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He said what?
The Republican Party is in meltdown over Donald Trump's sexually aggressive comments from 11 years ago.
No longer are they attempting to explain them away, as Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus recently did of the Trump-Alicia Machado mess.
"He's not a polished politician" or as he's previously said of Mr Trump's outrageous rhetoric "we're the party of free speech".
Within hours of the latest release of comments from Mr Trump, Mr Priebus issued a withering, blunt, furious statement.
"No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner. Ever," he said.
Tomorrow Mr Trump was meant to appear with the most senior Republican in Congress, Speaker Paul Ryan — Mitt Romney's 2012 vice presidential pick.
It was supposed to be a victory for Mr Trump at a time of great need given that he's so far behind in the polls, fundraising and the ground game.
This was to be the first time — the very first — that they would be seen in public together. That didn't even occur at the Republican Convention. Finally it would be an endorsement four weeks out from the actual election.
But the timing couldn't have been worse. Just today Mr Ryan tweeted that he'd signed into law protections for sexual assault victims.
So now Donald Trump will not be going to the Wisconsin GOP Unity Rally to appear with a "sickened" Mr Ryan, who issued this statement:
"Women are to be championed and revered, not objectified … I hope Mr Trump treats this situation with the seriousness it deserves and works to demonstrate to the country that he has greater respect for women."
The other senior Republican in the Congress, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, has also been utterly reviled by the party's nominee for president.
"These comments are repugnant and unacceptable in any circumstance," he told NBC News.
"As the father of three daughters, I believe that Trump needs to directly apologise directly to women and girls everywhere, and take full responsibility for the utter lack of respect for women shown in his comments on that tape."
Senior Republican Jason Chaffetz, who led the fight against Hillary Clinton as Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight, has now reportedly withdrawn his endorsement of Mr Trump.
Republicans are stuck in Trump 'nightmare'
This is serious — this is a political nightmare. Mr Trump may have offended half the voting population of the United States, at least.
The one man we haven't yet heard from is Indiana Governor, Trump defender-in-chief and vice presidential nominee Mike Pence.
Mr Pence is a deeply, profoundly religious man who has been at pains to explain away Mr Trump's outrageous rhetoric at every turn — he's now silent.
Just this week evangelical pastors laid their hands on Mr Trump and prayed with him at the International Church of Las Vegas.
He promised to uphold and defend their cherished Christian values as president. How will those religious Republicans feel now?
Jeb Bush, John Kasich and multiple moderates who have been furious that Donald Trump was attempting to "insult his way to the White House" are now tweeting their fury as well.
But the party is stuck.
Mr Trump's name is on the ballot in every one of the 50 states.
"Nearly all the ballots have been printed," according to Ballotpedia and early voting is already underway in some states.
The best they can hope for now is to siphon millions of dollars they were going to allocate to his campaign and try and salvage their control of the Congress.
They would achieve this by directing that money into the campaigns of senators and representatives, before so-called down ballot positions that are also decided on November 8.
What now for Trump?
For Mr Trump there are very few options left to him. Can you imagine him giving a soul-bearing, prime-time TV broadcast mea culpa a la Jimmy Swaggart?
No, neither can I.
YOUTUBE: Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart makes an emotional confession on television.
Mr Trump has tried weathering the storm and failed. He has tried doubling down and failed. The only tactic he's yet to try is quitting, but that is because his brand is synonymous with "winning".
"We're going to win so much, you're going to be so sick and tired of winning," he said.
Now his fellow Republicans and Americans are just sick and tired of his scandals.
Trump does it again.
Trump does it again.
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Re: Trump does it again.
Well I don't think America will have a good leader this term.
Don't try, do.
Re: Trump does it again.
isnt groping and kissing women without their permission sexual assault. It's not just what he said, it is what he said he does - he assaults women sexually. That's just one step away from being a rapist. Or maybe he goes all the way too?
Hillary sucks, but at least she does not go around assaulting women.
Hillary sucks, but at least she does not go around assaulting women.
The BUGBLATTER BEAST HAS SPOKEN, ALL HAIL THE BLATTERER!
Re: Trump does it again.
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Re: Trump does it again.
How are people still supporting him tbh.
Hillary is trash, but she'll just continue the status quo for the next one/two terms. I'd rather have her in power than a complete idiot.
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/08/polit ... ard-stern/
Hillary is trash, but she'll just continue the status quo for the next one/two terms. I'd rather have her in power than a complete idiot.
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/08/polit ... ard-stern/
2015 dad
2016 most likely to be a meme.
2016 most likely to be a meme.
Re: Trump does it again.
Excalibur wrote:Bill Clinton
Bill is not running for pres. He faced his demons.
If any of this came out for any other candidate, including Bill prior to becoming pres, they would have withdrawn immediately or been kicked out of the race.
The BUGBLATTER BEAST HAS SPOKEN, ALL HAIL THE BLATTERER!
Re: Trump does it again.
As I expected, the assaulted women are coming out... lets see how he can become president when assault charges are laid.
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