Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump agreed with veteran journalist Bob Woodward Thursday that recent shouting by Hillary Clinton when speaking to crowds is not her best look.
Appearing on “The Hugh Hewitt Show,” Trump told the host that Clinton’s recent shouting is “uncomfortable” and “painful” to watch, adding that he agreed with the Watergate-famed reporter that it’s not a “necessarily pleasant” thing to watch.
“I noticed that over the last couple of weeks she has been shouting very much. I think [Woodward is] really somewhat right,” Trump told Hewitt. “It looks uncomfortable, and a lot of people would say the woman — I think that she has been really raising her voice a lot.”
“It’s painful. I think it’s painful. I think it’s going to be painful for her,” Trump continued. “It does look like she’s really, really shouting, so I would have to agree with Bob Woodward on that. I think it’s uncomfortable, and I don’t think it’s necessarily pleasant to watch. I would think it’s very hard for her to do.”
Trump, who is currently third in the Washington Examiner‘s presidential power rankings, added that Clinton’s recent shoutbursts are happening more frequently than usual.
“It may not be politically correct, but everybody knows it’s the fact. It seems to be that way more over the last week and a half [or] two weeks that I’ve ever seen it,” Trump said.
On Wednesday’s “Morning Joe,” Woodward told co-host Joe Scarborough that Clinton’s tone of voice in recent weeks could be a reason she is losing ground to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders after barely beating him in Iowa on Monday night.
“I think a lot of it with Hillary Clinton has to do with style and delivery, oddly enough,” Woodward said. “She shouts. There is something unrelaxed about the way she is communicating.”
“I’m sorry to dwell on the tone issue but there’s something here where Hillary Clinton suggests she’s almost not comfortable with herself,” Woodward added. “And, you know, self-acceptance is something you communicate on television.”
