Donald Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson defended her candidate's record with women Tuesday by pointing out that his wife Melania has endorsed him for the presidency.
Pierson, responding to a new Democratic ad attacking Trump for controversial remarks about women, rejected CNN host Wolf Blitzer's idea that the billionaire's past language would "come back to haunt him," according to Politico.
"Women aren't emotional voters, and I think it's an insult, particularly for Hillary Clinton's campaign, to try to push a narrative somehow thinking that women just aren't going to care about illegal immigration," she said. "They're not going to care that ISIS is expanding and did under Hillary's watch and that they're not going to care about jobs and the economy just because the Hillary Clinton campaign is placating to emotions. I think that's insane.
"Women know Donald Trump is a very successful businessperson. He's raised a wonderful family. His own wife endorsed him for president, so this is a narrative that they've overreached on, they're going to overplay and ultimately will fail."
Melania Trump does indeed support her husband's run for office. In a recent DuJour interview, she made it clear that he is "not Hitler."
"We know the truth. He’s not Hitler," she said. "He wants to help America. He wants to unite people. They think he doesn’t, but he does. Even with the Muslims, it’s temporary."
It is not clear if any major candidate has not received the support of his or her spouse in recent U.S. political history, but it would appear to be unprecedented.