Donald Trump Disses Rosie O’Donnell in GOP Debate – See Her Response!
“For all of the people who were looking forward to Mr. Trump coming, we will miss you”. Republican strategist Liz Mair said the debate “has done Trump a tremendous disservice for exposing him for exactly what he is – a philosophically ungrounded, unappealing entertainer”.
The betting among most political analysts was that the presence of Donald Trump would make Thursday night’s Republican presidential debate entertaining.
Trump also badgered Kelly at the end of his response, telling her that if she didn’t like his history with women, “I’m sorry”.
‘I’m going to have to earn this, ‘ Bush said.
Trump’s unapologetic, off-script style offends some, but has set him apart from a packed field furiously trying to garner the same level of attention.
At a watch party in the Valley, a common theme among some in the crowd was the moderators’ aggressiveness toward Trump.
Referring to Kelly’s questions during the debate, Trump told CNN, “There was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever”.
“It’s kind of amusing but I think he’s more of an entertainer than a politician”.
On Friday morning RedState host Erick Erickson took the stage to explain his decision, saying he didn’t want his daughter to be in the same room with Trump. He said he’s not concerned about political correctness.
“It’s a question whether he really was a Republican in the first place”, said Casey Mattox, a lawyer from Washington, DC. Vox outlined where each of the alleged comments was made.
Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly: “You’ve called women you don’t like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals”. The Fox News correspondent pointed out that “for the record, it was well beyond Rosie O’Donnell”, to which Trump snickered back, “Yes, I’m sure it was”. “It is unfortunate to have to disinvite him”, he continued.
“I’m just acknowledging the fact that the guy has hit a nerve”. The first Republican debate of 2011 was seen by 3.2 million people, while Democrat debates in 2008 never topped 10 percent in the ratings. “No. Excuse”.
Trump cited two polls frequently during his rant – one from The Drudge Report, in which 50% of its readers chose him as the victor, and another from Time that found similar results.
Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and the only Republican woman running for president, shared her views on CNN’s “New Day” just hours after she wrapped up her debate performance among six other presidential candidates who did not poll well enough to be in the prime-time debate.