Trump Defends Remarks About Judge After Ryan Calls Them Racist
- House speaker cites ‘textbook definition of a racist comment’
- Trump says his statements on judge’s ethnicity ‘misconstrued’
Trump Says Comments on Judge’s Ethnicity 'Misconstrued'
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Donald Trump said his statements about a federal judge’s ethnicity have been “misconstrued,” hours after House Speaker Paul Ryan rebuked him for the "completely unacceptable" remarks without withdrawing his support for the Republican presidential nominee.
“I am friends with and employ thousands of people of Mexican and Hispanic descent,” Trump said in a statement Tuesday on his website. “But based on the rulings that I have received in the Trump University civil case, I feel justified in questioning whether I am receiving a fair trial."