On Monday night, the presidential candidates faced off in the first debate. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made a fool out of himself in the debate against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. The polls confirm it.
Donald Trump took the low road after the debate. He said he is going to go after Hillary Clinton for her husband’s affairs when he was president… 20 years ago.
Towards the end of the debate, Trump said that he:
“… Was going to say something extremely rough to Hillary [Clinton], to her family, and I said to myself, ‘I can’t do it.’”
You think it’s better to say you want to insult someone instead of actually insulting them? That’s pretty tacky.
Chelsea Clinton unleashed on Donald Trump after he threatened to bring up her father’s infidelity.
She said this in an interview with Cosmopolitan:
“Well, my reaction to that is just what my reaction has been kind of every time Trump has gone after my mom or my family, which is that it’s a distraction from his inability to talk about what’s actually at stake in this election and to offer concrete, comprehensive proposals about the economy, or our public school system, or debt-free college, or keeping our country safe and Americans safe here at home and around the world.”
One of Trump’s spawn, Eric, said his father demonstrated “courage” by not asking about President Bill Clinton’s infidelity. Eric said:
“I mean, he really took the high ground where he had the opportunity to go very, very low. And I’m proud of him for doing that. I mean, I’m really proud of him for doing that. And I think people recognize that. I mean, there are a lot of people who came up to me, including many in the media, who said listen, he could’ve just crushed her on that last question. And he would’ve probably hurt a family if he did.”
“I don’t know, I think that took a lot of courage in so many regards and I think he really answered that well and took the high ground and kept the high road.”
No, Eric, “taking the high road” would mean not saying anything about Hillary Clinton’s family. At least, he recognizes it’s bad.
Here is the moment in question from the debate:
https://youtu.be/OV9Vi8SsC24
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