America
Trump shut out of conservative conclave due to offensive remarks
Washington, Aug 9
Magnate and presidential
hopeful Donald Trump has been shut out of an important conservative
gathering being held this weekend in Atlanta, Georgia, where he would
have been the main speaker, due to some comments he made about a female
Fox TV moderator, which for many went way too far.
"(Trump) is
not a professional politician and is known for being a blunt talker. He
connects with so much of the anger in the Republican base and is not
afraid to be outspoken on a lot of issues. But there are even lines
blunt talkers and unprofessional politicians should not cross. Decency
is one of those lines," Erick Erickson, director of the conservative
blog RedState, said on Saturday in an editorial, reports Efe.
RedState
is hosting an influential conservative event this weekend in Atlanta,
attended by nine of the 17 candidates for the Republican primaries
leading up to the 2016 presidential election.
Trump was supposed
to be the last speaker on Saturday night, given that he was leading in
the polls and has made the campaign all about himself with his
outrageous remarks.
The last of them, even for many
conservatives, went too far - on Friday in an interview on CNN he
insinuated that Fox moderator Megyn Kelly didn't treat him right in
Thursday's Republican debate because she was menstruating.
"You
could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of
her - wherever," Trump said about Kelly, the only woman among the three
moderators, and whose incisive questioning of the magnate was the most
commented on following the first big presidential debate for the 2016
election.
For the organizer of the conservative RedState event, as for many in the US, Trump's remark about Kelly "was a bridge too far".
"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 was just
wrong," Erickson said in his statement.