Atlanta — Attendees at this year’s RedState Gathering woke up to a changed landscape. Overnight, host Erick Erickson informed Donald Trump that he was no longer welcome to speak at the event, which he had been scheduled to do Saturday evening.

Erickson kicked off Saturday’s morning session explaining to the audience why they would not see Trump speak. He showed the audience the video of Trump on CNN Friday night in which Trump suggested, none-too-subtley, that Megyn Kelly had asked him unfair questions at Thursday’s debate because she was having her period.

“I don’t want my daughter in the room with Donald Trump . . . so he’s not invited,” Erickson said, describing his thinking last night.

The presidential candidates speaking today — Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, Scott Walker, and Jeb Bush — will have to contend with how to respond to yet another controversial comment from Trump. Erickson apologized to the other candidates Saturday morning, noting ”this has become a distraction for them.” He said he would not ask them about Trump’s remarks and would leave it to the candidates whether or not to address them.

We’ll update this post as the reactions come in.