I love it when people look over the fact he didn't say it himself. He was quoting someone to merely just quote. Perhaps a hint to the crowd to tone it down on words like that. Cause he did say his reprimand. So for all the libs who are reaching hard. Just stop reaching. I could probably look up enough political demos using enough curse words said while they talk on TV. Trump didn't say it!
A hint to the crowd to tone it down? Did you hear the crowd tone it down? What Trump did was echo what the lady in the crowd said in calling Cruz a ***** and the crowd roared. He mad sure everyone knew what she said.
Hey, he can't control if the crowd cheered for the lady. Freedom of speech, Jack. But he did reprimand her about it. So I don't know what's the big deal if he quoted someone... Plus he didn't say if he agreed so....
Yes, they did cheer for her, but Trump had her repeat it, then HE said it himself.
“The other night in the debate,” he told thousands in Manchester, “they asked Ted Cruz a serious question: what do you think of waterboarding? Is it OK? I thought he’d say absolutely, and he didn’t. And he said, well, he’s concerned because some people –”
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A woman near the front of the crowd interrupted. “He’s a *****!”
Trump admonished her for saying “a terrible thing”.
“You know what she just said?” he asked. “Shout it out, because I don’t want to say it.”
“You’re not allowed to say that,” he continued. “I never expect to hear that from you again.”
Trump paused, looked out at his election-eve audience and leaned into the microphone: “She said he’s a *****.”
The audience cheered – shouting “Trump! Trump!” – before he gave the woman a mock admonishment and returned to his rambling, more than 45-minute speech. “For the press,” he said, looking up at the television cameras, “this is a serious reprimand.”
Trump repeats crowd member's '*****' insult as New Hampshire votes
The news reporter even stated that Trump gave her a mock admonishment. Matter of fact, in an interview with Lester Holt of NBC this evening, when asked about the comment, he said that the standing ovation was actually for the woman, not him.
But, he still called Cruz a *****, even if he was quoting the supporter.