{"id":2321612,"date":"2024-08-09T00:27:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T04:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-harris-boyfriend-denies-trumps-claims-about-vp-and-emergency-helicopter-landing-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T00:29:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T04:29:48","slug":"ex-harris-boyfriend-denies-trumps-claims-about-vp-and-emergency-helicopter-landing-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-harris-boyfriend-denies-trumps-claims-about-vp-and-emergency-helicopter-landing-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Harris boyfriend denies Trump\u2019s claims about VP and \u2019emergency\u2019 helicopter landing &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fex-harris-boyfriend-denies-trumps-claims-about-vp-and-emergency-helicopter-landing-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2321612&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former San \u2062Francisco Mayor Willie Brown has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-denies-claims-from-saudi-arabia-and-uae-that-they-had-role-in-negotiating-griner-prisoner-swap\/\" title=\"White House Denies Claims From Saudi Arabia and UAE That They Had Role in Negotiating Griner Prisoner Swap\">denied claims made<\/a>\u2064 by former \u2063President Donald Trump regarding an alleged helicopter ride they shared, among other \u2064topics. During a lengthy press \u2063conference at \u200dMar-a-Lago, Trump\u2063 recounted what he described as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yours-bigly\/\" title=\"Bigly yours\">emergency helicopter landing<\/a> with\u2063 Brown, suggesting \u2063the experience was dire. However, Brown refuted this story in an\u200c interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, \u2064stating that\u200d he has &#8220;never been on a helicopter with Trump.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>While \u2062Brown has \u200backnowledged having traveled with Trump in the past\u2014specifically on a plane for \u2063a lunch meeting\u2014he clarified that the helicopter incident,\u2063 as described\u200d by Trump, did not occur. Brown served as mayor\u2064 from 1996\u2063 to 2004 and has had a complex relationship with Trump\u200d over the \u200cyears.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ex-Harris boyfriend denies Trump&rsquo;s claims about VP and &rsquo;emergency&rsquo; helicopter landing<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1726553\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/san-francisco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>San Francisco<\/a> Mayor Willie Brown pushed back on comments former President<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> Donald Trump<\/a> made about an alleged helicopter ride the two shared and his relationship with Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>During a Mar-a-Lago <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3115563\/takeaways-trump-mar-a-lago-press-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>press conference on Thursday<\/a> that lasted over an hour, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lgrMzNXM1jA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>covered<\/a> a host of topics. Among them was an anecdote about Brown that the California Democrat says never happened.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trump talks to reporters during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-campaign-holds-press-conference-to-outline-viable-path-to-victory\/\" title=\"Watch Live: Trump Campaign Holds Press Conference to Outline &#039;Viable Path to Victory&#039;\">news conference<\/a> at his Mar-a-Lago estate Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I went down in a helicopter with him. We thought maybe this was the end,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;We were in a helicopter going to a certain location together, and there was an emergency landing. This was not a pleasant landing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Brown responded to the comments later on Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/joegarofoli\/article\/donald-trump-willie-brown-helicopter-19629432.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>telling<\/a> the <em>San Francisco Chronicle<\/em>, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never been on a helicopter with Trump.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The California Democrat, who served as San Fransciso&rsquo;s mayor from 1996 to 2004, did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/bayarea\/williesworld\/article\/Donald-Trump-makes-GOP-lineup-look-like-cast-party-2375460.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>write<\/a> in 2013 that he received a ride on Trump&rsquo;s plane. At the time, Brown called the former president &ldquo;a friend of mine&rdquo; as he remembered how Trump had flown him up so they could have lunch together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Brown also responded to Trump&rsquo;s comments that the former mayor had told him &ldquo;terrible things&rdquo; about Harris, with whom he dated in 1994 and 1995 when she was a prosecutor in Alameda County.<\/p>\n<p>The former mayor appointed Harris to two state commissions, leading a reporter on Thursday to ask Trump if he thought the relationship had a role in jumpstarting Harris&rsquo;s career and putting her on the path to the White House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean I haven&rsquo;t seen him in years,&nbsp; but he told me terrible things about her,&rdquo; Trump replied as he commented on Harris&rsquo;s and Brown&rsquo;s relationship. &ldquo;Maybe he&rsquo;s changed his tune but he was not a fan of hers very much at that point.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown speaks outside John&rsquo;s Grill in San Francisco, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. The restaurant was celebrating its 115th anniversary. (AP Photo\/Eric Risberg)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Brown told the outlet &ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t say anything bad about any woman to him.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would know better. It might encourage him to take a (verbal) shot,&rdquo; the former mayor said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1726553\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1726553\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown refuted former President Donald Trump&#8217;s assertions regarding a supposed helicopter ride they took together and his connection to Vice President Kamala Harris. At a lengthy press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday, Trump recounted an incident involving Brown that the California Democrat claims never occurred. Trump stated, &#8220;I went down in a helicopter with him. We thought maybe this was the end&#8230; There was an emergency landing. This was not a pleasant landing.&#8221; In response, Brown told the San Francisco Chronicle later that day, &#8220;I&#8217;ve never been on a helicopter with Trump.&#8221; Although he did mention in 2013 that he had flown on Trump&#8217;s plane for lunch, he referred to Trump as &#8220;a friend of mine&#8221; at that time.<\/p>\n<p>Brown also addressed Trump&#8217;s remarks about him supposedly sharing negative opinions about Harris\u2014whom he dated from 1994 to 1995 while she worked as an Alameda County prosecutor. The former mayor appointed Harris to two state commissions, prompting questions during the press conference about whether their relationship helped advance her career toward the presidency. Trump remarked, \u201cI mean I haven\u2019t seen him in years, but he told me terrible things about her&#8230; Maybe he&#8217;s changed his tune but he was not a fan of hers very much at that point.\u201d However, Brown countered by saying, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say anything bad about any woman to him,\u201d adding that it would be unwise as it might provoke Trump into making disparaging comments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2321613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Willie-Brown.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[37623,37626,37624,37625],"class_list":["post-2321612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-ex-harris","tag-helicopter-landing","tag-trump-claims","tag-vp-controversy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Willie-Brown.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2321612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2321613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2321612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2321612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2321612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}