Former Miss Wisconsin Reveals Another Side Of Donald Trump

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been under scrutiny ever since Democrat rival Hillary Clinton brought up his past treatment of women — specifically, a former contestant in Trump’s Miss Universe pageant — during the first presidential debate.

However, a former Miss Wisconsin took to CNN in order to vouch for the GOP candidate and make sure his reputation is portrayed accurately.

Melissa Young, who was crowned Miss Wisconsin in 2005, told CNN’s Carol Costello that Trump was there for her and her family in “its darkest hour.”

Young recalled a letter she received in the hospital in 20014 when she was critically ill.

“Handwritten by Mr. Trump, it said ‘Must be delivered by 8 a.m.,” Young said. “I opened it and there was a message from him saying, ‘To the bravest woman I know.'”

“It lifted my spirits,” she added. “He continued to do that, to reach out to check on me, to check on my son to see how he was doing.”

The publicized debate over Trump’s history of negative remarks directed at women came to a tipping point when former Miss Universe Alicia Machado revealed that she used to be harassed by Trump for gaining weight. The Clinton campaign has propped up Machado in order to paint the GOP nominee in a negative light.

But Young isn’t having it, and assured Costello that Trump “has treated us with nothing but generous and the utmost respect and dignity. He has been a wonderful support system for me and my son.”

The former Miss Wisconsin has been battling false narratives of Trump all the way back to the primaries. During a rally in March, she stood up from the crowd to personally thank Trump for providing financial help

“I wanted to thank you because through you and your organizations, my son, who is Mexican-American, seven years old, through your organizations, and just being able to stand on that stage with you back in 2005, the outpouring of love that came from that, ultimately provided my son when he graduates high school with a full ride to college,” Young said.

On Friday, taking aim at the Clinton campaign, Trump tweeted out references to Machado’s sex tape and her controversial past.

Did Crooked Hillary help disgusting (check out sex tape and past) Alicia M become a U.S. citizen so she could use her in the debate?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016

Wow, Crooked Hillary was duped and used by my worst Miss U. Hillary floated her as an "angel" without checking her past, which is terrible!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016

U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, who is a supporter of Trump, told reporters Friday that people are more interested in policy and don’t really care about negative comments which were made years ago.

“I don’t think it changes the viewpoint of many voters,” Duffy said. “You can’t make any mistake that Donald Trump has started a movement. Every network maybe but for Fox is absolutely out to destroy Mr. Trump, and they can’t do it. The papers that attack him, they can’t do it.”

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