During President Donald Trump’s rambling speech in South Carolina, he praised the first lady for being smart enough to praise him, even if he isn’t sure that she meant the compliment.

The comment came as part of a rant about NBC host Jimmy Fallon and the network in general. He said that NBC might be worse than CNN because they didn’t treat him well after the ratings he scored for them. Then he railed against Arnold Schwarzenegger, saying he “bombed in two shows.”

“And the one who knew was my wife. She said you know –” he paused as the audience applauded Melania. “She’s very smart. She said, ‘You know there’s nobody that can take your place, don’t you?’ I said, ‘Thank you, darling.’ How smart is that? I don’t know if she believes it, but she said, ‘There’s nothing that can take your place. He will not be successful. There’s nobody, darling, that can take your place?’ How smart is she? How smart. How smart.”

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As @PressSec repeated the lie that “Democrats want open borders,” I called out “that’s not true!”

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"He couldn’t be more ignorant. He's a supernova of ignorance ....He scapegoats minority populations & affixes blame to them for every problem the country faces ..." @SteveSchmidtSES w/ @NicolleDWallace

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Sanders began her press briefing Monday reading a statement reacting to the incident.

"We are allowed to disagree but we should be able to do so freely and without fear of harm, and this goes for all people regardless of politics," she said.

"Healthy debate on ideas and political philosophy is important, but the calls for harassment and push for any Trump supporter to avoid the public is unacceptable," Sanders added.

A White House official says Trump asked Sanders to open her briefing today by highlighting the weekend incident. The President has made his views clear on this on Twitter and instructed Sanders to highlight it at briefing, official said.

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In the crucial months ahead, we must strive to make America beautiful again. Trump’s daily lack of civility has provoked responses that are predictable but unacceptable. As we go forward, we must conduct elections in a way that achieves unity from sea to shining sea.

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