CNN’s Camerota Battles Matt Schlapp: You’re Doing ‘a Lot of Fancy Rhetorical Footwork’ To Defend Trump

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SCHLAPP: "What I’m answering your question on is I don’t believe that the transactions associated with these two people are FEC crimes. And I believe that Michael Cohen pled guilty to actions that are called crimes in the plea deal that aren’t in fact crimes. Alisyn, can you name any other person who’s been convicted of trying to squelch a story in the 'National Enquirer'? Name the name."
CAMEROTA: "What I think you’re doing is a lot of sort of fancy rhetorical footwork —"
SCHLAPP: "No, I'm answering your question."
CAMEROTA: "My question to you was, does it at all affect your support of Donald Trump knowing all of these things?"
SCHLAPP: "What, the fact that Donald Trump had an extravagant lifestyle?"
CAMEROTA: "And may have had affairs with these two women that he paid off in hush money?"
SCHLAPP: "You know, grew up outside of New York City for a number of years, I read all about Donald Trump. Nobody in my party or nobody of the folks that made up the Trump coalition were naive to the fact of the life he had."