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| US election: Trump lashes out at Republican chief Paul Ryan | US election: Trump lashes out at Republican chief Paul Ryan |
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| Republican nominee Donald Trump has ripped into House Speaker Paul Ryan as a "weak and ineffective" leader. | Republican nominee Donald Trump has ripped into House Speaker Paul Ryan as a "weak and ineffective" leader. |
| Mr Trump unleashed an attack on Mr Ryan after the highest-ranking Republican said he would not defend the candidate. | Mr Trump unleashed an attack on Mr Ryan after the highest-ranking Republican said he would not defend the candidate. |
| Mr Ryan is the latest Republican not to back Mr Trump after a 2005 video emerged showing him making obscene comments about groping women. | |
| Renewed party divisions over Mr Trump come as a new poll shows him 11 points behind his rival Hillary Clinton. | Renewed party divisions over Mr Trump come as a new poll shows him 11 points behind his rival Hillary Clinton. |
| The PRRI/Atlantic poll released two days after the second US presidential debate suggested Mrs Clinton holds a 49-38 lead over her opponent. | |
| A video released on Friday revealed Mr Trump describing how he had sought to have sex with a married woman and making other sexually aggressive comments about women. | A video released on Friday revealed Mr Trump describing how he had sought to have sex with a married woman and making other sexually aggressive comments about women. |
| The controversy prompted dozens of Republican lawmakers to rescind their support for Mr Trump less than a month before election day. | The controversy prompted dozens of Republican lawmakers to rescind their support for Mr Trump less than a month before election day. |
| On Monday, Mr Ryan told fellow House Republicans he would focus on congressional elections to ensure Republicans could maintain legislative control. | On Monday, Mr Ryan told fellow House Republicans he would focus on congressional elections to ensure Republicans could maintain legislative control. |
| Mr Trump fired back in a string of tweets, saying the "shackles" had been removed, allowing him to "fight for America the way I want to." | Mr Trump fired back in a string of tweets, saying the "shackles" had been removed, allowing him to "fight for America the way I want to." |
| Though the latest revelation underscores a widening divide within the Republican Party, some members insist they are sticking by Mr Trump. | Though the latest revelation underscores a widening divide within the Republican Party, some members insist they are sticking by Mr Trump. |
| New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said he was "really disturbed" by Mr Trump's comments about women on the leaked footage, but still planned to support the Republican nominee. | New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said he was "really disturbed" by Mr Trump's comments about women on the leaked footage, but still planned to support the Republican nominee. |
| "It's completely indefensible and I won't defend it and haven't defended it," Governor Christie said. "That kind of talk and conversation even in private is just unacceptable." | "It's completely indefensible and I won't defend it and haven't defended it," Governor Christie said. "That kind of talk and conversation even in private is just unacceptable." |
| "I'm really upset about what I heard but in the end this election is about bigger issues than that," he added. | "I'm really upset about what I heard but in the end this election is about bigger issues than that," he added. |
| Texas Senator and former rival Ted Cruz also said he would still cast his ballot for Mr Trump. | Texas Senator and former rival Ted Cruz also said he would still cast his ballot for Mr Trump. |
| "I am supporting the Republican nominee because I think Hillary Clinton is an absolute disaster," he told a local television station in Muleshoe, Texas on Monday. | "I am supporting the Republican nominee because I think Hillary Clinton is an absolute disaster," he told a local television station in Muleshoe, Texas on Monday. |
| Meanwhile, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus held an emergency call with members on Monday to declare the party would stand behind Mr Trump despite recent turmoil, US media reported. | Meanwhile, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus held an emergency call with members on Monday to declare the party would stand behind Mr Trump despite recent turmoil, US media reported. |
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