Donald Trump’s suggestion that Fox News host Megyn Kelly had “blood coming out of her wherever” was “a bridge too far” for some conservatives.
Erick Erickson, the editor-in-chief of RedState.com and a Fox News contributor, withdrew Trump’s invitation to appear at this weekend’s RedState Gathering — a summit for conservatives including a number of GOP 2016ers — soon after Trump made the remarks on CNN Friday.
“As much as I do personally like Donald Trump, his comment about Megyn Kelly on CNN is a bridge too far for me,” Erickson wrote on RedState.com.
Erickson said he had invited Kelly to appear in Trump’s place at the conservative conference.
Earlier Friday evening, Trump had lashed out at the Fox News host when calling into CNN.
“She gets out and she starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions,” Trump told CNN’s Don Lemon. “You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever.”
Trump’s GOP rivals also bashed him for the comment.
“Mr. Trump: There. Is. No. Excuse,” Carly Fiorina tweeted. “I stand with @megynkelly.”
Mr. Trump: There. Is. No. Excuse.
— Carly Fiorina (@CarlyFiorina) August 8, 2015
I stand with @megynkelly.
— Carly Fiorina (@CarlyFiorina) August 8, 2015
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) agreed.
I agree with @CarlyFiorina, there’s no excuse for Trump’s comments. Stand with @MegynKelly. -SW
— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) August 8, 2015
.@MegynKelly is a tough interview. Being POTUS is tougher. @GOP candidates & media need to get back to how we’re going to turn US around.-SW
— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) August 8, 2015
Former New York Gov. George Pataki called the “meltdown” “sad but predictable.”
Sad but predictable meltdown from Trump. With all due respect to @megynkelly the outrage at Trump’s divisive language is long overdue.
— George E. Pataki (@GovernorPataki) August 8, 2015
The presidential campaign of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) released a statement praising Erickson for the decision to disinvite Trump from Red State gathering.
“As a party, we are better to risk losing without Donald Trump than trying to win with him,” the statement said, according to The Guardian. “Enough already with Mr Trump.”
Trump tried to walk back the comment, saying that he was talking about Kelly’s nose.
So many “politically correct” fools in our country. We have to all get back to work and stop wasting time and energy on nonsense!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 8, 2015
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
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 8, 2015
.@redstate I miss you all, and thanks for all of your support. Political correctness is killing our country. “weakness.”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 8, 2015
But his campaign still had some criticisms for Erickson.
“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.’ He was forced to make a humbling apology,” his campaign said in a statement.
“Also, not only is Erick a total loser, he has a history of supporting establishment losers in failed campaigns so it is an honor to be uninvited from his event. Mr. Trump is an outsider and does not fit his agenda.”
Don’t these guys realize that their criticisms won’t matter. Trump really is the GOP way of thinking unfiltered. The GOP thinks this. They honestly believe that a premenopause woman should never be in the White House because she’ll start menstruating and launch nukes at Russia or some such nonsense.
My, my, we are certainly airing our dirty linen today ? Please continue…
Remember when Walker BOLDLY attacked Trump for his misogynistic comments during the debate? Neither do I. Bold ‘leader’ my arse.
Trump is the id of the Republican party. The more he says crap like this, the higher he will rise in the polls. Just watch. Unless he has some sort of total flame-out, he will be the GOP nominee.
Je suis Megyn!