CPI:

Midway through the debate, Fox News co-moderator Bret Baier explained that Donald Trump has given money to numerous Democrats over the years.

Baier then noted that Trump has previously stated that politicians do favors for contributions.

“You better believe it,” Trump told Baier.

“I give to everybody. When they call, I give,” Trump said, quickly adding that he considers the nation’s political money system a “broken system.”

Trump said that a decade ago, after he made a donation to Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton, then a senator, he asked Clinton to come to his wedding.

“She had no choice, because I gave,” Trump said. (A Clinton aide said Trump’s assertion was “ridiculous” and “hurt” Clinton’s feelings.)