Democratic National Committee chairwoman

Trump slams Wasserman Schultz as 'crazy' and 'highly neurotic'

By Nick Gass

Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a "crazy," "highly neurotic woman" but the Democratic National Committee chairwoman "negotiated a great deal" for Democratic debates, Donald Trump said Monday.

Appearing on Sirius XM's "Breitbart News Daily" with Stephen Bannon, the Republican presidential candidate was asked whether he or Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus would do a better job hammering out a television deal for debates.

"Well, I'm not allowed to say that, OK? But I can tell you he's a very good guy. He really is. He's a very nice person and I think that hopefully he's going to do a good job. Hey look, you get a candidate, you really need that RNC to go in there and fight hard. And they have to be very tough and very smart," he said.

On the Democratic side, Trump said, "[y]ou have this crazy Wasserman Schultz — Deborah Wasserman Schultz — who is in there, a highly neurotic woman."

"This is a woman that is a terrible person. I watch her on television. She's a terrible person," Trump continued. "And in all fairness, she negotiated a great deal for Hillary because they gave Hillary all softballs."

"Unbelievable," Bannon remarked.

"Every ball was a softball. And in fact, the other candidates weren't even allowed to talk up against her," Trump said.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders "totally destroyed his campaign" with his remark in last month's debate that the American public was sick and tired of hearing about her "damn emails."

"I said 'He's dead, that's the end of him.' He gave that up — it was a great soundbite for about three minutes, for three seconds, they clapped for about three seconds — when he gave up the emails, he is now just wasting his time," Trump added. "By the way, his audience has shrunk. Now he's got to take ads and everything else. His audiences have gone. And you know I have by far the biggest audiences, even before. But his audiences are gone now. When he gave up that email thing, he said 'here, Hillary.'"

The DNC fired back in an emailed response to POLITICO.

"The Republican front-runner's misogynistic attacks are sadly representative of the GOP's outdated approach to women and the issues that affect them and their families," DNC spokeswoman Kaylie Hanson said. "Whether it's trying to get between them and their doctor, opposing equal pay for equal work, or using offensive language, the Republican Party is wrong for women."