In an interview with WRAL’s Laura Leslie, Democratic Senate candidate Deborah Ross struggled to answer whether she believes Hillary Clinton is trustworthy. During the painful exchange, Leslie asks Ross THREE TIMES whether Clinton is trustworthy. On her third ask Leslie presses Ross noting, “that feels like you’re parsing.”
WATCH the painful exchange, here:
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TRANSCRIPT:
LAURA LESLIE: “They said that—they’re asking you and Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Roy Cooper, do you believe Hillary Clinton is trustworthy?”
DEBORAH ROSS: “They’re asking me that? I’ve never heard this so I’m just letting you know.”
LESLIE: “Yes, that is what they’re asking.”
ROSS: “I just want you to know that this is the first that I’ve heard. Hillary Clinton will be an excellent President of the United States, and she is the most prepared person to do that job as we’ve heard time and time again. And I trust her to do that job.”
LESLIE: “So is that a yes or a no?”
ROSS: “She is trustworthy as our commander-in-chief.”
LESLIE: “That feels like you’re parsing.”
ROSS: “She is trustworthy.”