Ginsburg later said she regretted the remarks. For the court, it could be – I don’t even want to contemplate that.” She also told The New York Times, “I can’t imagine what this place would be – I can’t imagine what the country would be – with Donald Trump as our president. “To think that there’s a possibility that he could be president.”Įarly that same week, Ginsburg also told The Associated Press that if Trump won the presidency, “I don’t want to think about that possibility, but if it should be, then everything is up for grabs.”

“At first I thought it was funny,” she said. “He really has an ego … How has he gotten away with not turning over his tax returns? The press seems to be very gentle with him on that.” He says whatever comes into his head at the moment,” Ginsburg said. Ginsburg called Trump a “faker” in a July 11 interview with CNN. Reality Check Quick Takes: Have allegations against Trump been debunked? But these were statements that should never, ever have been made.”

“Something happened recently where Justice Ginsburg made some very inappropriate statements toward me and toward a tremendous number of people, many, many millions of people that I represent and she was forced to apologize,” he said. Trump called out the Supreme Court justice for her criticism of his candidacy. Reality Check: Trump on Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s remarks The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the debate and selected key statements from both candidates, rating them true mostly true true, but misleading false or it’s complicated. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump met Wednesday for their final debate, and CNN’s Reality Check Team spent the night analyzing their claims.

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