“You know, I read a story, it’s a terrible story, but I’ll tell you. Should I tell you or should I not?” Trump asked the crowd assembled in North Charleston, hinting that the candidate knew he would spark a media firestorm with his remarks.
Trump then told a tall tale about U.S. General John Pershing who, “took fifty bullets, and he dipped them in pig’s blood,” before executing 49 of 50 Muslim prisoners in the Philippines during a guerilla conflict with the United States in the early 1900s.
On the eve of the South Carolina primary, Donald Trump told a new, offensive lie during a campaign speech—and this one is pretty yyyuge.
“You know, I read a story, it’s a terrible story, but I’ll tell you. Should I tell you or should I not?” Trump asked the crowd assembled in North Charleston, hinting that the candidate knew he would spark a media firestorm with his remarks.
Trump then told a tall tale about U.S. General John Pershing who, “took fifty bullets, and he dipped them in pig’s blood,” before executing 49 of 50 Muslim prisoners in the Philippines during a guerilla conflict with the United States in the early 1900s.
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