Donald Trump once called Bill Clinton a 'victim' of his accusers

"He is really a victim himself."
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Heather Dockray
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Donald Trump once called Bill Clinton a 'victim' of his accusers
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Donald Trump has changed his position multiple times this election cycle, but his most memorable shift may have come during Sunday night's debate.

Just 90 minutes before the debate, Trump appeared in a Facebook live with four women who had previously accused Bill Clinton of assaulting them.

While he appeared to be advocating for them, Trump had once called called Bill Clinton a "victim" of his accusers -- and even publicly mocked them.

Trump brought four women with him Sunday night: Paula Jones, Kathy Shelton, Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick.

"These four courageous women have asked to be here," Trump said, "and it was our honor to help them.

But in 1998, the candidate held a slightly different view of Clinton's accusers. In an interview with CNBC that year, he called Paula Jones a "loser." In a later interview with Fox News' Neil Caputo, Trump even went to far as to call Clinton a "victim" of his accusers.

"I don't necessarily agree with his victims," Trump said. "His victims are terrible. He is, he is really a victim himself. But he put himself in that position."

In the same interview, Trump further went onto argue that some of Clinton's accusers were "unattractive."

"These people are just, I don't know, where he met them - where he found them," Trump said. "But the whole group — it's truly an unattractive cast of characters. Linda Tripp, Lucianne Goldberg, I mean, this woman, I watch her on television. She is so bad. The whole group, Paula Jones, Lewinsky, it's just a really unattractive group. I'm not just talking about physical."

Trump may not remember what he said, but Twitter couldn't help but remind him.

BONUS VIDEO: Watch Trump lurking behind Clinton during debate.

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Heather Dockray

Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.

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