Donald Trump: Mussolini Quote I Retweeted Was a 'Good Quote'

Donald Trump: Mussolini Quote I Retweeted Was a 'Good Quote'

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a caucus night watch party at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino on February 23, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

By Nick Sanchez   |   Monday, 29 Feb 2016 08:45 AM

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Donald Trump used his Twitter account to re-post a quote commonly attributed to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on Sunday, and said later he didn't know it was a fascist line.

Gawker reported Sunday that its staffers created a parody account designed to mock Trump's bid for the White House in December. The parody account was named "Il Duce 2016" and featured a profile picture in which Trump's hair had been photo-edited onto a stock picture of Mussolini.

"Last year, Gawker’s Ashley Feinberg created a Twitter bot that would post quotes from the writings and speeches of the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, but with all of them attributed to businessman and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump," Gawker wrote.

"This morning, he retweeted that account."

The New York Times reported that Trump was soon queried about the tweet during an interview on NBC, and said he was unaware the quote was Mussolini's.

"It’s a very good quote," said Trump. "I didn’t know who said it, but what difference does it make if it was Mussolini or somebody else — it’s a very good quote."

Asked for his thoughts on associating with the fascist dictator, Trump said he only wanted to be "associated with interesting quotes."

"Hey, it got your attention, didn’t it?" he added.

Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini was the prime minister for Italy.

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In 1912 Mussolini was the leading member of the National Directorate of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI).

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Donald Trump Crushing Competitors, Earns 49 Percent In CNN National Poll — Rubio 16, Cruz 15

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A new CNN national poll shows that Donald Trump is pulling away in the national Republican presidential nomination with a stunning 49 percent support.

That’s 33 points above Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) 79^% who is in second place with 16 percent. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 97^% is in a close third with 15 percent.

Ben Carson only has 10 percent while John Kasich has six percent.

Trump was at 24 percent in September before his national polling numbers began to rise substantially.

The polling results show that as more Republicans get out of the race, more Republicans are leaning toward Trump for president.

Republicans who do not support Trump however, appeared torn whether they would support him if he eventually won the nomination.

According to the poll, 52 percent of Republicans said they would likely support Trump if he won — 48 percent indicated that they were unlikely to support him, including 35 percent who said they would “definitely not support” the controversial billionaire.

When asked to choose which candidate was the most honest and trustworthy, 35 percent of Republican voters chose Trump, 22 percent chose Ben Carson, followed by Cruz at 14 percent and Rubio at 13 percent. Kasich only got 9 percent.

The polling result is of 306 registered Republican voters and 121 voters who lean Republican. 

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