Not what he said. Doesn't matter. What he said allowed that to be imputed to him by his enemies, people who want him out of the contest.

Trump fires back

He neither said nor suggested Megan was on the rag.

But that's what they are saying he did, and it's possible he meant to suggest that.

Erikson, for example, who damns him as "no conservative" and wants him gone for plenty of plain old political reasons, seems to have started it all.

And this is hatchet job reporting, anyway.

Donald Trump is firing back on the Megyn Kelly episode in what for him is a familiar fashion — with a string of television appearances, and a long and scathing statement attacking his critics.

The New York businessman plans to hit Sunday morning talk shows on CNN, CBS, NBC and ABC in the wake of criticism over his suggestion that Kelly asked him harsh questions in the Thursday debate because of menstruation.

A day after Kelly asked Trump about past insults to women, the billionaire told CNN late Friday about the Fox News anchor: “You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever.”

Erick Erickson, organizer of the Red State Gathering of conservative activists, disinvited the billionaire from addressing the group Saturday, saying the “wherever” comment suggests that Trump believes Kelly asked him tough questions because she was having her period.

“I don’t want my daughter in the same room with Donald Trump,” Erickson said.