Bolingbrook Mayor Comes Out in Defense of Donald Trump

BOLINGBROOK, IL — Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar has come out in defense of Donald Trump after a video showed Trump making lewd comments about women.

“It’s unfortunate,” Claar told the Chicago Sun-Times. “But it’s not like he’s the first person in the world that’s ever said that stuff.”

Although Claar admitted that Trump’s language bothers him, he said Hillary Clinton’s “actions are questionable ethically,” according to the Sun-Times. Documents released by WikiLeaks gave a glimpse into speeches Clinton made to Wall Street bankers. In one of them, she said politicians need to have a public and private position.

You just have to sort of figure out how to -- getting back to that word, "balance" -- how to balance the public and the private efforts that are necessary to be successful, politically, and that's not just a comment about today. That, I think, has probably been true for all of our history, and if you saw the Spielberg movie, Lincoln, and how he was maneuvering and working to get the 13th Amendment passed, and he called one of my favorite predecessors, Secretary Seward, who had been the governor and senator from New York, ran against Lincoln for president, and he told Seward, I need your help to get this done. And Seward called some of his lobbyist friends who knew how to make a deal, and they just kept going at it. I mean, politics is like sausage being made. It is unsavory, and it always has been that way, but we usually end up where we need to be. But if everybody's watching, you know, all of the back room discussions and the deals, you know, then people get a little nervous, to say the least. So, you need both a public and a private position.

“I can’t say (what Trump said) doesn’t bother me,” Claar told the Sun-Times. “But I also read excerpts from Hillary’s email that (are) also somewhat unfortunate.”

Trump was heard on video saying to Access Hollywood host Billy Bush that when you're a star you can do anything to women.

“Grab them by the p---y,” Trump says. “You can do anything.”

Trump visited Bolingbrook Sept. 28 for a fundraiser at the Bolingbrook Golf Club. Several people came out to protest Trump’s appearance, calling him a liar and a bigot.