Donald Trump claims Fox moderator Megyn Kelly 'bombed' in Republican debate

Donald Trump unofficially continuedhis first U.S. Republican presidential debate last night on social media, taking to Twitter to criticizeone of the moderators and attack others who felt his performance fell short.

Trump, who was joined by nineother candidates at the debate Thursday evening, faced tough questions about his past disparaging comments about women and being the sole candidate to refuse to pledge his support to the eventual party nominee.

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After the debate, Trump hadsome less-than-kind words for one of the debate's hosts, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly.

During the debate, Trump had already taken issue with Kelly's treatment of him. Following a question about pastdisparaging remarks about women, he said, "Honestly, Megyn, if you don't like it, I'm sorry. I've been very nice to you, although I could probably maybe not be based on the way you have treated me."

After posting tweets directed at Kelly, Trump focused onretweetingsome of his supporters who were also critical of the host.

Kelly has not yet responded to Trump's statementson Twitter.

Calls pollster 'a low class slob'

Trump also had harsh words for Frank Luntz, a pollster andthe founder of Luntz Global, which runs focus groups.

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Luntzwas holding a focus group during the debate and tweeting about how Trump's performance influencedpeople's perception of him.

Trump did not take kindly toLuntz'scriticism and accused him of picking people for his focus group that were anti-Trump.

Luntz took the allegations in stride, tweeting out a link for people to sign up for his focus groups if they want to "set them straight."