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| Donald Trump's comments described sexual assault, White House says – live | Donald Trump's comments described sexual assault, White House says – live |
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| After warning that the US risks becoming a banana republic if he's not elected, Trump calls for the prosecution of his political opponent | |
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| Donald Trump campaigns in Panama City, Florida | |
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| Texas congressman Blake Farenthold has swiftly apologized for telling an MSNBC anchor that he would have to think about revoking his endorsement of a candidate who said that he “really liked raping women.” | Texas congressman Blake Farenthold has swiftly apologized for telling an MSNBC anchor that he would have to think about revoking his endorsement of a candidate who said that he “really liked raping women.” |
| I apologize for my failure to immediately condemn anyone who would say something as outrageous as they like raping women. (1/3) | I apologize for my failure to immediately condemn anyone who would say something as outrageous as they like raping women. (1/3) |
| During an interview on MSNBC with Chris Hayes tonight, I was thrown off by the anchor’s use of a hypothetical question. (2/3) | During an interview on MSNBC with Chris Hayes tonight, I was thrown off by the anchor’s use of a hypothetical question. (2/3) |
| I do not, and have not ever condoned rape or violence against women. That is not the kind of man I believe Donald Trump to be. (3/3) | I do not, and have not ever condoned rape or violence against women. That is not the kind of man I believe Donald Trump to be. (3/3) |
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| Sabrina Siddiqui | Sabrina Siddiqui |
| Hillary Clinton’s campaign fired back on Tuesday as Wikileaks released a new tranche of hacked emails from the account of its chairman John Podesta, dubbing the website a “propaganda arm of the Russian government” seeking to help elect Republican nominee Donald Trump. | Hillary Clinton’s campaign fired back on Tuesday as Wikileaks released a new tranche of hacked emails from the account of its chairman John Podesta, dubbing the website a “propaganda arm of the Russian government” seeking to help elect Republican nominee Donald Trump. |
| The latest batch of more than 2,000 emails, disclosed on Monday, offered a glimpse into the inner workings of the Clinton campaign. They included insights on multiple fronts, such as a lack of preparedness for Bernie Sanders’ insurgent campaign, concerns raised by Chelsea Clinton over potential conflicts of interest for the family’s foundation, and efforts by aides on how to best frame the former secretary of state’s second bid for the White House. | The latest batch of more than 2,000 emails, disclosed on Monday, offered a glimpse into the inner workings of the Clinton campaign. They included insights on multiple fronts, such as a lack of preparedness for Bernie Sanders’ insurgent campaign, concerns raised by Chelsea Clinton over potential conflicts of interest for the family’s foundation, and efforts by aides on how to best frame the former secretary of state’s second bid for the White House. |
| Last week, Wikileaks published other hacked emails from Podesta’s account, which included alleged excerpts of Clinton’s paid speeches to Wall Street. Clinton’s campaign has neither confirmed nor denied authenticity of the emails, but in recent days escalated its charge that the hack was conducted by Russian state actors. | Last week, Wikileaks published other hacked emails from Podesta’s account, which included alleged excerpts of Clinton’s paid speeches to Wall Street. Clinton’s campaign has neither confirmed nor denied authenticity of the emails, but in recent days escalated its charge that the hack was conducted by Russian state actors. |
| Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Clinton’s campaign, fired off a tweet storm late Monday in which he assailed Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange, for working on behalf of the Russian government. | Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Clinton’s campaign, fired off a tweet storm late Monday in which he assailed Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange, for working on behalf of the Russian government. |
| “You are no media organization,” Fallon tweeted at Wikileaks. “You are a propaganda arm of the Russian government, running interference for their pet candidate, Trump.” | “You are no media organization,” Fallon tweeted at Wikileaks. “You are a propaganda arm of the Russian government, running interference for their pet candidate, Trump.” |
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| GOP congressman suggests he might back Trump even if Trump said he liked rape | |
