President Trump responded to a supporter who shouted “I love you” during his Thursday night rally in Missoula, Mont., by saying: “Finally, it’s a woman.”
“I love you too. Who said that?” Trump said in a joking manner while pointing to the crowd at a campaign rally. “Who said that?”
“It’s finally a woman,” Trump said.
“You know, I get it from the men all the time, and so far, every guy that has said ‘I love you,’ they are just not my type,” Trump joked. “I finally heard it from a woman. Thank you.”
Trump’s Thursday rally was the president’s latest campaign stop as the midterm elections inch closer. He held the rally for Sen. Jon Tester’s (D-Mont.) opponent, Matt Rosendale (R).
{mosads}Trump also drew criticism at the same rally for joking that Rep. Greg Gianforte’s (R-Mont.) assault of a reporter for The Guardian in 2017 helped him win election.
“Never wrestle him. Never. Any guy that can do a body slam, he’s my kind of … he’s my guy,” he said in Missoula.
The incident happened the night before the election after a significant number of votes had already been cast during early voting and via absentee ballots.
The Guardian took aim at Trump later on Thursday for making light of the incident.
The newspaper’s editor, John Mulholland, condemned Trump’s remarks in a statement obtained by The Washington Post and said he hopes “decent people will denounce these remarks and that the president will see fit to apologize for them.”