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Carly Fiorina targets Trump over 'offensive' Megyn Kelly comments | Carly Fiorina targets Trump over 'offensive' Megyn Kelly comments |
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Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina is taking on Donald Trump over his 'offensive' comments about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly. | Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina is taking on Donald Trump over his 'offensive' comments about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly. |
Fiorina, the only woman in the race to be the Republican nominee, said Trump's insinuation that Kelly's tough questions during Thursday's debate were a result of menstruation was "completely inappropriate and offensive". | Fiorina, the only woman in the race to be the Republican nominee, said Trump's insinuation that Kelly's tough questions during Thursday's debate were a result of menstruation was "completely inappropriate and offensive". |
The day after Kelly grilled Trump over sexist remarks he made in the past, Trump said: "You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever." | The day after Kelly grilled Trump over sexist remarks he made in the past, Trump said: "You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever." |
The line, which has been taken to refer to menstruation, has badly hurt the Trump campaign; the candidate was uninvited from the RedState Gathering, a conservative event featuring leading Republicans, and his leading strategist Roger Stone resigned after a public spat. | The line, which has been taken to refer to menstruation, has badly hurt the Trump campaign; the candidate was uninvited from the RedState Gathering, a conservative event featuring leading Republicans, and his leading strategist Roger Stone resigned after a public spat. |
Trump claims his comments have been misunderstood, but former Hewlett-Packard executive Fiorina, universally considered the winner of the earlier debate for outside-the-top-10 candidates, said: "Women understood that comment. And yes, it is offensive. | Trump claims his comments have been misunderstood, but former Hewlett-Packard executive Fiorina, universally considered the winner of the earlier debate for outside-the-top-10 candidates, said: "Women understood that comment. And yes, it is offensive. |
Speaking on CNN's State of the Union programme, Fiorina said: "I started out as a secretary. And as I made my way up in the business world, a male-dominated business world, I've had lots of men imply that, um -- I was unfit for decision-making because maybe I was having my period." | Speaking on CNN's State of the Union programme, Fiorina said: "I started out as a secretary. And as I made my way up in the business world, a male-dominated business world, I've had lots of men imply that, um -- I was unfit for decision-making because maybe I was having my period." |
She also featured on another Sunday politics show, Face The Nation on CBS, on which she said: "I think women of all kinds are really sort of horrified by this." | She also featured on another Sunday politics show, Face The Nation on CBS, on which she said: "I think women of all kinds are really sort of horrified by this." |
On both shows she repeated that Thursday's debate and the fallout have revealed Trump to be thin-skinned, something which a President should never be. | On both shows she repeated that Thursday's debate and the fallout have revealed Trump to be thin-skinned, something which a President should never be. |
Trump was also doing the media rounds this weekend, telling ABC's This Week: "I've had such an amazing relationship with women in business. They are amazing executives. They are killers." | Trump was also doing the media rounds this weekend, telling ABC's This Week: "I've had such an amazing relationship with women in business. They are amazing executives. They are killers." |
And appearing on Face The Nation, he said he would be "phenomenal to the women." | And appearing on Face The Nation, he said he would be "phenomenal to the women." |
He added: "I'm very much into the whole thing of helping people and helping women, women’s health issues are such a big thing to me." | He added: "I'm very much into the whole thing of helping people and helping women, women’s health issues are such a big thing to me." |
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