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Donald Trump: “Well, Brianna, what's happened is when I said we won't do the debate because, you know, as you know, I was treated not…”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2016
Well, Brianna, what's happened is when I said we won't do the debate because, you know, as you know, I was treated not so nicely and at some point you have to say you have to put your foot down, what I said is we'll do something for our veterans and we're going to have a big fundraiser and -- so we set up and I just saw it on CNN we have thousands of people standing on line, it's a big event and it's taken a whole life of its own.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

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Trump explains his decision to skip the debate and focus on a fundraiser for veterans.

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