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Has Donald Trump Killed His Campaign With 'Blood' Comment?

Donald Trump

By far, the most influential and noblest soul who walked this earth, Jesus, left us a corpus of plenary inspired revelation for orderly living. In one teaching, He said, "For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned" (1).
Applying this teaching to Donald Trump's latest comment: Is time up for Mr Trump? Has he condemned himself and rendered his chances like morning mist in scorching sunshine?
For the records, Donald Trump appeared on "CNN Tonight" on Friday (8/8/15), and while being interviewed by CNN's Don Lemon made the forgettable comment after being pushed on his beef with Megyn Kelly, one of three hosts to a Republic debate the previous night. Among other things, Trump said of Kelly, "You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes," He added, "Blood coming out of her wherever."
Megyn Kelly
No matter how his campaign team may attempt to spin the issue, this may very well be the beginning of the end. Perhaps his days in the sun are gradually coming to an end.
This comment has led to his exclusion from an event by Conservative activist Erick Erickson, organizer of the RedState Gathering. According to him, Trump went ‘a bridge too far’ in discussing Fox News moderator’s tough questioning. Trump had been scheduled to give the keynote speech on Saturday night.
"I have tried to give a great deal of latitude to Donald Trump in his run for the presidency," Erickson wrote. He also added, "He 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."
Erickson said while he likes Trump personally, "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 just was wrong."
Donald Trump
In a late-night interview with the Guardian, Erickson said he initially approached Trump’s campaign about the Kelly statement and that “they wouldn’t deny” it was a reference to menstruation. In the opinion of the conservative activist, “I don’t think I should have anyone on stage while my wife and daughter are watching who would say that on a female journalist.”
Erickson thought with the latest comments “Trump had disqualified himself” and the episode would be “the beginning of the end” of Trump’s campaign.
Erickson said, “I think it crossed a line of decency no one running for president should ever cross whether you are a professional or amateur politician."
“This is my event, that I’m paying for and I can do whatever I want,” he said. “I wanted to have him here as a legitimate candidate, but no legitimate candidate suggests a female asking questions does so because she’s hormonal.”
Rather than issuing an apology for his comments, a Trump campaign spokesperson responded: “This is just another example of weakness through being politically correct. For all of the people who were looking forward to Mr Trump coming, we will miss you. Blame Erick Erickson, your weak and pathetic leader. We’ll now be doing another campaign stop at another location.”
Trump himself slammed "'politically correct' fools in our country" on Twitter, Saturday morning, adding that "we have to all get back to work and stop wasting time and energy on nonsense!"
Nobody expected Donald Trump to do as well as he has done so far, in the polls. He has certainly ruffled the feathers of many people with his brash statements. However, to go below the lines of decency and attack a woman like he has done in this modern world would very well be the sounding of the death knell over his campaign.
Donald Trump
He has crossed a bridge from which there may very well be no return? It would be difficult to imagine him turning this around. And if his campaign experiences an inglorious declivity from this time forward, it would be because Donald Trump has been condemned by his own unguarded and unbridled words.
Time may not just decide, it may probably fulfil the hasty demise of Donald Trump's campaign.
(1) Matthew 12:37 King James Version





Angelina K. Morrison is interested in national development, true religion, and self-improvement. She enjoys thinking, and writes stories only when the muse grips her. Her first short story, Gravellatina is a breathtaking five-part series available now at Amazon. You can email her at angelinakm75@gmail.com, or find her at www.angelinakmorrison.blogspot.com or Facebook page
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