Immediately following Sunday night’s presidential debate, ABC and NBC set about trying to discredit Bill Clinton’s sexual assault accusers who attended the event as guests of Donald Trump. In a clip aired on ABC’s Good Morning America on Monday, correspondent Tom Llamas grilled former Clinton White House aide Kathleen Willey backstage: “Do you think Donald Trump used you as a political prop today?”

Willey replied: “No. Not at all.” Llamas pressed: “You don’t think you were just there to scare Hillary Clinton?” Willey pushed back: “I don't feel – if I felt that way, I wouldn't be here. Hillary Clinton is a fake feminist. A champion of women does not attack the victims of sexual assault. Period.” After the clip, Llamas noted: “Now both Bill and Hillary Clinton have denied those accusations.”

On NBC’s Today, correspondent Hallie Jackson featured a similar exchange with Willey after the debate. She began by parroting Clinton campaign talking points: “Their presence at the debate seen as a political stunt and distraction by top Clinton campaign officials.” Jackson demanded of Willey: “Do you worry you're being used as a distraction by Donald Trump to change the conversation?” Willey answered: “Absolutely not. No.”

Jackson continued: “Why not?” Willey responded: “Well, because I think we have a message. I don't think I'm a distraction.”

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Here are transcripts of both exchanges aired on the October 10 morning shows: