Trump to Megyn Kelly: I Don’t Have Time for Political Correctness and Neither Does This Country [+video]
By Real Clear Politics. Megyn Kelly calls out Donald Trump for sexist remarks from his Twitter history. “You’ve called women you don’t like ‘fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals.'”
“Only Rosie O’Donnell,” laughs Trump, before turning serious. “I’ve been challenged by so many people and I don’t frankly have time for total political correctness. And to be honest with you, this country doesn’t have time either. This country is in big trouble.”
MEGYN KELLY, FOX NEWS CHANNEL: Mr. Trump, one of the things people love about you is you speak your mind and you don’t use a politician’s filter. However that is not without its downsides, in particular when it comes to women. You’ve called women you don’t like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals. Your twitter account–
DONALD TRUMP: Only Rosie O’Donnell.
KELLY: For the record, it was well beyond Rosie O’Donnell.
(Read more from “Trump to Megyn Kelly: I Don’t Have Time for Political Correctness and Neither Does This Country” HERE)
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Donald Trump: ‘The Questions to Me Were Not Nice’
By Alex Pappas. During a brief, chaotic scrum with reporters after the debate here Thursday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he believes he won the televised showdown but thought the moderators were not “nice” to him.
“The questions to me were much tougher than the questions to anyone else,” Trump said, going on to single out co-moderator Megyn Kelly.
He also expressed frustration with the way Kelly “behaved.”
“The questions to me were not nice,” he said. “I didn’t think they were appropriate.” (Read more from “Donald Trump: ‘The Questions to Me Were Not Nice'” HERE)
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Republican Debate: Donald Trump Was Garbled, Incoherent – but Dominant
By Paul Lewis. Donald Trump, the unexpected frontrunner in the race for the Republican nomination for president, plunged headfirst into the primary’s first televised debate on Thursday, causing an instant splash that was remarkable even by his own standards.
The billionaire celebrity, who has a clear lead in the polls, electrified the debate from the start, declaring “politicians are stupid” and implying he was prepared to abandon the Republican party altogether to launch his own, independent candidacy.
Combative, outlandish, at times barely coherent, Trump lived up to the hype, although he became gradually quieter as the two-hour debate dragged on into policy areas where he had little or nothing of substance to contribute.
It was a good night for the Florida senator Marco Rubio and Wisconsin’s governor, Scott Walker, who emerged unscathed with polished performances. Jeb Bush, the establishment favourite, also made it through the ordeal, dealing better than he has in the past with thorny questions about his family name.
It was a less successful debate for the Kentucky senator Rand Paul, who capped a disastrous few days for his campaign with a series of scrappy exchanges with rival candidates in which he came off the worst. (Read more from “Republican Debate: Donald Trump Was Garbled, Incoherent – but Dominant” HERE)
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