NEW: Here's another gem from our big oral history project: When a staffer had to tell Bill Clinton about the infamous Trump-Rubio fight in 2016 over penis size.
Cause yeah, that did really happen. @thisisinsider businessinsider.com/donald-trump-p…
Cause yeah, that did really happen. @thisisinsider businessinsider.com/donald-trump-p…
The moment when then-candidate Donald Trump boasted about his manhood during a 2016 Republican primary debate was particularly memorable for a staffer who had to brief former President Bill Clinton on what happened.
The former president had been in a meeting in Louisiana and missed the debate when Trump, responding to an attack from his opponent Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, assured a crowd that neither his hands nor "something else" were small.
Josh Schwerin, who served as the national spokesperson for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, said briefing the former president on the debate was "one of the more awkward moments in my life."
"He didn't at first believe me that this was the topic of a debate. I had to show him the CNN headline. I tried to not add any commentary & just let him read it for himself. Because it was not the most comfortable conversation to have w/the former president of the United States."
This is one small part of our oral history story of how Trump took over the GOP in 2016. Click here and subscribe. It's 9K+ words, but well worth it in my biased opinion: businessinsider.com/how-trump-took…
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