Watch CNN's Heated Exchange Over Newt Gingrich's Angry Comments To Megyn Kelly On Trump's Alleged Sexual Assaults

Charles Blow: Trump's Camp Doesn't Understand That “There's A Canyon Of Difference Between Sex ... And Sexual Assault”

From the October 26 edition of CNN's CNN Tonight with Don Lemon:

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DON LEMON (HOST): You're part of the media, too. You're part of the media as well. 

KAYLEIGH MCENANY: No, I'm not part of the media. 

DON LEMON: Yes, you are. You're on television. 

MCENANY: No, no, I'm not part of the media. I'm here supporting Trump in the Republican Party. I'm not part of the media. Don't put that title on me.

CHARLES BLOW: Are you getting a check? You getting paid by a news organization? 

MCENANY: Yeah. I'm an opinion person

BLOW: One second. Are you getting a check? You're part of the media.

MCENANY: I'm not a journalist. I'm not part of the media. 

BLOW: You are definitely not a journalist, I'll definitely give you that. But you are a part of the media, right. If you are getting a check from this studio. One second -- but let me just say this. I really don't have a problem -- maybe I'm the only one --but I really don't have a problem with somebody being fascinated with sex, but what Donald Trump was talking about is not sex. Assault is not sex. And the real problem here is that Republicans, particularly people in Trump's camp, keep not understanding that there is a canyon of difference between sex, which is always consensual, and assault, which is any forcible touching of anybody's body. That is assault. There's nothing sexual about that. And if Megyn Kelly is asking a question that came out of this man's mouth, himself, whether he was saying -- now he's joking about it, he now says he never did it, he now says all the women who  have accused him are telling a lie  -- he can say all that, that's fine. But if it comes out of the candidate's mouth, she was covering a lot of things, she asked that question in addition, and he went off the rails. And this is a man, Newt Gingrich, who also has cheated on his wife. So, what is your fascination, Newt?

Previously:

Fox Contributor Newt Gingrich Slams Fox News As A Partisan Outlet “Part Of The Establishment”

CNN's Kirsten Powers: Gingrich’s Fight With Megyn Kelly Shows That The Trump Campaign “Do[esn't] Understand Sexual Assault”

CNN Trump Apologist Kayleigh McEnany: “I Don't Think [Trump] Was Condoning Sexual Assault” In Leaked Tapes