Donald Trump took to Twitter to defend his use of the word “schlonged” during a rally in Michigan on Monday to describe Hillary Clinton’s 2008 loss to Barack Obama in the Democratic primary.
“Schlonged is not vulgar,” Trump said, accusing the “MSM,” or the mainstream media, for being “dishonest” after many media outlets condemned his remark for being vulgar while networks including Fox News Tuesday evening bleeped out the word when displaying footage of the rally.
Once again, #MSM is dishonest. “Schlonged” is not vulgar. When I said Hillary got “schlonged” that meant beaten badly.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2015
Though “schlonged” is not a word one would find in a dictionary, Trump defended it as a type of slang that “meant beaten badly.”
The GOP front-runner also pointed out that National Public Radio’s Neal Conan used the term on the air in 2011 to describe the 1984 Mondale-Ferraro presidential campaign. The journalist described the ticket as one that “went on to get schlonged at the polls.”
“#Hypocrisy,” Trump added to his tweet.
For those on TV defending my use of the word “schlonged,” bc #MSM is giving it false meaning-tell them it means beaten badly. Dishonest #MSM
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2015
NPR’s @NealConan said “schlonged” to WaPo re: 1984 Mondale/Ferraro campaign: “That ticket went on to get schlonged at the polls.” #Hypocrisy
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2015
Trump also retweeted a message from the unverified Twitter account of political analyst Jeff Greenfield, who admitted “On further review, Trump is right on this.”
On further review, Trump is right on this. “I got schlonged” is a commonplace NY way of saying: “I lost big time,” w/out genital reference.
— Jeff Greenfield (@greenfield64) December 23, 2015