| Texas congressman Blake Farenthold, asked on MSNBC this evening whether he would continue to support Donald Trump if he said “I really like to rape women,” did not commit to revoking his endorsement of the Republican presidential candidate. | Texas congressman Blake Farenthold, asked on MSNBC this evening whether he would continue to support Donald Trump if he said “I really like to rape women,” did not commit to revoking his endorsement of the Republican presidential candidate. |
| .@farenthold on if he'd revoke support for Trump if he said "I like raping women" -- "It'd be bad...I'd consider it" https://t.co/jWCZ1YERYl | .@farenthold on if he'd revoke support for Trump if he said "I like raping women" -- "It'd be bad...I'd consider it" https://t.co/jWCZ1YERYl |
| “That would be bad and I’d consider it.” | “That would be bad and I’d consider it.” |
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| Donald Trump, making his first appearance in a one-on-one interview since the release of video recordings that showed him bragging about sexually assaulting women and since the second presidential debate, petulantly told Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly that “I get along with everybody” that that House speaker Paul Ryan had committed a craven act of political betrayal by refusing to defend him. | Donald Trump, making his first appearance in a one-on-one interview since the release of video recordings that showed him bragging about sexually assaulting women and since the second presidential debate, petulantly told Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly that “I get along with everybody” that that House speaker Paul Ryan had committed a craven act of political betrayal by refusing to defend him. |
| “We’ve been having a problem - we have millions and millions of followers,” Trump said, “and Paul Ryan, open borders and amnesty and bad budgets by the way, very, very bad budgets... The shackles are some of the establishment people the weak and ineffective people within the party.” | “We’ve been having a problem - we have millions and millions of followers,” Trump said, “and Paul Ryan, open borders and amnesty and bad budgets by the way, very, very bad budgets... The shackles are some of the establishment people the weak and ineffective people within the party.” |
| “They’re not giving support - they don’t give the kind of support,” Trump said, when O’Reilly asked why he was so angry with Republican leadership. “They don’t give the support that we really need. Maybe we’ll do better without their support.” | “They’re not giving support - they don’t give the kind of support,” Trump said, when O’Reilly asked why he was so angry with Republican leadership. “They don’t give the support that we really need. Maybe we’ll do better without their support.” |
| When O’Reilly asked if Trump’s “throwing off of the shackles” of cooperating with Republicans meant that he would become more outspoken, Trump denied that he was outspoken at all. | When O’Reilly asked if Trump’s “throwing off of the shackles” of cooperating with Republicans meant that he would become more outspoken, Trump denied that he was outspoken at all. |
| “I don’t think I’m that outspoken to be honest with you - I think I’ve been very nice,” Trump said. “I don’t think so - look, I went to Ivy League schools.” | “I don’t think I’m that outspoken to be honest with you - I think I’ve been very nice,” Trump said. “I don’t think so - look, I went to Ivy League schools.” |
| “I’m just tired of nonsupport - and I don’t really want support.” | “I’m just tired of nonsupport - and I don’t really want support.” |
| Asked how he would address his cratering support among women after release of video in which he grabbed about being able to “grab [women] by the pussy” without consequence because of his fame, Trump dismissed the remarks as “locker room talk.” | Asked how he would address his cratering support among women after release of video in which he grabbed about being able to “grab [women] by the pussy” without consequence because of his fame, Trump dismissed the remarks as “locker room talk.” |
| “Most people have heard it before, and I’ve had a lot of women come up to me and say I’ve heard that before, and I’ve heard a lot worse,” Trump said. “If that’s what it takes to lose an election, I think that’d be pretty sad.” | “Most people have heard it before, and I’ve had a lot of women come up to me and say I’ve heard that before, and I’ve heard a lot worse,” Trump said. “If that’s what it takes to lose an election, I think that’d be pretty sad.” |
| O’Reilly said that his popularity among women has taken a hit, which Trump denied. | O’Reilly said that his popularity among women has taken a hit, which Trump denied. |
