In 2012, Trump wrote on Twitter of singer Bette Midler: 'But whenever she sees me, she kisses my ass.

In tweets sent last year, Trump called Huffington Post editor Arianna Huffington 'a dog who wrongfully comments on me' and said she is 'ugly both inside and out!' When Kelly said Trump's comments had gone beyond O'Donnell and asked about his use of such insults on Twitter, Trump replied that he didn't 'have time for total political correctness.'Ī review of Trump's writings, televised interviews and Twitter feed show he's long used harsh language to describe women - and occasionally men. Trump's campaign did not respond immediately to a request for comment.ĭuring the debate, Trump acknowledged making such comments - but only about O'Donnell.

'I just don't want someone on stage who gets a hostile question from a lady and his first inclination is to imply it was hormonal,' Erickson wrote on the RedState website Friday night. Referring to Kelly's questions during the debate, Trump said, 'There was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever.'Ĭiting that remark, conservative commentator Erick Erickson said he was withdrawing his invitation for Trump to appear at his RedState Gathering in Atlanta on Saturday. 'She's not very tough and not very sharp,' Trump said during a phone interview on CNN. RELATED: Donald Trump steals the spotlight in GOP debateīefore dawn, he had retweeted a post calling Kelly a 'bimbo.' The post was later deleted, but on Friday evening Trump called Kelly a 'lightweight.' Trump largely dismissed Kelly's question at the debate, but on Friday he went directly after her.

The issue took center stage at the first Republican debate of the 2016 campaign for president, when Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly asked Trump about his use of such language and whether it reflected the 'temperament of a man we should elect as president.' WASHINGTON - GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said Friday he can't recall using words such as 'dog,' `'fat' and 'disgusting' to insult women he believes have slighted him, but such language litters his Twitter feed and other public comments he's made for years.

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