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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Trump Breatfeeding Controversy

"Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has become embroiled in fresh controversy,
after it emerged he called a woman “disgusting” for pausing a court case to breastfeed her newborn baby.

Trump is reported to have made the jibe in 2011 while testifying during a deposition over a failed real estate project in Florida, which saw home buyers forfeit their down payments and allegedly lose tens of thousands of dollars.
Some two hours into the session, lawyer Elizabeth Beck requested a medical break. When the tycoon and his lawyers objected, Ms Beck drew out a breast pump to stress that she needed to feed her three-month-old daughter, the New York Times reported.
You’re disgusting,” Mr Trump is alleged to have said, and left the room, ending an episode which neither party has denied, according to the US newspaper.
Trump's lawyer Alan Garten told the New York Daily News that his client's reaction was "solely [due to] the fact that she was appearing to do it in the middle of a deposition". TheIndependent

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