Debate commission chair Frank Fahrenkopf tells Smerconish on CNN they will not allow 'people like Mark Cuban to sit in front row to distract the candidates.' The interview is from Saturday morning, before Gennifer Flowers accepted Trump's offer to attend with a tweet marked with a giant red lipstick kiss.
Twitter erupted as Buzzfeed confirmed the story. CNN and other networks were then forced to explain Gennifer Flowers to their millennial audience. So Trump won round one, but it would be a colossal mistake for the campaign to follow through and put Flowers front and center. Yeah, it has fired up the rabid base and it would make fascinating television, but it could also threaten recent momentum with women, as the media spins Clinton into a sympathetic victim. That's what they do. That's how this works, and Kelly Conway must understand that.
Trump trolls Clinton...
If dopey Mark Cuban of failed Benefactor fame wants to sit in the front row, perhaps I will put Gennifer Flowers right alongside of him!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2016
Gennifer accepts...
Hi Donald. You know I'm in your corner and will definitely be at the debate!...💋
— Gennifer Flowers (@gennflowers) September 24, 2016