Harris surrogate and billionaire capitalist Mark Cuban admitted his Trump comments connected ABC's "The View" were a "mistake" arsenic helium continues to look backlash.
Cuban came nether occurrence Thursday aft helium claimed erstwhile President Trump wouldn’t run with women similar erstwhile Republican statesmanlike campaigner Nikki Haley due to the fact that helium doesn’t subordinate with "strong, intelligent women."
"Donald Trump, you ne'er spot him astir strong, intelligent women. Ever," Cuban said. "It’s conscionable that simple. They're intimidating to him. He doesn't similar to beryllium challenged by them, and, you know, Nikki Haley volition telephone him connected his nonsense with reproductive rights and however helium sees and treats and talks astir women. I mean, helium conscionable can’t person her around. It wouldn’t work."
Mark Cuban claimed "strong, intelligent women" are not astir erstwhile President Trump. (Getty)
Cuban continued to cleanable up his comments erstwhile speaking with the Daily Mail Monday.
"It's portion of politics, it was my mistake, and I apologized for it. I surely wasn't saying thing antagonistic astir anyone supporting Trump," Cuban said.
He besides revealed his wife’s sentiment connected the comments.
"Tiffany watched the full interrogation and had nary contented with it. She knew what I was trying to say," Cuban said.
He added, "She besides knows that erstwhile I bash hundreds of interviews, determination volition beryllium immoderate I messiness up on. I flubbed galore much Mavs interviews that got maine fined by the NBA. So she is benignant of utilized to it."
Fox News Digital reached retired to Cuban’s cause for a remark but did not instantly person a response.
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Cuban has repeatedly attempted to cleanable up his comments since helium made them connected "The View" Thursday. (Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports)
Cuban has been attempting to rotation his comments since they went viral connected Thursday and drew the ire of respective prominent blimpish women.
"This is what I said during a speech astir wherefore Nikki Haley was not progressive successful his campaign," Cuban wrote connected X Thursday. "I cognize galore strong, intelligent women voting for Trump, including successful my extended family. I’m surely not saying pistillate voters are not smart, beardown and intelligent."
"I cognize helium has worked with strong, intelligent women, similar Elaine Chao, Kelly Anne, Ivanka and galore others," Cuban added. "I basal by my sentiment that helium does not similar being challenged publicly."
Businessman and tv property Mark Cuban addresses a rally for Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris October 17, 2024 successful La Crosse, Wisconsin. (Photo by Andy Manis/Getty Images)
In an exclusive remark to Fox News Digital, Trump run nationalist property caput Karoline Leavitt slammed Cuban's remarks.
"Joe Biden called Trump supporters ‘garbage,’ and present Kamala’s apical surrogate Mark Cuban insinuated pistillate Trump supporters are ‘weak and dumb,’" Leavitt said.
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"This is highly insulting to the thousands of women who enactment for President Trump, and the tens of millions of women who are voting for him," she said. "These women are mothers, entrepreneurs, and manufacture leaders, and they are, indeed, beardown and intelligent, contempt what Mark Cuban and Kamala Harris say."
Lindsay Kornick is an subordinate exertion for Fox News Digital. Story tips tin beryllium sent to [email protected] and connected Twitter: @lmkornick.