Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump charged Sunday afternoon that he is the victim of a media witch hunt.
The media is really on a witch-hunt against me. False reporting, and plenty of it – but we will prevail!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 15, 2016
“The media is really on a witch-hunt against me,” Trump tweeted. “False reporting, and plenty of it — but we will prevail!”
Trump latest tweets picked up on an earlier Twitter rant against a New York Times story alleging that Trump has a history disrespectful and inappropriate behavior directed at women.
“Why did the failing @nytimes refuse to use any of the names given to them that I was so proud to have helped with their careers,” he tweeted. “DISHONEST!”
Trump claimed that the paper did not contact women who supposedly would say good things about the real estate mogul — a charge the article’s author denied, noting that those very women are quoted in the story.
“Wow, I have had so many calls from high ranking people laughing at the stupidity of the failing @nytimes piece,” Trump tweeted hours after the story was published. “Massive front page for that!”
In his initial barrage of tweets Sunday morning, Trump tried shifting the subject to Bill Clinton’s women troubles and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton’s support of him during the former president’s scandals.
“Why doesn’t the failing @nytimes write the real story on the Clintons and women?” he tweeted. “The media is TOTALLY dishonest!” he stated, deploying his well-honed tactic of blaming the media for bad press.
