Trump blasts Megyn Kelly, Fox News in Twitter rant

But the candidates did not make one move toward taking Donald Trump out.

Although Trump said in his statement after the debate he was unhappy with the questions he was asked and told reporters Kelly “behaved very badly”, the GOP hopeful was not done.

After it was all over, the governor spoke about his performance on the stage with reporters, including WKBN 27 First News anchor Dave Sess. He called this campaign a “movement” for him and his career. When Trump suggested he had only insulted Rosie O’Donnell, Kelly corrected him and asked whether this represented the proper temperament for a president and left him vulnerable to charges that he is part of a war on women.

Thursday night’s debate wasn’t just the most-watched program in the history of Fox News Channel, it drew more than twice as many views as the previous record-setter – the 2012 election night.

“Perhaps one of the biggest factors in Thursday’s viewership was the participation of the outspoken Donald Trump, who Obama-Clinton-each-other-in-first-2016-debate-Trump-takes-spotlight/3441438917501/?spt=sec∨tn” target=”_blank”>delivered numerous barbs during the debate. But he said “we talked long after I decided to run”, quelling speculation that the ex-president might have played some role in his decision.

For Trump, having to defend his conservative credentials is just the latest challenge to his still-surging presidential bid.

“I don’t have time for total political correctness”, he said. Who do you think won the debate?

Mr Trump’s admission that he might run as an independent angered fellow Republican contender Rand Paul who said: “He buys and sells politicians of all stripes”.

“We don’t need to be a party that divides people in our country”. In the early hours of Friday morning, he also republished a tweet that referred to Kelly as a “bimbo”.

I don’t think he has any proof.

Trump’s refusal to rule out a potential third party candidacy has raised eyebrows in both parties. How is she going to lecture me about student loans? “What I said last night was, if the Lord can give me unconditional love for all the things that I do that are not good, then I ought to give unconditional love to other people that are around”.