Trump defends wee-hour tweet spree: 'At least you know I will be there, awake'
By Louis Nelson
09/30/16 03:00 PM EDT
Pushing back against political pundits knocking him for his flurry of tweets in the wee hours of Friday morning attacking former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, Donald Trump again turned to his social media account to write that “at least you know I will be there, awake, to answer the call!”
Trump’s tweet storm, which kicked off at 3:20 a.m. Friday morning, attacked Hillary Clinton for being “duped and used” by Machado, whose verbal abuse by Trump in the late 90s became a proof point for the former secretary of state during Monday’s presidential debate. The Manhattan billionaire called Machado “disgusting” and “a con,” urging his followers to “check out [her] sex tape and past.”
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