Donald Trump was busy early Friday morning sending a series of tweets that bashed the media, Hillary Clinton, and encouraged followers to “check out” former Miss Universe Alicia Machado’s sex tape.
“Using Alicia M in the debate as a paragon of virtue just shows that Crooked Hillary suffers from BAD JUDGEMENT! Hillary was set up by a con,” Trump tweeted at 5:19 a.m. ET.
He followed up minutes later by accusing Clinton of helping Machado become a citizen. “Did Crooked Hillary help disgusting (check out sex tape and past) Alicia M become a U.S. citizen so she could use her in the debate?”
Clinton famously mentioned the former Miss Universe during Monday’s debate, and spent the week on a Trump-bashing media tour. Machado, the first winner of the pageant Trump used to own, has accused the GOP presidential candidate of calling her “Miss Piggy” and “Miss Housekeeper” when criticizing her weight 20 years ago.
Another early morning tweet from Trump said, “Wow, Crooked Hillary was duped and used by my worst Miss U. Hillary floated her as an ‘angel’ without checking her past, which is terrible!”
Trump has 11.9 million Twitter followers and cable news networks have picked up his early morning social media rampage, with MSNBC referring to the tweets as “controversial.” A variety of media outlets have investigated whether or not Machado has a sex tape, and no evidence was found, according to Politico.
It all started at 12:20 a.m. ET when Trump wrote, “Anytime you see a story about me or my campaign saying, ‘sources said,’ DO NOT believe it. There are no sources, they are just made up lies!”
He added, “Remember, don’t believe ‘sources said’ by the VERY dishonest media. If they don’t name the sources, the sources don’t exist.”
Remember, don't believe "sources said" by the VERY dishonest media. If they don't name the sources, the sources don't exist.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016
Did Crooked Hillary help disgusting (check out sex tape and past) Alicia M become a U.S. citizen so she could use her in the debate?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016
Using Alicia M in the debate as a paragon of virtue just shows that Crooked Hillary suffers from BAD JUDGEMENT! Hillary was set up by a con.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016
Wow, Crooked Hillary was duped and used by my worst Miss U. Hillary floated her as an "angel" without checking her past, which is terrible!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016
Anytime you see a story about me or my campaign saying "sources said," DO NOT believe it. There are no sources, they are just made up lies!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016