Trump thinks he ‘did the right thing’ not bringing up Bill Clinton’s infidelity during debate
"I didn’t feel comfortable doing it with Chelsea in the room."
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told “Fox and Friends” Tuesday morning he was going to bring up Bill Clinton’s infidelity during Monday night’s debate but didn’t because Chelsea Clinton was present.
“When [Hillary Clinton] hit me at the end with the women, I was going to hit her with her husband’s women,” he told the morning show hosts. “And I decided I shouldn’t do it because her daughter was in the room.”
.@realDonaldTrump: “I was going to hit [Hillary] with her husband’s women, and I decided I shouldn’t do it…I think I did the right thing.” pic.twitter.com/aXEkUTQ9Tw
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) September 27, 2016
During the debate, Trump alluded to an attack he planned to make on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton when responding to her bringing up his history of sexist comments.
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“Hillary is hitting me with tremendous commercials, some of it said in entertainment, somebody who’s been very vicious to me,” he said during his response. “Rosie O’Donnell, I said very tough things to her, and I think everybody would agree she deserves it, and nobody feels sorry for her. You want to know the truth? I was going to say something extremely rough to Hillary, to her family, and I said to myself, ‘I can’t do it. I just can’t do it.’ It’s inappropriate.”
The real estate mogul clarified during an interview in the Spin Room with CNN’s Dana Bash immediately following the debate that he was “very happy that he was able to hold back” on bringing up Bill Clinton’s “indiscretions.”
Trump: “I’m very happy that I was able to hold back” on Bill Clinton’s “indiscretions” https://t.co/DuyzBNOtM0 https://t.co/xgaIkIHXh2
— CNN (@CNN) September 27, 2016
Trump doubled-down on that stance Tuesday morning during his “Fox and Friends” appearance, saying he thinks he did the right thing.
“I didn’t feel comfortable doing it,” Trump said. “I think I did the right thing. It’s not worth a point. I didn’t feel comfortable doing it with Chelsea in the room. I think Chelsea’s a fine young lady, I didn’t like doing it with Chelsea in the room.”
Trump previously threatened to invite Gennifer Flowers, whose claims of an affair with Bill Clinton threatened his 1992 presidential election, as his guest to Monday’s debate.
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