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Trump: Clinton is lying about her hot sauce

Donald Trump has some thoughts about Hillary Clinton saying she carries hot sauce in her bag: She’s “phony” and “pandering.”

The real estate mogul was asked on "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday about an interview Clinton did with a hip-hop station's radio show in New York where she said that she carries hot sauce in her purse (Clinton has long been known as a hot pepper aficionado). The hosts then said she'd be criticized for "pandering" to the African-American vote. "Is it working?" Clinton asked, laughing.

“It's the same thing she always does. She carries hot sauce like I carry hot sauce. It's just, I don’t know so phony, and so pandering and so terrible,” Trump said before adding, “I think, you know, frankly, I think Bernie probably has a decent chance to win. It won't matter. Then they'll say, it doesn't matter because she's — look, it's a crooked system.”

Clinton's campaign fiercely defended its candidate's hot sauce devotion on Monday, telling Time magazine that the former secretary of state carries around a bottle of Ninja Squirrel sriracha. Clinton has also been reported to carry around chili flakes and raw hot peppers, citing positive health benefits.

Press secretary Brian Fallon deemed those questioning Clinton's habit "hot sauce truthers," tweeting an image of another brand of hot sauce the campaign regularly consumes.

.@teddygoff @UPROXX here is one of about 4 different kinds we routinely indulge in on the road. pic.twitter.com/UO8rPU765h — Nick Merrill (@NickMerrill) April 18, 2016

Trump later pivoted into his criticism of the race, particularly with the delegate selection process on both sides. Trump has repeatedly criticized the GOP primary process as “rigged."

During a segment in which Trump fielded questions from New York voters in a diner, he was also asked if there was anything he would have changed from the beginning of his campaign.

"I guess maybe I could have said a few less words or a few less things," he said. "Would have been helpful.”