Hillary Clinton reads Trump quotes with a straight face — except for one
Hillary Clinton had no trouble opening a jar of pickles on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Monday, mocking conservatives who have raised questions about her health. And the Democratic nominee dismissed concerns about the impending release of a new batch of her emails by the State Department. “My emails are so boring,” she said.
But Clinton had one more “fitness” test imposed by the late-night host to tackle: reading actual quotes from Donald Trump — while keeping a straight face.
“I think apologizing is a great thing, but you have to be wrong,” Clinton said, reading a Trump quote taken from a fishbowl on Kimmel’s desk. “I will absolutely apologize, some time in the hopefully distant future, if I’m ever wrong.”
The former secretary of state didn’t laugh and sarcastically called Trump’s thoughts “profound.”
“Number one, I have great respect for women,” Clinton said, reading another quote from the real estate mogul. “I was the one that really broke the glass ceiling on behalf of women, more than anyone in the construction industry.”
“If I were running ‘The View,’ I’d fire Rosie O’Donnell,” Clinton read. “I mean, I’d look at her right in that fat, ugly face of hers and say, ‘Rosie, you’re fired.’”
Clinton paused and said, “That’s not funny.”
The former first lady looked at the final quote but left it for Kimmel to read: “I’ve said if Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her.”
“We didn’t make these up,” Kimmel said. “These are real quotes!”
Clinton is well aware of Trump’s insults.
In June, the Clinton campaign debuted a television ad — “Role Models” — featuring footage of children purportedly watching Trump issue some of his most infamous statements.
“Our children are watching,” a text overlay on the ad warned. “What example will we set for them?”
The campaign also launched a Twitter feed called “Literally Trump” to showcase outlandish quotes and anecdotes from Trump’s career as a real estate developer, reality television star and Republican presidential hopeful.
“Donald Trump literally said these things,” the account’s description read.
Adrienne Watson, a rapid response spokesperson for the Clinton campaign, told Yahoo News at the time that her team plans to hold Trump responsible for past comments they say are derogatory.
“We want to show people what Trump has actually said and done, rather than just telling people,” Watson said. “The outrageous words that have literally come out of Trump’s comments are firsthand evidence of his divisive and discriminatory policies.”
