Trump: Aide Who Said I Wouldn’t Select Female VP Was Misquoted

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves as he walks onto a stage for a rally Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Lynden, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump suggested Thursday that his top aide was misquoted when he said in an interview that the real estate mogul wouldn’t select a female or minority running mate.

“In fact, that would be viewed as pandering, I think,” Trump advisor Paul Manafort told the Huffington Post.

Trump was asked about that comment during a press conference in North Dakota.

“Was there an article in The Huffington Post? I’m sure he was misquoted,” Trump said. “I didn’t think they covered politics.”

The publication had decided at the beginning of the election to put its coverage of the Trump campaign in the entertainment, not politics, vertical of its website. It later reversed that decision, but going forward added an editor’s note to the end of all its articles on Trump calling him a “racist,” “rampant xenophobe” and “serial liar,” among other things.

The businessman assured reporters that as president he would consult women at the “highest levels.”

“I fully expect to have many women involved and you’ll see that,” Trump said. “I look forward to it.”

He then went on to say several times that Manafort has been misquoted before.

“He’s been misquoted actually a lot,” Trump said.

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