| “I’m not sure I believe it - I’m not sure I believe it,” Trump said. “What women want is they want secure borders, they want safety, they want law and order, they want a police department that is allowed to so its job, they want justice for all,” before going on a tirade about Hillary Clinton creating Isis, which he said “I’m sure she was very proud of.” | “I’m not sure I believe it - I’m not sure I believe it,” Trump said. “What women want is they want secure borders, they want safety, they want law and order, they want a police department that is allowed to so its job, they want justice for all,” before going on a tirade about Hillary Clinton creating Isis, which he said “I’m sure she was very proud of.” |
| “To be honest with you, Bill, I get along with people.” | “To be honest with you, Bill, I get along with people.” |
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| Richard Luscombe | Richard Luscombe |
| Hillary Clinton used the global climate crisis as a weapon for another assault on Donald Trump on Tuesday, enlisting the help of her husband’s former vice-president Al Gore to urge America’s voters not to risk sending a “climate change denier” to the White House. | Hillary Clinton used the global climate crisis as a weapon for another assault on Donald Trump on Tuesday, enlisting the help of her husband’s former vice-president Al Gore to urge America’s voters not to risk sending a “climate change denier” to the White House. |
| In a joint address in Miami, Clinton and Gore repeatedly hammered the Republican nominee for his stance on climate change and his belief that global warming is a hoax initiated by the Chinese. | In a joint address in Miami, Clinton and Gore repeatedly hammered the Republican nominee for his stance on climate change and his belief that global warming is a hoax initiated by the Chinese. |
| “Climate change is real, it’s urgent, and America can take the lead in the world in addressing it,” Clinton said, promising investment in clean energy. | “Climate change is real, it’s urgent, and America can take the lead in the world in addressing it,” Clinton said, promising investment in clean energy. |
| “We can transform our economy, we can rally the world to cut carbon pollutions and above all we can fulfill our moral obligation to protect the planet. Just remember what is at stake. My opponent is a guy who denies science, who denies climate change every day.” | “We can transform our economy, we can rally the world to cut carbon pollutions and above all we can fulfill our moral obligation to protect the planet. Just remember what is at stake. My opponent is a guy who denies science, who denies climate change every day.” |
| Yet it was Gore, who lost the 2000 presidential election to George W Bush by less than 500 votes in Florida, who delivered the more powerful message about why the climate crisis is one of the most serious issues in this campaign, and why he believes Clinton is the only candidate who can help solve it. | Yet it was Gore, who lost the 2000 presidential election to George W Bush by less than 500 votes in Florida, who delivered the more powerful message about why the climate crisis is one of the most serious issues in this campaign, and why he believes Clinton is the only candidate who can help solve it. |
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| President Barack Obama, on the stakes of the 2016 election: | President Barack Obama, on the stakes of the 2016 election: |
| Civility is on the ballot! Respect for women is on the ballot! Tolerance is on the ballot! Justice is on the ballot! Equality is on the ballot! Democracy is on the ballot! If you want to send a message in this election, make it a resounding message! | Civility is on the ballot! Respect for women is on the ballot! Tolerance is on the ballot! Justice is on the ballot! Equality is on the ballot! Democracy is on the ballot! If you want to send a message in this election, make it a resounding message! |
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| Closing out his remarks by speaking directly to young voters, President Barack Obama urges them to turn out, despite the coarsening of the American political process during the 2016 campaign. | Closing out his remarks by speaking directly to young voters, President Barack Obama urges them to turn out, despite the coarsening of the American political process during the 2016 campaign. |
| “There are a lot of things about our politics that can seem cheap, and trivial, and frustrating,” Obama says, “but here’s a chance to reject a divisive and mean-spirited politics that would just take us backwards. And there’s nothing cheap or trivial about that.” | “There are a lot of things about our politics that can seem cheap, and trivial, and frustrating,” Obama says, “but here’s a chance to reject a divisive and mean-spirited politics that would just take us backwards. And there’s nothing cheap or trivial about that.” |
