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RedState Gathering: Some unhappy Donald Trump banned from Atlanta event

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participates in the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participates in the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
By Kristina Torres
Aug 8, 2015

On the heels  of RedState Gathering founder Erick Erickson revoking his invite to Donald Trump as Saturday night's headline speaker, not everyone at the conservative get-together appreciated the decision.

Trump in an interview Friday had taken aim at Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly by saying "you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever" as she questioned him during Thursday's Republican presidential debate. Erickson called the billionaire's comments "a bridge too far."

But Rebecca Landau, a Georgia resident who'd made the weekend trip to Atlanta from Ellijay, summed up her thoughts thusly (and she wasn't alone):

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