Trump camp doubles down on ‘blood’ comment
Another weekend, another raging war of words triggered by shoot-from-the-lip presidential hopeful Donald Trump.
The unapologetic mogul on SaturdayDENIED
he took a gross, sexist shot at Fox News host Megyn Kelly — and called anyone accusing him of that a “deviant.”
he took a gross, sexist shot at Fox News host Megyn Kelly — and called anyone accusing him of that a “deviant.”
Trump, who sparred with Kelly at Thursday’s GOP debate over derogatory comments he has made about women, got into hot water Friday night when he said of Kelly during a CNN chat: “You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her . . . wherever.”
He took to Twitter Saturday morning to say he meant that blood was, metaphorically, coming from Kelly’s nose.
Hours later, Trump’s campaign took off the gloves.
“Mr. Trump said, ‘Blood was coming out of her eyes and whatever,’ meaning nose, but wanted to move on to more important topics,” a campaign statement read .
“Only a deviant would think anything else.”
The Donald’s remark got him barred from the conservative political meeting RedState Gathering 2015 in Atlanta on Saturday.
Trump called the event’s organizer, RedState.com editor Erick Erickson, a “loser” and said he didn’t want to attend anyway.
Even after his Kelly comment inci
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