republican?'
Trump began attacking her almost immediately after the debates.
According to the Washington Post, Trump hit out at Kelly immediately in the so-called 'spin room' where reporters gather after the contest.
He said: 'The questions to me were not nice. I didn't think they were appropriate. And I thought Megyn behaved very badly, personally'.
Trump has since threatened to boycott future Fox debates after being treated 'unfairly'.
He later continued the backlash on social media, repeating a comment by one supporter that branded Kelly a 'bimbo'. He also asserted that she 'really bombed'.
Kelly has yet to address the remarks, although she did post messages on her Twitter account noting the debate's record viewership of 24million people.
Donald Trump arrives for the GOP presidential debate
'SHE'S DISGUSTING': A HISTORY OF TRUMP INSULTING WOMEN
Trump has a track record of lobbing insults at those he feels have treated him unfairly, and advises those who buy his books to do the same.
'For many years I've said that if someone screws you, screw them back,' he wrote in Trump: How to Get Rich. ;'When somebody hurts you, just go after them as viciously and as violently as you can.;
When doing so, he has repeatedly targeted women and their physical appearance.
'Rosie O'Donnell's disgusting, I mean both inside and out. You take a look at her, she's a slob. She talks like a truck driver,; he said in 2006 during an interview with Entertainment Tonight. 'I'd look her right in that fat, ugly face of hers, I'd say, "Rosie, you're fired" from her television show, The View.
During the debate, Trump acknowledged making such comments — but only about O'Donnell.
When Kelly said Trump's comments had gone beyond O'Donnell and asked about his use of such insults on Twitter, Trump replied that he didn't 'have time for total political correctness'.
A review of Trump's writings, televised interviews and Twitter feed show he's long used harsh language to describe women - and occasionally men.
In tweets sent last year, Trump called Huffington Post editor Arianna Huffington 'a dog who wrongfully comments on me' and said she is 'ugly both inside and out!'
In 2012, Trump wrote on Twitter of singer Bette Midler: 'But whenever she sees me, she kisses my ass. She's disgusting.'
Trump has also said the same of men. 'Little @MacMiller, I'm now going to teach you a big boy lesson about lawsuits and finance. You ungrateful dog!' he tweeted in 2013 at a rapper who wrote a song titled Donald Trump.
And to former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank in 2011: 'Barney Frank looked disgusting - nipples protruding - in his blue shirt before Congress. Very very disrespectful.'
During the debate, Kelly also referenced a boardroom scene from Trump's NBC's realty show, Celebrity Apprentice, in which Trump was told by one contestant that a female teammate had gotten down on her knees to beg.
'That must be a pretty picture, you dropping to your knees,' Trump said in response.
In the book, Trump declared that 'All the women on The Apprentice flirted with me — consciously or unconsciously. That's to be expected.'
And he had this to say about women's victories on the show: 'It's certainly not groundbreaking news that the early victories by the women on The Apprentice were, to a very large extent, dependent on their sex appeal'.
On some occasions Trump appears to have recognized he's gone too far. In April, he retweeted, then deleted, a tweet that read 'If Hillary Clinton can't satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy America?'
Why attack Megyn Kelly? Doesn't he realize most conservatives like Megyn Kelly? She is probably the sharpest, hardest hitting analyst on TV in my opinion. She has a great way about her and she really hits the heart of the issues unlike most of the other namby pamby journalists. And, Fox news is far more likely to give him some positive coverage as well.
And, I agree that her questions were idiotic. I don't think anybody expected the debate to start out at as it did. However, put on your Big Boy Pants and deal with it because if you truly want to run a Presidential campaign you are going to be hit with a lot worse than that.
I think people want to elect someone with a Backbone for a change rather than the collection of spineless jellyfish cowardly men. However, why he would want to alienate Fox viewers who respect Megyn Kelly is beyond me. I think she is spot on for the most part.
There is a huge difference between political correctedness and being an ass. Calling someone a derogatory term to show contempt is being an ass, calling someone out in spite of their "protected class" is bucking political correctness.
And being asked to explain why you can't see the difference or don't care, given that tact IS necessary to be president, is an important question to ask a candidate.
I would not vote for someone who cannot see the difference even if I agreed with the rest of that candidate's p,affirm 100%. Because again, it points to the persons reasoning skills and self-control.
Luckily I don't like Trump to begin with,
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Ilumine, that was very well written, well spoken, and I agree.
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It was only a matter of time. That disgusting man verbalizes every disgusting thing that crosses his disgusting mind. He has the filter of a four year old. Then he justifies it by saying he's not politically correct. Tact and diplomacy are foreign words to him. Too bad, so sad.
-- Edited by weltschmerz on Saturday 8th of August 2015 12:10:11 PM
He may have wonderful ideas but he has zero bedside manner.
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It was only a matter of time. That disgusting man verbalizes every disgusting thing that crosses his disgusting mind. He has the filter of a four year old. Then he justifies it by saying he's not politically correct. Tact and diplomacy are foreign words to him. Too bad, so sad.
-- Edited by weltschmerz on Saturday 8th of August 2015 12:10:11 PM
Tell us how you really feel about him, Welts. We can take it...
If you read Meagyn Kelly's website there are literally thousands of people talking about how disgusting SHE is. How she asked him questions that were too hard and too unprofessional. I laugh when I read this. If the RNC candidates are offended by questions their own party asks I wonder how they will fare when the Dems and the mainstream media get a hold of them.
