However, Conway denied that Trump’s campaign had invited Flowers – whose affair with Clinton was revealed in the 1990s – and blamed Clinton’s campaign for the topic even coming up, saying the former secretary of state was “easily baited”.
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Clinton and Trump each have 41 percent support among registered voters, pollsters found, with Johnson picking up 7 percent and Stein with 2 percent.
“Trump was putting them on notice we can certainly invite guests that may get into the head of Hillary Clinton”, she said, adding that Trump has no plans to bring up Bill Clinton’s infidelity at the debate.
His gibe came after billionaire investor Mark Cuban, a vocal Trump critic who backs Clinton, agreed to sit at the front of the audience for the televised debate, which is expected to shatter audience records with up to 90 million Americans watching.
Trump wrote: “If dopey Mark Cuban of failed Benefactor fame wants to sit in the front row, perhaps I will put Gennifer Flowers right alongside of him!”
Most voters (53 percent) who do not see Trump as qualified to be president, while 58 percent said he lacks the temperament to be an effective president and 55 percent said he lacked the world knowledge required for the job. Ted Cruz, who denounced Trump in the primary campaign but announced Friday that he strongly opposed Clinton and would vote for his former rival.
It remains unclear whether Trump actually invited Flowers – whose first name he initially misspelled before correcting himself with a follow-up tweet within a few minutes – but she told multiple news outlets that she had accepted the invitation.
Flowers seemed game, writing, “Hi Donald”. The video ends with a clip of Trump being asked, “Do you treat women with respect?”
“Hillary Clinton plans on using the debate to discuss the issues that make a difference in people’s lives”, Palmieri said, according to Politico.
“All that we’re asking is that if Donald Trump lies, that it’s pointed out”, said Mook on ABC’s This Week.
The poll of 834 registered voters, conducted September 19-22, has a 4.5 percent margin of error.
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He told supporters at a rally Saturday in Roanoke, Virginia, that Clinton has not delivered for women and children.
