Donald Trump made reference to a lawyer made famous in the 19th century for his debating skills during a rally today. Trump, 78, spoke to a crowd in Chesapeake, Virginia about Clarence Darrow as he ridiculed Democrat rival Joe Biden . His rally came hours after the two locked horns in a televised CNN debate.
Trump said: "Despite the fact that crooked Joe Biden spent the entire week at Camp David resting, working studying...
He studied so hard that he didn't know what the hell he was doing. "He got the debate rules that he wanted, he got the date that he wanted, he got the network that he wanted, with the moderates he wanted. No amount of rest could help him defend his atrocious record.
"It's not defensible. I don't care who you were - you could be the late, great Clarence Darrow. "Has anyone ever heard of Clarence Darrow?" Who is Clarence Darrow? Clarence Darrow, who has been described as one of the most famous and controversial defense attorneys in American history, is best known for defending a number of trade unions, labor leaders, and anarchists.
Darrow, born in 1857, first began his law career in labor litigation by working as general counsel on behalf of large railroad corporations such as the Chicago and North-Western Railway Company. But Darrow resigned from his lucrative job and became a champion of the poor after witnessing the harsh labor conditions and exploitation that workers had to endure in the industrial society. He began to take cases on behalf of union leade.