Trump slams ‘pathetic’ Clinton ad for misquoting him on women

By Kelly Cohen

Published May 17, 2016 12:39pm ET

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Trump slams ‘pathetic’ Clinton ad for misquoting him on women — A new ad by a pro-Clinton super PAC uses Donald Trump's own comments to cast him as anti-women by having actors in Trump T-shirts mouthing his various words on women. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) | Mary Altaffer

Donald Trump on Tuesday lashed out at a new Hillary Clinton ad that includes audio of him saying “they can go f—- themselves”, a line the ad said was aimed at women, but that Trump said was aimed at China.

“The pathetic new hit ad against me misrepresents the final line. ‘You can tell them to go BLANK themselves’ — was about China, NOT WOMEN!” the presumed Republican presidential nominee tweeted Tuesday morning.

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