{"id":50186,"date":"2016-09-24T15:28:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T19:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=50186"},"modified":"2016-09-24T15:28:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-24T19:28:44","slug":"trump-threatens-to-bring-gennifer-flowers-to-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=50186","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens to bring Gennifer Flowers to debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->By Elliot Smilowitz<br \/>\nTHE HILL<\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_full\/public\/article_images\/clintonstrump.jpg?itok=NxbtO5jr\" width=\"645\" height=\"363\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h5 class=\"credits\">Getty Images<\/h5>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p><span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\"><a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/donald-trump\" data-nid=\"261287\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/span> on Saturday threatened to bring a woman that <span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\"><a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/bill-clinton\" data-nid=\"188333\">Bill Clinton<\/a><\/span> had an extramarital affair with when he debates <span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\"><a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/hillary-clinton\" data-nid=\"188224\">Hillary Clinton<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf dopey Mark Cuban of failed Benefactor fame wants to sit in the front row, perhaps I will put Jennifer Flowers [sic] right alongside of him!\u201d Trump initially tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, Trump deleted the tweet and reposted it with the correct spelling of Gennifer Flowers&#8217;s first name.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If dopey Mark Cuban of failed Benefactor fame wants to sit in the front row, perhaps I will put Gennifer Flowers right alongside of him!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/779729180334387200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> responds to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryClinton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HillaryClinton<\/a> giving <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcuban?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mcuban<\/a> a front-row <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Debates2016?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Debates2016<\/a> seat. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NTlDLxspkt\">pic.twitter.com\/NTlDLxspkt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/779729348999774208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bill Clinton <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1998\/03\/14\/us\/testing-president-accuser-jones-lawyers-issue-files-alleging-clinton-pattern.html\">testified under oath<\/a> in 1998 that he had a sexual affair with Flowers.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was responding to billionaire Mark Cuban, a Hillary Clinton supporter who frequently slams Trump. Cuban on Thursday said he accepted an invitation from Clinton to sit in the front row at Monday\u2019s presidential debate.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s public reference to Bill Clinton&#8217;s extramarital affairs will likely roil the presidential race just two days before the first debate.<\/p>\n<p>Onlookers have speculated about whether the unpredictable GOP presidential nominee would bring up Flowers and other names, such as Monica Lewinsky and\u00a0Juanita Broaddrick, to Hillary Clinton&#8217;s face in the debates.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/presidential-races\/296737-trump-im-not-looking-to-address-clintons-marriage-at\">said<\/a> earlier this week that he did not plan to bring up the Clintons\u2019 marriage at the debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m looking to do that Bill. I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m going to do that exactly,\u201d Trump said during an interview on \u201cThe O\u2019Reilly Factor.\u201d \u201cIt depends on what level she hits you with, if she\u2019s fair, if it\u2019s unfair, but certainly I\u2019m not looking to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Updated at 1:15 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/presidential-races\/donald-trump-bill-clinton-gennifer-flowers-presidential-debate\">Trump threatens to bring Gennifer Flowers to debate | TheHill<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}