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The organizer of the RedState Gathering has rescinded The Donald's invitation to speak at a Saturday evening rally at the College Football Hall of Fame.
Erick Erickson said the billionaire's comments about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly were "a bridge too far." Trump told CNN on Saturday that "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.
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Erickson took issue with the second part of that quote in a post to his blog overnight:
I think there is no way to otherwise interpret Mr. Trump's comment. In an attempted clarification, Mr. Trump's team tells me he meant "whatever", not "whenever."
The other day, we sent out the agenda for the RedState Gathering. The file had been saved with the "final" tag and the Washington sent it out. But it still had Governor Deal on the agenda and it did not have Donald Trump on it. Obviously, it wasn't the final.
I called Mr. Trump's campaign manager and apologized and told him I felt bad for Mr. Trump because he has gotten so much sh*t from so many people and the party itself wasn't treating the guy at the front of the pack as legitimate.
I think that is true. And I've been very sympathetic to Donald Trump because so many of the people who have led the party astray refuse to even treat him as a legitimate candidate.
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.
His comment was inappropriate. It is unfortunate to have to disinvite him. But 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. It just was wrong.
I have invited Megyn Kelly to attend in Donald Trump's place tomorrow night.
Erickson later tweeted that it’s doubtful Kelly can make it on short notice.
A Trump campaign spokesperson quickly fired back at Erickson via email, promising another campaign stop — without saying if it would be in Georgia or not:
"This is just another example of weakness through being politically correct. For all of the people who were looking forward to Mr. Trump coming, we will miss you. Blame Erick Erickson, your weak and pathetic leader. We'll now be doing another campaign stop at another location."
Trump took to Twitter to clarify his remarks.
Meanwhile, Trump’s GOP rivals seized on his CNN comments.
Daniel Malloy contributed to this article.
