‘While You Were Harassing Women…’: McMullin Fires Back After Trump Takes a Shot at Him
Donald Trump has mostly avoided public comment about conservative anti-Trump candidate Evan McMullin, but he finally brought him up (not by name) just to slam him in a Fox News interview yesterday.
Bret Baier aired the rest of his interview with Trump and Mike Pence on Saturday, in which he asked them about Republicans abandoning ship on their campaign.
And then Trump, unprompted, brought up McMullin (the relevant part starts at the 7:15 mark).
He said that losing Utah would be a damaging blow to his campaign, telling Baier, “If they go enough for this character that’s running all over the state and we lose the state, that’s devastating.”
Oh, and he called him Bill Kristol‘s puppet:
You saw this coming. Trump and Pence finally go after @Evan_McMullin. Trump calls him @BillKristol's puppet. pic.twitter.com/GKExwfDXZK
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) October 30, 2016
McMullin went on a pretty fiery Twitter tirade last night in response:
.@realDonaldTrump, Yes you’ve never heard of me because while you were harassing women at beauty pageants, I was fighting terrorists abroad. https://t.co/hNDTWn3HPN
— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) October 30, 2016
.@realDonaldTrump, you're an authoritarian, life-long liberal who disrespects life, liberty, & equality. We can't trust you on justices.
— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) October 30, 2016
.@realdonaldtrump, you think you're entitled to Utahns' and other Americans' votes. We’re earning them.
— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) October 30, 2016
.@realDonaldTrump, we will not sit by while two corrupt, self-serving, big government liberals like you and Clinton destroy our country.
— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) October 30, 2016
.@realDonaldTrump, it's time for a new conservative movement & generation of leadership. We are building it. #McMullinFinn
— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) October 30, 2016
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