In Unusual Turn, Trump Talks to Reporters After Debate [VIDEO]

After the debate comes the spin. It’s a tradition in modern American politics: Once the debate wraps up, surrogates for each candidate wander around the spin room and answer questions from gaggles of reporters. They frame their candidate’s responses positively and sling mud at their opponent.

The surrogates are usually local politicians and figures, with a few national-level names thrown in. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus was on the floor stumping for Trump, as was boxing promoter Don King. But in an unusual turn, the biggest name to come out to speak on Trump’s behalf was the man himself.

Trump had an area cordoned off for him to walk through and greet press. He took some questions as he did, with his wife Melania by his side and his children in tow. It kept the press on their toes and distracted from the other surrogates walking around the floor.

But those surrogates still had much to say. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, surrounded by reporters the entire time he was on the floor, criticized Hillary Clinton's comments about stop-and-frisk.

There were surrogates for both parties out in force on the floor. New York Congressman Gregory Meeks took Trump to task for how he dodged the question moderator Lester Holt posed about race relations in America (something Clinton also did). Meeks also criticized Trump for his years of birtherism.

The debate at Hofstra University was only the first of three. There will definitely be more spin at the following debates, and there could even be more unusual appearances from Trump.

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