In Defiant Talk-Show Spots, Donald Trump Says He 'Cherishes' Women
The Republican presidential front-runner's latest controversial comments about a Fox News anchor leave the party in a quandary.
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One day after his comments about a female Fox News anchor led to Donald Trump being dumped from a conservative gathering and set off a furious debate within the Republican Party, the Republican front-runner for 2016 refused to apologize and insisted he was being misunderstood.
His remark Friday about Fox's Megyn Kelly—that “you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever”—was meant to refer to “her nose or ears,” Trump said on CBS' Face the Nation, one of four morning news show appearances he made Sunday. “Only a deviant would have thought otherwise.” Kelly, at Thursday's Republican debate, had questioned the billionaire about his history of misogynistic comments.