Donald Trump’s recent claim that Hillary Clinton has not been faithful in her marriage to Bill Clinton was “sarcastic” and “fair game,” former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Sunday.
At a rally Saturday evening, Trump said to his supporters: “I don’t even think [Clinton] is loyal to Bill, if you want to know the truth. And really, folks, why should she be, why should she be.”
CNN’s Jake Tapper called the comment “indefensible” during a tense exchange with Giuliani on “State of the Union.”
“It was an unhinged and wild accusation,” Tapper told the former mayor. “I can understand why you can’t defend it because it’s indefensible.”
“After she called him a racist and misogynist, xenophobic … I think it’s fair game,” Giuliani shot back.
Giuliani, a top Trump ally who spent the rest of the interview defending the candidate’s possible income tax avoidance, said the Republican presidential nominee had clearly made a “sarcastic remark.”
“That was a sarcastic remark pointing out that Bill Clinton has quite a past and Hillary Clinton has done quite a job on attacking the people who are victims of Bill Clinton,” he said.
Giuliani continued, “I am saying that the problem with Hillary Clinton has nothing to do, as far as I’m concerned, with her marriage. It’s her protection of Bill Clinton for 20 years against allegations of rape, taking advantage of an intern and going on the attack and trying to make those women appear to be insane in some cases.”
