After former Miss Universe Alicia Machado accused Donald Trump of making fun of her weight (which Hillary Clinton brought up at the debate), the GOP nominee responded by going into Machado’s personal history and claiming the Clinton campaign failed to check her background before using her story to attack him. Trump continued this morning:
Wow, Crooked Hillary was duped and used by my worst Miss U. Hillary floated her as an "angel" without checking her past, which is terrible!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016
Using Alicia M in the debate as a paragon of virtue just shows that Crooked Hillary suffers from BAD JUDGEMENT! Hillary was set up by a con.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016
Did Crooked Hillary help disgusting (check out sex tape and past) Alicia M become a U.S. citizen so she could use her in the debate?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016
Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon responded this way:
What kind of human being is this?
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) September 30, 2016
How are the Trump surrogates going to defend this one today?
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) September 30, 2016
Ah, 2016!
Fairly safe to say this is the first time in history a major party candidate urged Americans to watch porn. https://t.co/IxOjOOQO65
— Michael Freeman (@michaelpfreeman) September 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/downi94/status/781789672242548736
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It's dumb for a beauty pageant winner to whine about "sexism." It's even dumber for a presidential candidate to obsess over her whining.
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) September 30, 2016
"Check out sex tape," said the Republican nominee on September 30. https://t.co/3tUdNrp8v9
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) September 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/BrettLoGiurato/status/781816422934675456
man someone needs to stop nightblogggin https://t.co/fYo1LlfQfZ
— pepsi drinker (@teensith) September 30, 2016
In to a ditch. RT @ThePlumLineGS Driving the day… https://t.co/TMI9IbR5NN
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) September 30, 2016
What were you doing at 5:30 am? @POTUS – Eulogizing Shimon Peres@HillaryClinton – "zzz"@realDonaldTrump – … https://t.co/DmlxXvehmR
— Alex Mallin (@alex_mallin) September 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/781821705996075008
how's your morning, @Reince? https://t.co/6g6YzOWSml
— Sharon Yang (@sharonjqyang) September 30, 2016
Cue the jokes about Kellyanne Conway confiscating Trump’s phone:
https://twitter.com/RepublicanPunk/status/781834742887018496
Kellyanne Conway must be trying to get @realDonaldTrump's phone right now like: pic.twitter.com/uSUf5I6L5j
— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) September 30, 2016
I repeat: Kellyanne has the phone pic.twitter.com/Y76YEvOLlv
— Ryan (@chasinghumility) September 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/alwaysonoffense/status/781817447586246656
Kellyanne is now in possession of the phone pic.twitter.com/NWw1yxSCck
— Ryan (@chasinghumility) September 30, 2016
Editor’s note: The original version of this story incorrectly stated that Alicia Machado was a former Miss USA. She is in fact a former Miss Universe.
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