With Megyn Kelly 'Blood' Comment, Donald Trump Again Roils GOP Race

Some Republicans pounce and others pause after Republican front-runner's disparaging comment about Fox News anchor sets off debate over gender and political correctness.

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By Elizabeth Titus, Ben Brody, Susan Decker, and Margaret Newkirk

August 8, 2015 at 1:03 PM UTC

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August 10, 2015 at 11:25 AM UTC

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Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump's blunderbuss approach to political rhetoric has set off a raging debate in the party over gender and free speech with some prominent Republicans—including some of the billionaire's rivals—pouncing on the front-runner and others retreating into conspicuous silence.

Hours after a firestorm erupted over Trump's comment that there was "blood coming out" of Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly's "wherever" when she questioned him at the Thursday presidential debate, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus cancelled a planned Sunday morning appearance on CBS' Face the Nation. His spokesman, Sean Spicer, would not say why or whether Priebus would have a comment on the latest controversy surrounding Trump, who is lapping the field in recent polls. In an interview on the NBC's Today Saturday morning, Spicer called on Trump to "clarify" his comment.