Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka told CNN on Wednesday that criticism of her father over his treatment of women is largely orchestrated by the media and that she is living proof that he doesn't discriminate.
Donald Trump is "very blunt and very direct," but is "nongender specific" when he criticizes people he disagrees with, Ivanka Trump told CNN's Poppy Harlow in an interview aired on "Out Front with Erin Burnett."
Trump has always pushed her as hard has he has her brothers, Donald Jr. and Eric, she said, and she is currently an equal executive with them in the Trump organization.
"So he's always supportive and encouraged women, and, truthfully, he's proven that through decades through his employment practices, through his hiring practices."
Trump has come under fire for how he has spoken to women such as entertainer Rosie O'Donnell on Twitter. When Fox News host Megyn Kelly asked Trump about that at the first GOP presidential debate he wasn't happy, telling CNN the next day that Kelly appeared to have blood coming out of her eyes, ears and her "wherever," which many interpreted to be a reference to hormones. He denied meaning that.
Ivanka Trump said he father pushed, corrected and disciplined her as she was growing up so she would become a morally centered and successful person.
Her brother Eric, echoed those comments in an interview with Fox News Channel's
"On the Record with Greta Van Susteren" on Wednesday.
"We were the last family that was ever going to be caught dancing on a table in a nightclub," Eric Trump said, saying that he accompanied his father to construction sites at a very young age where he learned the "Art of the Deal" firsthand.
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