| “That’s real - that is true. And young people, you have a chance to do that, so don’t fall for the easy cynicism that says my vote doesn’t matter, or all politicians are the same,” Obama continues. “I promise you - your vote matters!” | “That’s real - that is true. And young people, you have a chance to do that, so don’t fall for the easy cynicism that says my vote doesn’t matter, or all politicians are the same,” Obama continues. “I promise you - your vote matters!” |
| “If you care about equality, if you supported Bernie in the primaries, you’ve got a choice!” Obama says. “When he asks you what you have to lose, you answer - you’ve got everything to lose!” | “If you care about equality, if you supported Bernie in the primaries, you’ve got a choice!” Obama says. “When he asks you what you have to lose, you answer - you’ve got everything to lose!” |
| “Send a message for hope! Send a message by voting for Hillary Clinton!” Obama closes. “Send a message about who we are as the American people, and make our kids proud!” | “Send a message for hope! Send a message by voting for Hillary Clinton!” Obama closes. “Send a message about who we are as the American people, and make our kids proud!” |
| “Let’s get to work!” | “Let’s get to work!” |
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| President Barack Obama turns his attention to national security, often seen in polling at Donald Trump’s strongest quality among voters, deriding the notion that Trump would be a safer commander-in-chief than Hillary Clinton. | President Barack Obama turns his attention to national security, often seen in polling at Donald Trump’s strongest quality among voters, deriding the notion that Trump would be a safer commander-in-chief than Hillary Clinton. |
| “If you’re concerned about who’s gonna keep you and your family safe in a dangerous world, the choice is even clearer,” Obama says, and “she’ll do it without resorting to torture, or banning entire religions from our country.” | “If you’re concerned about who’s gonna keep you and your family safe in a dangerous world, the choice is even clearer,” Obama says, and “she’ll do it without resorting to torture, or banning entire religions from our country.” |
| “He might be up, I guess, at 3am, but that’s tweeting insults at someone who got under his skin instead of getting a good night’s sleep to do the job of being president of the United States!” | “He might be up, I guess, at 3am, but that’s tweeting insults at someone who got under his skin instead of getting a good night’s sleep to do the job of being president of the United States!” |
| “Come on!” Obama shouts, as the audience laughs. | “Come on!” Obama shouts, as the audience laughs. |
| “When, in the middle of a debate, you threaten to put your political opponent in jail - no trial, no indictment, no lawyers - when you welcome Russian meddling in our electoral process, then you’re disregarding not just things like facts or evidence or a free press, but you’re chipping away at core values like tolerance and due process and mutual respect,” Obama says. “And our democracy doesn’t work that way.” | “When, in the middle of a debate, you threaten to put your political opponent in jail - no trial, no indictment, no lawyers - when you welcome Russian meddling in our electoral process, then you’re disregarding not just things like facts or evidence or a free press, but you’re chipping away at core values like tolerance and due process and mutual respect,” Obama says. “And our democracy doesn’t work that way.” |
| “We have stood in contrast and in opposition to those kids of ideas, and I frankly never thought I’d see the day when we have a major-party candidate who would be promoting those kinds of notions!” | “We have stood in contrast and in opposition to those kids of ideas, and I frankly never thought I’d see the day when we have a major-party candidate who would be promoting those kinds of notions!” |
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| President Obama reacts to Alex Jones: | President Obama reacts to Alex Jones: |
| He said me and Hillary are demons. Said we smell like sulfur. Ain’t that something? Now, I mean, come on, people! Democracy does not work if you just say stuff like that! | He said me and Hillary are demons. Said we smell like sulfur. Ain’t that something? Now, I mean, come on, people! Democracy does not work if you just say stuff like that! |
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| President Barack Obama, on Donald Trump’s age: | President Barack Obama, on Donald Trump’s age: |
| At 55, it’s hard for me to change - I know at 70 it’s gonna be harder! | At 55, it’s hard for me to change - I know at 70 it’s gonna be harder! |
