Fox News Republican debate shattered records with 24 million viewers
Trump, who is now eclipsing much of the Republican political debate in the US, derives some of his popularity from shunning politically correct language, but his comments have also alienated a number of his Republic peers.
He might not have helped his cause on Friday after he retweeted a tweet that called Kelly a “bimbo”.
“I am a sinner like everyone else and have said some really dumb, stupid things in my life and had to apologize for them“, Erickson told host Linda Wertheimer. “He’s already hedging his bets because he’s used to buying politicians of all stripes”, Paul said.
Scott Walker had the opportunity to denounce Donald Trump’s history of offensive comments about women – brought up during Thursday’s debate by moderator Megyn Kelly – he stuck to his debate approach and stayed out of the fray.
Google Trends tracked candidate searches: No surprise, Trump was the most searched; but here’s something unexpected: Dr. Ben Carson ended the debate in a Google search tie with Trump. “It just was wrong”.
Fiorina – the only woman seeking the GOP’s nomination for president – previously discussed Trump’s comments about women Friday morning on CNN’s “New Day”.
But I also think that while Mr. Trump resonates with a lot of people with his bluntness, including me to a degree, there are just real lines of decency a person running for President should not trust. I do say this, and I was listening to you folks and Joe before, if you’re going to do that to me, I think it’s great. “Amusing to watch”, Trump tweeted.
Huffmon warns that big poll numbers don’t mean much now, especially for a celebrity like Trump who has offered nearly nothing about his platform.
Today Trump clarified his remarks and tweeted “Re Megyn Kelly quote: “you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever” (NOSE)”.
Connie Thomas, executive of a health care consultancy, said Trump went “too far” in the CNN interview. Bush, who ranked second in a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, placed seventh in Twitter mentions. “The truth is, we’re going to keep doing what we’ve been doing”, she said. And I hope that what people are starting to say is, ‘You know what?
“I’m extremely proud of all of the moderators – they asked tough, important questions and did their job as journalists”, Ailes told Politico.
“I will not make the pledge at this time”, said Mr Trump, who for weeks has said he would not rule out an independent bid that would nearly certainly split the Republican vote and boost the chances of victory for the Democratic nominee.