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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA confrontation with Bill Clinton was planned for tonight's debate
According to Bob Costa on MSNBC late tonight - Costa spoke with the Trump campaign and was told that the women who the Trump campaign invited to tonight's debate were to walk up to Bill Clinton and confront him on national television. The debate administrators wouldn't allow it. The Trump campaign was furious but lost the fight.
Costa said that his article will be in the Washington Post tomorrow.
oldtime dfl_er
(6,931 posts)this is just a reality show. Mark Burnett needs to slap some sense in him.
eleny
(46,166 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)not today
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)On this stunt.
Nobody paid any attention to that shit.
Not even fix news ... And that is saying something.
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)chillfactor
(7,576 posts)that said one of the women was paid $2500 to appear. Wonder if they all were?
Raine
(30,540 posts)and would've shown him for the total lunatic he is for all to see..
suffragette
(12,232 posts)They really did want to try and create reality tv manufactured drama.
Also, given that they kept it from sone of Trump's people, it looks like some division going on inside his campaign.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/10/trumps-debate-plan-to-seat-bill-clintons-accusers-in-family-box-was-thwarted/?postshare=811476078962605&tid=ss_tw
The gambit to give Bill Clintons accusers prime seats was devised by Trump campaign chief executive Stephen K. Bannon and Jared Kushner, the candidates son-in-law, and approved personally by Trump. The four women three of whom have alleged Bill Clinton sexually assaulted or harassed them years ago were to walk in the debate hall at the same time as the 42nd president and confront him in front of a national television audience.
We were going to put the four women in the VIP box, said former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, who represents Trump in debate negotiations. We had it all set. We wanted to have them shake hands with Bill, to see if Bill would shake hands with them.
I added the bold. More info at link.
still_one
(92,192 posts)apprentice for years and they had no problem with that