Trump Calls for Ovation for Clintons: ‘I Have a Lot of Respect’ for Them
Calls upon congressional luncheon to stand up and honor Clintons.
Yuri Gripas/Reuters
It appears that Donald Trump’s campaign chant to “lock her up” is moving further and further into the newly inaugurated president’s rearview mirror. During his brief remarks before a congressional luncheon Friday on Capitol Hill, the president thanked Bill and Hillary Clinton for being in attendance for his inauguration and the subsequent luncheon. “I was very honored when I heard that President Bill Clinton and Secretary Hillary Clinton was coming today,” Trump said of his election foe. “I’d like you to stand up,” he said to the crowd of members of Congress, dignitaries, and his cabinet nominees. “Honestly, there’s nothing more I can say because I have a lot of respect for those two people.”
JUST IN: President Trump says he has "a lot of respect for" the Clintons, leads Congressional luncheon in standing ovation for them. pic.twitter.com/WyCXz7wSBa
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