Hillary Clinton has scaled back her campaign schedule this week to prepare for Monday’s debate against her Republican rival, while Trump asks his supporters what he should say and “works the refs” by claiming the debates are “rigged” against him. It’s a phony system. “Lester’s a Democrat. They’re all Democrats, OK?” he said.
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“It’s a very unfair system”, Trump said. I’ve worked pretty well within the system.
“There [is] nobody that respects women more than Donald Trump – that I can tell you”, he said.
“I have respect for Lester, Lester is a professional, but we’ll see what happens”.
Trump called Holt a “Democrat” as well as the moderators of the second presidential debate, Anderson Cooper and Martha Raddatz.
But, according to CNN contributor and Hoover Institution research fellow Lanhee Chen, the real estate developer and former reality TV star won’t be able to wing it in this debate like he did during the GOP primaries.
“I’m not okay with Anderson Cooper because I think he treats me very unfairly at CNN”, Trump said.
“I don’t think I’m looking to do that”, he said.
Trump told Fox News host Bill O’Reilly on Monday night that he has “absolutely no idea” if he is going to end up going after Clinton in a “very personal way” with below-the-belt attacks on issues like Bill Clinton’s infidelities.
Trump has not been alone in criticizing the objectivity of debate moderators. Specific topics and questions will be formulated by the debate moderator, Lester Holt of NBC News. Earlier in the summer, Trump protested the date of the first debate in particular because it conflicts with Monday Night Football.
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Trump said he would be able to handle what Clinton might throw at him because he “went to the best school …”
