Trump on Clinton: 'She took a short-circuit in the brain'
Donald Trump seized Saturday night on Hillary Clinton's explanation that she "short-circuited" a recent answer about her truthfulness in discussing her email server to suggest that the former secretary of state is not mentally fit to be president.
"She took a short-circuit in the brain. She's got problems," Trump said at a rally here as he once again tore into Clinton, saying she is "unstable," "unbalanced" and "totally unhinged."
Trump later added, "Honestly, I don't think she's all there."
Donald Trump: Hillary Clinton is unbalanced, unhinged
And then: "She's a liar. She is a horrible, horrible human being."
RELATED: Trump escalates attacks on Clinton's character
Trump's stepped-up attacks on Clinton come as he has been falling in a slew of recent battleground states andnational polls and as top Republicans have frettedabout Trump repeatedly knocking himself off message by engaging in controversies rather than focusing on Clinton.
Trump previewed the "short-circuit" line of attack online earlier Saturday, tweeting that "anybody whose mind 'SHORT CIRCUITS' is not fit to be our president! Look up the word 'BRAINWASHED.'"
Clinton's use of the term "short-circuited" came as she answered a question Friday at a gathering of black and Hispanic journalists about her recent assertion in a Fox News interview that FBI Director James Comey said she had been "truthful" in discussing her use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state. Clinton's claim in that interview has been widely debunked as false.
"I was pointing out in both of those instances, that Director Comey had said that my answers in my FBI interview were truthful. That really is the bottom line here," she said. "What I told the FBI, which he said was truthful, is consistent with what I have said publicly. I may have short-circuited, and for that, I will try to clarify."
Stumping in New Hampshire Saturday night, Trump also alleged that the terrorist group ISIS is dreaming of a Clinton presidency.
"Remember, remember, remember ISIS is looking, folks. They dream of Hillary Clinton," Trump said. "They look at her and they say this can't be happening to us. How great is this."
News Courtesy: www.cnn.com
