Just a day after Donald Trump threatened to rattle Hillary by bringing one of Bill’s mistresses, the Trump campaign wasn’t exactly clear if the invite was legitimate.
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Donald Trump’s threat that he could invite Gennifer Flowers to Monday’s presidential debate was meant to “mock” Hillary Clinton’s campaign, according to his running-mate.
Prior to that, on Thursday, Donald Trump’s critic and Hillary Clinton’s prominent backer businessman Mark Cuban tweeted.
“All that we’re asking is that if Donald Trump lies, that it’s pointed out”, said Mook on ABC’s This Week.
However, she said that Trump’s tweet put Clinton and Cuban “on notice that we could certainly invite guests that may get into the head of Hillary Clinton”.
Speaking on CNN Sunday morning, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Flowers will not attend the debate as part of the Trump campaign.
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”.
When moderator Lester Holt steps onto the Hofstra University debate stage on Monday night, he’ll find himself between two campaigns with opposing visions of his role – and at the center of a months-long media debate about fairness and truth in the 2016 election. He did so repeatedly as she clinched the Democratic nomination, accusing Hillary Clinton of mistreating the women involved in her husband’s affairs. The Clinton campaign ridiculed Trump’s mention of Flowers as frivolous.
Mook called Trump “special”, explaining that in past election cycles, presidential candidates have laid out extensive plans before the debate on what they would do as president. He recently described Trump as “dangerous” and offered $10 million to have a debate with him.
A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows that one-third of voters say the debate will be “extremely” or “quite” important in their decision on who to support for president.
The controversy over the U.S. billionaire property tycoon’s “invite” to Ms Flowers as a guest at the first debate in NY on Monday night began a few days ago.
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Ahead of the debate, Clinton’s campaign also launched a new attack ad, suggesting Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns is linked to his Russian business ties.