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| President Obama, extending an olive branch to Republicans who have been no fan of his administration for the past eight years, tells the audience in Greensboro, North Carolina, that not all Republicans (#NotAllRepublicans?) say or believe the things that Donald Trump does - but that he’s a creation of their that they need to expressly disavow. | President Obama, extending an olive branch to Republicans who have been no fan of his administration for the past eight years, tells the audience in Greensboro, North Carolina, that not all Republicans (#NotAllRepublicans?) say or believe the things that Donald Trump does - but that he’s a creation of their that they need to expressly disavow. |
| I do not believe that every Republican official thinks the way Donald Trump does - many of them do not. The overwhelming majority of Republicans, they love the families, they love their country, they’re good and decent people doing all sorts of good things for this country. What is true is that over the last eight, ten, however long you wanna say, if you’ve been only about obstruction, if in order to score political points, you tell your voter base crazy stuff like I wasn’t born here, or that I’m a Muslim, or that— well, it’s just a long list. | I do not believe that every Republican official thinks the way Donald Trump does - many of them do not. The overwhelming majority of Republicans, they love the families, they love their country, they’re good and decent people doing all sorts of good things for this country. What is true is that over the last eight, ten, however long you wanna say, if you’ve been only about obstruction, if in order to score political points, you tell your voter base crazy stuff like I wasn’t born here, or that I’m a Muslim, or that— well, it’s just a long list. |
| “And you repeat it over and over again, and so that your only agenda is negative and you just make up facts,” Obama continues, as call-and-response “Yeahs!” echo throughout the hall, “over time what happens is that you produce a nominee who’s all about obstruction and insults and makes up his own facts! Now, I don’t think that’s how the majority of Republicans think, but this is the habit you get into that creates this kind of nominee. And now you find a situation in which the guy says stuff that nobody would find tolerable if they were applying for a job at 7/11. | “And you repeat it over and over again, and so that your only agenda is negative and you just make up facts,” Obama continues, as call-and-response “Yeahs!” echo throughout the hall, “over time what happens is that you produce a nominee who’s all about obstruction and insults and makes up his own facts! Now, I don’t think that’s how the majority of Republicans think, but this is the habit you get into that creates this kind of nominee. And now you find a situation in which the guy says stuff that nobody would find tolerable if they were applying for a job at 7/11. |
| The fact that now you’ve got people saying, well, we strongly disapprove, we really disagree, we find those comments disgusting, but we’re still endorsing him, we still think he should be president, that doesn’t make sense to me! | The fact that now you’ve got people saying, well, we strongly disapprove, we really disagree, we find those comments disgusting, but we’re still endorsing him, we still think he should be president, that doesn’t make sense to me! |
| I’m certainly not perfect, nobody’s perfect, and I too believe in forgiveness and redemption, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to elect the person president! | I’m certainly not perfect, nobody’s perfect, and I too believe in forgiveness and redemption, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to elect the person president! |
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| President Obama: 'Tweeting doesn’t qualify you' to serve as president | President Obama: 'Tweeting doesn’t qualify you' to serve as president |
| “You don’t have to be a husband or a father to hear what we heard just a few days ago and say, ‘That’s not right,’” President Barack Obama says, of Donald Trump’s remarks about sexually assaulting women. “You just have to be a decent human being to say, ‘that’s not right.’ And if it makes you mad, you can do something about it!” | “You don’t have to be a husband or a father to hear what we heard just a few days ago and say, ‘That’s not right,’” President Barack Obama says, of Donald Trump’s remarks about sexually assaulting women. “You just have to be a decent human being to say, ‘that’s not right.’ And if it makes you mad, you can do something about it!” |
