Johnson County Trump supporter goes viral with combative interview on CNN

A top Johnson County Republican went viral Monday after she tried to defend embattled GOP nominee Donald Trump by bringing up abortion and former president Bill Clinton’s past.

During a brief interview with CNN’s Brooke Baldwin, Vicki Sciolaro, chairwoman of the 3rd Congressional District for the Kansas Republican Party, said Trump’s recently released comments about women should play no role in the presidential campaign.

Sciolaro’s comments came after an 11-year-old video surfaced of Trump making sexually aggressive comments about women, including statements referring to acts that would amount to sexual assault. Dozens of Republicans across the country condemned Trump, with some, including Arizona’s Sen. John McCain, pulling their support for him.

Trump’s comments were offensive, Sciolaro said, but also irrelevant.

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