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U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, disinvited from a conservative conference and under fire because of remarks about a female debate moderator, defended his comments on Saturday while denouncing politically correct "fools."

Trump had been scheduled to give the keynote address on Saturday night at the RedState gathering in Atlanta, where several other members of the 17-person Republican field were appearing.

The comments by Trump, the billionaire New York developer and reality television star whose blunt manner has brought a new dynamic to the 2016 presidential race, come during a campaign in which Republicans are trying to overcome what Democrats say is their "war on women."

Erick Erickson, who heads the influential RedState website, said on Friday he canceled Trump's address because of the candidate's "demeaning" comments about Fox News' Megyn Kelly, who was one of three moderators at Thursday night's candidates debate.

Trump, who was leading in polls going into the debate, thought Kelly was unfair in asking him about his previous comments on women.

"You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes," Trump said in a CNN interview on Friday. "Blood coming out of her wherever."

Erickson, who invited Kelly to replace Trump at the RedState conference, said he revoked Trump's invitation because he did not "want someone on stage who gets a hostile question from a lady and his first inclination is to imply it was hormonal."

The Trump campaign issued a statement on Saturday, saying, "Mr. Trump made Megyn Kelly look really bad - she was a mess with her anger and totally caught off guard. Mr. Trump said 'blood was coming out of her eyes and whatever' meaning nose, but wanted to move on to more important topics. Only a deviant would think anything else."

Do you think it's the real deal or is he just a plant from the Clintons?

"Presidential Apprentice: Race to the White House"

But that's really what the country has 'sunk to.'

So it's fitting.

Besides The Simpsons predicted Trump would become president one day about 15 years ago and after him the U.S. will have its first straight female president.

Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) said Saturday that fellow presidential candidate Donald Trump's derogatory commentary has begun inflicting permanent and possibly fatal damage to the Republican Party brand and urged GOP leaders to stop "tiptoeing" around the billionaire businessman and to confront him directly and unequivocally.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Graham said Trump's personal attacks on Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly after she questioned him in Thursday night's primary debate were "an affront to all women" and undermine the Republican Party's urgent mission to appeal to more women voters.

“I think we’ve crossed that Rubicon, where his behavior becomes about us, not just him," Graham said. "I hope the party leadership will push hard. I hope that those seeking the nomination to be the standard bearer will unequivocally reject this. People gave Mr. Trump a pass on the [debate] stage. I understand that to a point, but we’ve crossed a line here that can’t be ignored. There can be no more tiptoeing around this.”

Graham's comments came after Trump hurled insults at Kelly in a Friday night appearance on CNN. He called her a "lightweight" and suggested that she asked him aggressive and "ridiculous" questions in the debate.

"You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever," Trump said on CNN. On Saturday morning, he and his campaign issued statements claiming that Trump was referring to Kelly's nose.

Graham, a long-serving senator from South Carolina, was relegated to the undercard debate on Thursday because of his poor standing in national polls. He said the party's deep bench of talented candidates is being overshadowed and undermined by Trump, who helped draw a record cable television audience for the main debate.

"Everything is being placed in jeopardy by the antics of Mr. Trump and we’re at a crossroads as a party," Graham said. "The good news is that 24 million people watched the Republican debate. The bad news is that 24 million people watched the Republican debate."

Graham urged his fellow presidential candidates, as well as party leaders like Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, to state clearly that Trump's message "is not who we are, not where we're going to take the country and not what we believe."

“It’s just like driving by a car wreck without rendering aid," Graham said. "Donald Trump is an out of control car driving through a crowd of Republicans and somebody needs to get him out of the car. I just don’t see a pathway forward for us in 2016 to win the White House if we don’t decisively deal with this.”

Republican leaders have tread carefully in dealing with Trump, worried about alienating or angering him out of fear that he might run as an independent candidate in next year's general election and take votes away from the Republican nominee. In Thursday's debate, Trump memorably refused to vow to support the eventual nominee, saying he wanted to keep his "leverage."

But Graham said GOP leaders need to "take the leverage away and not be afraid to speak honestly and directly about this problem."

“He’s a bully," Graham said. "He intimidates people by calling them bad names. Like every other bully, he’ll meet his fate only when good people say, 'Enough.' Donald Trump, enough already. Take your ball and go home.”

This is not Graham's first time unloading on Trump. He condemned the billionaire real estate mogul and reality television star last month after he belittled the Vietnam War service of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a close friend and supporter of Graham's.

So... Hillary as soon as he's been impeached?

Wait, does he even have a running mate?

Edit: Don't get me wrong, I think Hillary would be a terrible president for many different reasons, and as much as I would like to see someone who isn't coming from a presidential dynasty win the election, I don't believe that will ever pan out in this election.

IMHO Graham is right.

If you ever find yourself agreeing with Graham or McCain, you might want to rethink what exactly is going on.

John McCain is a war hero ask him why he can't move his arms !

I'm going with fried food.

I'm not here to debate McCain's war record, all I'm saying is he should been committed to an insane asylum a long time ago rather than his current job in the senate.

What do you think a job in the senate is?

If civil servitude comes with top notch free medical care and a pension for life, sign me up.

What do you think a job in the senate is?

If you ever find yourself agreeing with Graham or McCain, you might want to rethink what exactly is going on.

Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) said Saturday that fellow presidential candidate Donald Trump's derogatory commentary has begun inflicting permanent and possibly fatal damage to the Republican Party brand

Has he actually presented a political viewpoint other than lets build a wall between us and Mexico and have Mexico pay for it?

Has he actually presented a political viewpoint other than lets build a wall between us and Mexico and have Mexico pay for it?

Yes he has. But you wouldn't know about it if you only listened to the headlines.

Mind you some are counterproductive (like his stance on same-sex marriage and foreign affairs) but he supports most pro-economical growth policies common with Republicans. His tax proposal is pretty bad however, and I highly doubt he even has a budget proposal at all.

Seeing how much love people have with his toupee, I really can't see them actually attacking his viewpoints at all.

Why are people considering voting for him?

Honestly, someone with that much money really can't do something better about his hair?!

If only there was another unqualified senile public figure on the ballot who could lead us into as big of a hole as he did...

Wait, are you asking for the repeal of the 22nd Amendment so an unqualified senile public figure would lead us into a big of a hole he did in his first 2 terms?