Trump's campaign manager denies things he said just hours earlierBy NOLAN D. MCCASKILL 10/12/16 06:40 PM EDT
Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday claimed that Donald Trump does not really plan to jail Hillary Clinton and is not continuing to attack House Speaker Paul Ryan, despite the Republican nominee providing evidence to the contrary just hours before.
Conway, Trump’s campaign manager, found herself in a combative exchange with CNN’s Brianna Keilar trying to defend the GOP nominee’s charged words.
She argued that, despite what Trump said at two campaign rallies in Florida earlier in the afternoon, he wasn’t actually threatening to put Clinton in jail if elected president.
“He’s talking about going around the democratic process. I mean, talking about jailing your political opponent is something that you—” Keilar began before Conway interrupted.
“No he’s not. He’s talking about the result,” Conway argued. “No he’s not. You’re taking it literally and you’re just stuck on this one thing.”
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