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Watch: 5 Times Trump Called Hillary Wrong, and Was Wrong

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‘Wrong,’ ‘I did not say that,’ and ‘Gimme a break’ were among the Donald’s responses to true statements about him at the third presidential debate.

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When he wasn't calling Mexican immigrants "bad hombres" or saying he may not accept the election's results, Donald Trump spent much of the third presidential debate calling things wrong. For the most part, they were statements about him, and those statements were true. Again and again, as Hillary Clinton brought up disturbing quotes from the GOP nominee's past (e.g., calling Alicia Machado an "eating machine") and from just days ago (e.g., calling one of his accusers too unattractive to sexually assault), Trump interjected short protests like "wrong," "I did not say that," and/or "Gimme a break." To see how these denials hold up against reality, let's go to the tape:

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