WATCH: Trump Claims a General Once Told Him His Response to the Access Hollywood Tape Was ‘The Bravest Thing I’ve Ever Seen’
Trump claims a General who had seen soldiers die on the battlefield told him the bravest thing he ever saw was Trump’s “locker room talk” answer during the debate pic.twitter.com/j6cqtCjq3T
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Former President Donald Trump claimed a general once told him that his response to the infamous Access Hollywood tape during a 2016 presidential debate was the “bravest” thing he’d ever seen.
During a speech before the New York Young Republican Club on Saturday night, the former president talked about the fallout from the footage in which he made his “grab ’em by the pussy” comment. He recalled how he dismissed his lewd remarks — two days later, in a presidential debate with Hillary Clinton — as “locker room talk.”
“A general, who’s a fantastic general, actually said to me, ‘Sir, I’ve been on the battlefield. Men have gone down on my left and on my right. I stood on hills where soldiers were killed. But I believe the bravest thing I’ve ever seen was the night you went on to that stage with Hillary Clinton, after what happened. And then that woman asked you the first question about it.’ And I said, locker room talk! It’s locker talk! What the hell?! Locker room talk!”
The tale was met with laughter and applause in the room. In Trump’s re-telling, he was confronted by a woman during the debate. The debate in question was co-moderated by ABC’s Martha Raddatz and CNN’s Anderson Cooper. But it was actually Cooper who asked Trump about his comments.
