The Trump campaign says Roger Stone was fired, but the political adviser says he resigned in protest.
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In a statement to BuzzFeed News on Saturday, a Trump spokesperson said Stone, a veteran conservative political operative, was fired on Friday night.
"We have a tremendously successful campaign and Roger wanted to use the campaign for his own personal publicity," the spokesperson said in an email. "He has had a number of articles about him recently and Mr. Trump wants to keep the focus of the campaign on how to Make America Great Again."
However, in a tweet written on Saturday afternoon, Stone maintained that he had "fired Trump" because of the "diversion" over Trump's feud with Kelly.
During an interview with CNN on Friday, Trump criticized Kelly for asking him tough questions during Thursday's GOP primary debate. He told CNN's Don Lemon the FOX News anchor had "blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever."
On Saturday, Trump said he had intended to say "nose," and criticized people for assuming he was referring to Kelly's menstrual cycle.
In response to his remarks, Trump was disinvited Saturday from an important gathering hosted by the conservative political blog RedState.
SOURCE: BuzzFeed
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