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U.S. NEWS A5
Friday 11 September 2015
After insulting Fiorina, Trump tested by wave of criticism
STEVE PEOPLES I will protect women, and mitted like I’m committed,”
Associated Press I will take care of women, he said.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A and I have great respect Bush, who has emerged
wave of criticism from Re- for women.” as a leading Trump critic
publicans and Democrats He said his wife and in recent weeks, came
alike rose Thursday after daughter have encour- to Fiorina’s defense Thurs-
Republican presidential aged him to speak more day. He tweeted that the
front-runner Donald Trump about “women’s health is- “demeaning remarks are
insulted the physical ap- sues, because they know small and inappropriate for
pearance of Carly Fiorina, how strongly and commit- anyone, much less a presi-
his party’s only female ted I am to it.” dential candidate.” ‘’Carly
White House contender. “Jeb Bush and to a large & country deserve better.
It’s a new test for the can- extent Hillary are not com- Enough,” Bush wrote.q
didacy of the brash-talking
Trump, whose standing in Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks
opinion polls has surged on Capitol Hill in Washington. A wave of criticism from
despite a series of com- Republicans and Democrats alike rose Thursday after GOP
ments that might well have presidential front-runner Donald Trump insulted the physical
doomed a traditional poli- appearance of his party’s only female White House contender.
tician. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Republican Louisiana Gov.
Bobby Jindal called Trump for that? Can you imagine to delight in insulting wom-
“a madman,” while Demo- that, the face of our next en every chance he gets,”
crat Hillary Rodham Clin- president?” Clinton told a cheering
ton said the billionaire real- The chorus of anti-Trump crowd of supporters. “I
estate mogul “seems to Republicans now includes have to say, if he emerg-
delight in insulting women Bush, Jindal, Kentucky Sen. es I would love to debate
every chance he gets.” Rand Paul, former New him.”
Former Florida Gov. Jeb York Gov. George Pataki The Fiorina remark is only
Bush dismissed Trump’s lat- and retired neurosurgeon the latest comment direct-
est comments as “small Ben Carson, who is running ed at women that’s led to
and inappropriate.” And second to Trump in several criticism of Trump. After the
Fiorina, the target of early polls and challenged first GOP debate, during
Trump’s latest insult, sug- Trump’s Christian faith this which Fox News’ Megyn
gested she was “getting week. Kelly asked him about past
under his skin.” In a speech at the National derogatory comments
In some ways, Thursday Press Club in Washington, about women, Trump
was a day no different from Jindal called Trump an launched a series of insults
others in an unpredictable “egomaniacal madman at the TV anchor — includ-
2016 presidential primary who has no principles,” de- ing telling CNN that Kelly
campaign, a messy con- scribing him as a “carnival had “blood coming out
test in which Trump has act.” of her eyes, blood coming
emerged as a dominant “The silly summer season is out of her wherever” dur-
and divisive figure. But the over,” Jindal said. “It’s time ing the debate.
day also featured an es- to get serious about sav- Trump tried to paper over
calation of criticism from ing our country. It’s time to his remarks about Fiorina in
Trump’s detractors in both send Donald Trump back an interview with CNN, say-
parties, who seem be mul- to reality TV.” ing he wasn’t talking about
tiplying. At a rally in Columbus, her appearance but her
The spark was an inter- Ohio, at roughly the same “persona.”
view published Wednes- time, Clinton took a swipe In a subsequent interview
day by Rolling Stone, in at Trump, whose deroga- on ABC’s “The View,” he
which Trump said Fiorina’s tory remarks about Fiorina said, “I do have a very big
face would make her un- are merely his latest insults heart,” and then he of-
electable. The magazine directed at a woman. fered a message directly
quoted Trump as saying “There is one particular to women: “I want to say
of the former technology candidate who just seems that I cherish women, and
executive: “Look at that
face! Would anyone vote
