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ATLANTA Conservative commentator Erick Erickson on Friday night disinvited GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump from speaking at an activist conference he is hosting here this weekend, citing disparaging remarks Trump made hours earlier on CNN about Fox News Channel anchor Megyn Kelly.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Erickson said Trump had been scheduled to speak at his RedState gathering on Saturday at the College Football Hall of Fame, but he told Corey Lewandowski, Trumps campaign manager, about an hour before midnight that Trump was no longer welcome.
Trumps campaign said in a statement that Ericksons decision was another example of weakness through being politically correct. For all the people who were looking forward to Mr. Trump coming, we will miss you. Blame Erick Erickson, your weak and pathetic leader. Well now be doing another campaign stop at another location.
Trumps CNN interview Friday evening instantly drew controversy and criticism after he said Kelly, one of the moderators of Thursdays Republican presidential debate in Cleveland, had blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever.
Erickson, a Fox News regular and face of the popular RedState blog, has long been a foe congressional GOP leaders and an ally of conservative grass-roots organizers. He has also drawn criticism for saying impolitic things, once calling retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter an [expletive] child molester and First Lady Michelle Obama a Marxist harpy. He has since apologized for both comments.
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Egnever
(21,506 posts)He isn't afraid to tell people to pound sand.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)I do not accept Erickson's apology for calling David Souter a child molester and First Lady Michelle Obama a Marxist harpy.