Donald Trump’s debate card is bill clinton’s ex-lover

Gennifer Flowers accepts candidate’s invite to presidential debate.

Washington: Republican presidential aspirant Donald Trump has threatened to bring a woman Bill Clinton had an affair with to a debate with Hillary Clinton on Monday.

“If dopey Mark Cuban of failed Benefactor fame wants to sit in the front row, perhaps I will put Gennifer Flowers right alongside of him!” the Republican candidate tweeted.

The Trump campaign has, however, said that Flowers has not been “formally invited.” Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Trump’s vice-presidential nominee, said Trump’s suggestion he’d invite Flowers was just “mocking” Clinton’s campaign for distracting from the real issues at stake on Monday night.

Flowers, meanwhile, has accepted Trump’s invitation and said she will attend Monday’s debate. “Hi Donald. You know I’m in your corner and will definitely be at the debate!” she tweeted.

Flowers and Bill Clinton had had a 12-year affair. Bill had denied the allegation at first, but in 1998, under oath, he acknowledged to having a sexual encounter with Flowers.

With the first debate slated for Monday both the campaigns have stepped up their attacks. Clinton camp had confirmed that it will invite billionaire mogul Mark Cuban to the debate. Cuban has publicly criticised Trump in the past attacking him for not releasing his tax returns and calling him “bats*** crazy”.

Clinton spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri said, “Hillary Clinton plans on using the debate to discuss the issues that make a difference in people’s lives. It’s not surprising that Donald Trump has chosen a different path.”