Trump: ‘Schlonged’ is not a vulgar term

by Elliot Smilowitz - 12/22/15 8:04 PM ET

One day after saying Hillary Clinton got “schlonged” in the 2008 presidential election, Donald Trump took to Twitter to defend the term as not vulgar.

Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner, wrote Tuesday night that the word means “beaten badly.”

He cited a National Public Radio journalist using the term in 2011, to describe Walter Mondale’s 1984 presidential campaign getting soundly defeated.

Once again, #MSM is dishonest. "Schlonged" is not vulgar. When I said Hillary got "schlonged" that meant beaten badly.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2015

NPR's @NealConan said "schlonged" to WaPo re: 1984 Mondale/Ferraro campaign: "That ticket went on to get schlonged at the polls." #Hypocrisy

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2015

For those on TV defending my use of the word "schlonged," bc #MSM is giving it false meaning-tell them it means beaten badly. Dishonest #MSM

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2015

{mosads}Clinton’s circles leapt to attack Trump for the comment Tuesday, condemning the “degrading language.”

Clinton insiders were calling the incident a new low for Trump.

“We are watching the Donald melt down,” predicted Ellen Tauscher, the former congresswoman who served as undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs under Clinton.

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