Donald Trump Mocks TV Interviewers For Letting Him Do Phone Interviews, Says They Are “So Much Easier”

Trump: “We Do Phoners To Meet The Press. We Do Phoners To Face The Nation, This Week. It's So Much Easier, Folks”

From Donald Trump's July 5 campaign speech in Raleigh, North Carolina:

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DONALD TRUMP: It's a movement like nobody has ever seen before. I mean they actually say, I watch Bill O'Reilly. He said it's the single greatest political -- good man. I'm on tonight, but you guys are here so you're not going to see it. But you watch it later. I'm on tonight. I did a phoner. It's always good when they take you by phone. That means you're hot. If you can do it by phone, when you start getting asked, I said, “I'm sorry I won't be able to do it. I'm on a plane. I'm going to North Carolina. How about by phone?” They don't do phones, right? You ever seen anybody call in to Bill O'Reilly? I never saw it. We do phoners to Meet The Press. We do phoners to Face The Nation, This Week. It's so much easier, folks, you sit home, “Hi, how ya doing? How's everything going? How's the world? How's the world?”

Previously:

The O'Reilly Factor Grants Trump A Primetime Phone Interview As He Faces Criticism For Phone Interviews

Ten Journalists Who Have Called Out Trump's “Shocking” Phone “Advantage”

Media Critics: Networks Should Hang Up On Trump Phone Interviews

NBC's Meet The Press Will No Longer Allow Trump To Phone In

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