| “Nobody fully understands - including me - the jobs and demands of this job until you’ve sat behind this desk,” Obama continues. “The buck stops here! And so, like, tweeting doesn’t qualify you. Soundbites don’t qualify you. Insults certainly don’t qualify you. Nobody can fully know what it’s like to manage a global crisis, or know the feeling of sending a young person into war, but I tell you, nobody’s been closer to those decisions than Hillary.” | “Nobody fully understands - including me - the jobs and demands of this job until you’ve sat behind this desk,” Obama continues. “The buck stops here! And so, like, tweeting doesn’t qualify you. Soundbites don’t qualify you. Insults certainly don’t qualify you. Nobody can fully know what it’s like to manage a global crisis, or know the feeling of sending a young person into war, but I tell you, nobody’s been closer to those decisions than Hillary.” |
| “She knows what it means, she knows what it takes,” Obama continues. “She understands that the decisions you make in this job mean life or death, affect soldiers and veterans and workers who need a raise or a decent retirement. She understands that it counts for families that are trying to climb into the middle class, or stay in the middle class.” | “She knows what it means, she knows what it takes,” Obama continues. “She understands that the decisions you make in this job mean life or death, affect soldiers and veterans and workers who need a raise or a decent retirement. She understands that it counts for families that are trying to climb into the middle class, or stay in the middle class.” |
| “No matter how daunting the odds, or how many times she gets knocked down, she doesn’t point fingers or throw blame, she doesn’t say the system is rigged, she doesn’t check her mic,” he says, tapping the microphone. “She is qualified to be president of the United States of America.” | “No matter how daunting the odds, or how many times she gets knocked down, she doesn’t point fingers or throw blame, she doesn’t say the system is rigged, she doesn’t check her mic,” he says, tapping the microphone. “She is qualified to be president of the United States of America.” |
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| President Barack Obama, woke AF: | President Barack Obama, woke AF: |
| You don’t have to be a husband or a father to hear what we heard just a few days ago and say, ‘That’s not right.’ You just have to be a decent human being to say, ‘that’s not right.’ | You don’t have to be a husband or a father to hear what we heard just a few days ago and say, ‘That’s not right.’ You just have to be a decent human being to say, ‘that’s not right.’ |
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| Speaking at a raucous rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, President Barack Obama outlines the progressive victories of the past eight years of his administration - and points to the threat to that agenda posed by the election of Donald Trump. | Speaking at a raucous rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, President Barack Obama outlines the progressive victories of the past eight years of his administration - and points to the threat to that agenda posed by the election of Donald Trump. |
| “I wanted to say thank you for all of the support you’ve given us over the years,” Obama says. “When we look back, eight years later, we fought back from the recession, our auto industry is setting new records, our businesses have turned job losses into 15 million new jobs... incomes are rising, poverty is falling, uninsured rate at an all-time low, across America you can marry whoever you love, brought our brave troops to our families, delivered justice to Osama bin Laden, shut down Iran’s nuclear weapons program, opened a new chapter with the people of Cuba... no wonder I’ve gone grey, ‘cause we’ve been busy! We’ve been busy!” | “I wanted to say thank you for all of the support you’ve given us over the years,” Obama says. “When we look back, eight years later, we fought back from the recession, our auto industry is setting new records, our businesses have turned job losses into 15 million new jobs... incomes are rising, poverty is falling, uninsured rate at an all-time low, across America you can marry whoever you love, brought our brave troops to our families, delivered justice to Osama bin Laden, shut down Iran’s nuclear weapons program, opened a new chapter with the people of Cuba... no wonder I’ve gone grey, ‘cause we’ve been busy! We’ve been busy!” |
| “That’s why I’ve got all this grey hair! I’ve been busy!” Obama continues, the crowd eating it up. “But Michelle says I still look good.” | “That’s why I’ve got all this grey hair! I’ve been busy!” Obama continues, the crowd eating it up. “But Michelle says I still look good.” |
