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Calm Down Twitter: Donald Trump SWEARS He Did Not Ask Convicted Rapist Mike Tyson To Speak At GOP Convention

  • Jun 28, 2016
  • by: Alan Duke
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Donald Trump denies a media report that he invited former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson to speak at the Republican Naitonal Convention next month. The Bloomberg Politics report caused many tweeted objections, pointed out that Tyson did prison time for a rape conviction.

But Trump took to Twitter Tuesday night to shoot it down, although without dissing the champ: "Iron Mike Tyson was not asked to speak at the Convention though I'm sure he would do a good job if he was. The media makes everything up!"

Iron Mike Tyson was not asked to speak at the Convention though I'm sure he would do a good job if he was. The media makes everything up!

-- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 29, 2016

From Bloomberg Politics:

Donald Trump's campaign aides are lining up a slate of iconic sports figures to appear at the national convention in Cleveland next month--including former undisputed world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, legendary Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka, former Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight and NASCAR chief Brian France, people familiar with the planning told Bloomberg Politics.


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Editor-in-Chief Alan Duke co-founded Lead Stories after ending a 26-year career with CNN, where he mainly covered entertainment, current affairs and politics. Duke closely covered domestic terrorism cases for CNN, including the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, the UNABOMBER and search for Southeast bomber Eric Robert Rudolph. CNN moved Duke to Los Angeles in 2009 to cover the entertainment beat. Duke also co-hosted a daily podcast with former HLN host Nancy Grace, "Crime Stories with Nancy Grace" and hosted the podcast series "Stan Lee's World: His Real Life Battle with Heroes & Villains." You'll also see Duke in many news documentaries, including on the Reelz channel, CNN and HLN.

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