Buzzfeed CEO Alleges Ivanka Trump Said Racial Slur
Hours before the final presidential debate, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti surprised reporters - including those within his own organization - with a tweet that alleged Ivanka Trump once used a racial slur in his presence:
The allegation is especially shocking because Ivanka has long been seen as the polished, graceful contrast to her father, often attempting to soften his comments about women. BuzzFeed followed the tip and reported the story:
Though the tweet seemingly came out of nowhere, Peretti told BuzzFeed that he issued it after hearing Trump’s comments at the Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit, where she addressed the comments her father made about groping women without consent on a 2005 leaked tape. “That’s not language consistent with any conversation I’ve ever had with him, certainly, or any conversation I’ve overheard,” she said. “So it was a bit jarring for me to hear.”
Peretti then wrote, "Surprised Ivanka would be shocked by lewd language. I met her once & she casually said: ‘I’ve never seen a mulatto cock, but I’d like to!’”
He expanded on the alleged conversation with BuzzFeed:
Peretti said the encounter with Ivanka occurred at a Manhattan dive bar called Tropical 128 about 8-10 years ago with roughly five other people present, including his wife, Andrea Harner. Peretti said Ivanka and he share a mutual friend who invited her to the bar that evening.
“She was saying how she first said she had never seen an uncircumcised cock and then she said, ‘I’ve never seen a mulatto cock. There’s lots of cocks I’ve never seen,’ or something like that,” Peretti said.
“Of course, it was memorable just because of the use of the lewd language and racist language. It was also memorable being in the environment of being… in New York, sometimes liberal and progressive people make comments meant as jokes and not necessarily earnest. I didn’t know how to take it.”
Harner and another person present confirmed Peretti’s account to BuzzFeed.
In a statement to BuzzFeed, Trump denied the allegations. “I am not sure if this was meant to be a joke, but in case there is any ambiguity, this is a complete and total lie,” she said.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s campaign has demanded an apology from Peretti:
“What a little man and a disgraceful liar to smear Ivanka Trump like this,” spokesperson Jason Miller said in an email. “It shows just how far the media will go to tear down Mr. Trump’s family, and we demand an apology.”
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