| “But I am telling you, Greensboro, all that press goes out the window if we don’t make the right choice just four weeks from today. The closer we get, the clearer the choice becomes,” Obama continues. “We’ve got a choice right now between somebody who is as qualified as anybody who has ever run for the White House, and somebody who has proven over and over again that he is unfit to represent this county.” | “But I am telling you, Greensboro, all that press goes out the window if we don’t make the right choice just four weeks from today. The closer we get, the clearer the choice becomes,” Obama continues. “We’ve got a choice right now between somebody who is as qualified as anybody who has ever run for the White House, and somebody who has proven over and over again that he is unfit to represent this county.” |
| “He doesn’t have the temperament or the knowledge or apparently the inclination to obtain the knowledge” to serve as president, Obama says, “and that was before we knew about his attitudes towards women!” | “He doesn’t have the temperament or the knowledge or apparently the inclination to obtain the knowledge” to serve as president, Obama says, “and that was before we knew about his attitudes towards women!” |
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| President Barack Obama campaigns for Hillary Clinton in Greensboro, North Carolina | President Barack Obama campaigns for Hillary Clinton in Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Watch it live here: | Watch it live here: |
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| Former House speaker John Boehner has declared that while Donald Trump is “not a conservative, he’s barely a Republican,” he still plans to vote for him: | Former House speaker John Boehner has declared that while Donald Trump is “not a conservative, he’s barely a Republican,” he still plans to vote for him: |
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| Reuters poll: Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 8 points after tape, debate | Reuters poll: Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 8 points after tape, debate |
| Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s lead over Republican rival Donald Trump has widened to 8 points among likely voters less than a month before Election Day, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that shows one in five Republicans hold the opinion that Trump’s predatory remarks about sexually assaulting women disqualify him from holding office. | Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s lead over Republican rival Donald Trump has widened to 8 points among likely voters less than a month before Election Day, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that shows one in five Republicans hold the opinion that Trump’s predatory remarks about sexually assaulting women disqualify him from holding office. |
| The survey, which was conducted after news of Trump’s remarks to Access Hollywood in 2005 as well as after the second of three presidential debates between the two candidates, unhelpfully declines to include the specific percentages of likely voters supporting either candidate, other than stating that Clinton’s lead has extended from a 5-point lead the last time the survey was conducted. (Thanks, guys!) | The survey, which was conducted after news of Trump’s remarks to Access Hollywood in 2005 as well as after the second of three presidential debates between the two candidates, unhelpfully declines to include the specific percentages of likely voters supporting either candidate, other than stating that Clinton’s lead has extended from a 5-point lead the last time the survey was conducted. (Thanks, guys!) |
| According to voters who watched at least part of the second presidential debate, 53% said that Clinton won, while only 32% saw Trump as the winner - surely information that Trump will take into account the next time he tweets that every poll taken after the debate showed him winning by massive margins. | According to voters who watched at least part of the second presidential debate, 53% said that Clinton won, while only 32% saw Trump as the winner - surely information that Trump will take into account the next time he tweets that every poll taken after the debate showed him winning by massive margins. |
| Despite winning the second debate in a landslide (every poll), it is hard to do well when Paul Ryan and others give zero support! | Despite winning the second debate in a landslide (every poll), it is hard to do well when Paul Ryan and others give zero support! |
| According to the poll, 42% of American adults - and 19% of Republicans - find that Trump’s comments in 2005, in which he bragged about sexually assaulting women and being able to get away with it by virtue of his fame, believe that Trump’s remarks disqualify him from the presidency. | According to the poll, 42% of American adults - and 19% of Republicans - find that Trump’s comments in 2005, in which he bragged about sexually assaulting women and being able to get away with it by virtue of his fame, believe that Trump’s remarks disqualify him from the presidency. |