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DonViejo

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Wed Aug 15, 2018, 12:23 PM Aug 2018

Penn Jillette claims Trump said 'racially insensitive' comments during 'Celebrity Apprentice'

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN

Updated 7:17 AM ET, Wed August 15, 2018

(CNN) - Magician Penn Jillette, one half of the duo Penn &Teller, claims he heard President Donald Trump say "racially insensitive" remarks during his time appearing on the reality competition show, "The Celebrity Apprentice."

Jillette stopped short of confirming the details of Trump's alleged comments, but his assertion comes at a time of renewed discussion about whether Trump purportedly said the N-word, a racial epithet, during production of the reality TV series.

"He would say racially insensitive things that made me uncomfortable," Jillette told Vulture in an interview. "I don't think he ever said anything in that room like 'African Americans are inferior' or anything about rape or grabbing women, but of those two hours every other day in a room with him, every ten minutes was fingernails on chalkboard."

Asked if tapes of Trump making those comments exist, Jillette said, "Yeah, I was in the room."
Jillette gave one example of Trump speaking about women in a demeaning way, but declined to provide more specifics.

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Penn Jillette claims Trump said 'racially insensitive' comments during 'Celebrity Apprentice' (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2018 OP
They say Penn gave one example yet don't tell what it is? bettyellen Aug 2018 #1
all these goddamn cowards heaven05 Aug 2018 #2
 

heaven05

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2. all these goddamn cowards
Wed Aug 15, 2018, 12:55 PM
Aug 2018

"stopping short" of telling the whole truth about this orange POS destroying, along with GOP/WPP/WSP/POP, our democratic experiment in favour of tried and true fascism. Such cowards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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