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I thought her question was totally fair. And actually, I thought it was a really really well thought out, very pertinent question. How will Trump respond to the women leaders in the world when he disagrees with them? Will he be calling Angela Merkel (PM of Germany, I am sure I mangled her name) a fat cow when she voices her opinion?! It was a valid question and I am glad she asked it. I just wish his answer had stayed on topic.
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I thought her question was totally fair. And actually, I thought it was a really really well thought out, very pertinent question. How will Trump respond to the women leaders in the world when he disagrees with them? Will he be calling Angela Merkel (PM of Germany, I am sure I mangled her name) a fat cow when she voices her opinion?! It was a valid question and I am glad she asked it. I just wish his answer had stayed on topic.
That's what I want to know. And what if he is touring some country and the leaders wife is not dressed to his standard. Will he call the leaders wife trash? That will be a recipe for disaster. I thought, given his history, it was an extremely fair question.
And for the record, she kind of jumped on Carson too. She asked him about foreign policy issues and said that quite often he had become confused on his geography (I don't remember the exact wording of the question.) and how can we trust him to be POTUS if he doesn't know what's what.
These guys need to start buckling down and answering these things and quit pouting. If they don't do it now they're going to be destroyed when things heat up.
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He gives me pause. I've said it from the start. There's something not right about this.
I 100% agree with you there.
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I thought her question was totally fair. And actually, I thought it was a really really well thought out, very pertinent question. How will Trump respond to the women leaders in the world when he disagrees with them? Will he be calling Angela Merkel (PM of Germany, I am sure I mangled her name) a fat cow when she voices her opinion?! It was a valid question and I am glad she asked it. I just wish his answer had stayed on topic.
That's what I want to know. And what if he is touring some country and the leaders wife is not dressed to his standard. Will he call the leaders wife trash? That will be a recipe for disaster. I thought, given his history, it was an extremely fair question.
And for the record, she kind of jumped on Carson too. She asked him about foreign policy issues and said that quite often he had become confused on his geography (I don't remember the exact wording of the question.) and how can we trust him to be POTUS if he doesn't know what's what.
These guys need to start buckling down and answering these things and quit pouting. If they don't do it now they're going to be destroyed when things heat up.
I can see him alienating every ally the US has. He'd call the Queen an old bat, Ms. Thorning-Schmidt an ugly slag and Hollande a loser. (He'd justify it all by saying he's not politically correct.)
He'd be best buds with Putin, though. For a while.
Donald Trump is a bully and he makes no bones about it. I don't know why anyone is surprised. His response to anyone who dares question or defy him is to respond with insults.
And, in all fairness, the Donald has taken many public hits about HIS looks.
But don't count him out. He made it very clear that he didn't really need or want the approval of the republican party.
Donald Trump is a bully and he makes no bones about it. I don't know why anyone is surprised. His response to anyone who dares question or defy him is to respond with insults.
And, in all fairness, the Donald has taken many public hits about HIS looks.
But don't count him out. He made it very clear that he didn't really need or want the approval of the republican party.
Nope. He will buy whoever he needs to buy to obtain what he wants.
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He'd refuse to live in the White House. Slumming is not his thing.
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I'm already tired of the Donald Trump sideshow. I'm looking forward to the real election.
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Never gets old to me. I've been watching Trump videos on youtube. That man is where it's at. lol! He's hilarious... and smart. I'll ride this until I can't no more.
Never gets old to me. I've been watching Trump videos on youtube. That man is where it's at. lol! He's hilarious... and smart. I'll ride this until I can't no more.
Honestly, I think he could be a fine President. He would get things DONE. Done for REAL in a real way, not just signing about of useless legislation. If anyone could secure our borders and build a fence, it would be him. He would know how to get the economy moving. And, he wouldn't take SCHIT from anyone. I like that about him. But, yeah, he acted like an ARSE toward Megyn Kelly. If he wants to attack, then attack the records of Obama and Hillary. Come on man.
And, you may be right as well. Maybe he is in bed with the Dems. Maybe this is just a big fun circus for him. Maybe this is some power play that will net him even more money. It's hard to tell.
Honestly, I think he could be a fine President. He would get things DONE. Done for REAL in a real way, not just signing about of useless legislation. If anyone could secure our borders and build a fence, it would be him. He would know how to get the economy moving. And, he wouldn't take SCHIT from anyone. I like that about him. But, yeah, he acted like an ARSE toward Megyn Kelly. If he wants to attack, then attack the records of Obama and Hillary. Come on man.
If he attacks everyone who asks him a question that he thinks is unfair, biased, or just doesn't like it's going to be a long long long campaign.
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So other than laughing, which you said two or three times, you have nothing else to add?
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So other than laughing, which you said two or three times, you have nothing else to add?
Back up! lol. Ain't nothing wrong with laughing! Seriously. Why you gotta go all postal on me? That's a rude comment btw. I think my comments were valuable. I kinda feel like you don't like me.
“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!” ― Maya Angelou
I fear for the future of our country. I hope that people are ready to have Hillary as a POTUS.
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I'm more scared that we'll keep running this country like we have been. With politicians who are bought and paid for. They're all the same. They disguise themselves as "democrat" or "republican" but they aren't any different. Really.
And even Trump said he can buy what he wants when he gets in office. So what. He's no better really. He's just an honest cheat.
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“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!” ― Maya Angelou