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| Trump: sexual misconduct accusers are 'horrible, horrible liars' – campaign live | Trump: sexual misconduct accusers are 'horrible, horrible liars' – campaign live |
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| Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is hyping Michelle Obama’s widely lauded speech to a group of supporter in New Hampshire earlier today: | |
| Every minute of Michelle Obama’s 30 minute speech today is worth watching. https://t.co/ZlEX3YaU6a | |
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| Trump assault allegations aren't new. Why are we only listening now? | |
| Lucia Graves | |
| When I first reported the story of Jill Harth’s sexual assault accusation back in July, I didn’t get a single interview request to talk about it. The radio show I’d already been booked to go on engaged me only briefly, during an hour-long interview, on the matter of a woman accusing the Republican nominee of grabbing her crotch in a child’s bedroom at his Mar-a-Lago estate, before changing the subject. | |
| Even Democratic opposition organizations had made a calculation early in the campaign that it wasn’t strategic to get into personal matters with Trump. Because he had said so many damning things out in the open, it hardly seemed necessary to skewer his personal life. | |
| Harth’s story is a complicated one and her character, like the characters of most living, breathing women, is also complex. But her accusation against Trump was always plausible. She has stood by it for 20 years. Now, finally, Harth’s account and those of women like her are not just gaining traction. They have been placed center stage in the campaign. | |
| Trump addressed crowds on Thursday calling the most recent allegations “slander and libels ... part of a concerted, coordinated, and vicious attack”, while Michelle Obama made a powerful speech on what’s at stake this election. If we don’t vote against Trump, she said at a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, “We’re telling our sons that it’s OK to humiliate women”. It’s not just the sexual assault allegations, she explained, though they cannot be marginalized. It’s about Trump’s entire world view. “What’s more, strong men,” Obama said, “men who are truly role models, don’t need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful”. | |
| Women know this. Americans know this. Why then did it take Donald Trump bragging about sexual assault on video for the country to take the claims seriously? | |
| This is an issue that’s come up before this year, and not just on the presidential campaign trail. We didn’t need one woman to come forward against Bill Cosby in order to get society’s attention – we didn’t even need 10 of them to. We needed male comedian Hannibal Buress to make a joke about it. For a lone woman to be heard she seems to require special status. Numerous women have now come out to accuse Roger Ailes, former Fox boss – and current Trump surrogate – of sexual harassment. But they were only empowered to do so after one of the country’s most famous female anchors filed a lawsuit. | |
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| Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus is living up to his promise to continue supporting Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in the face of a tsunami of crises that threatens to drown every down-ballot Republican in the country. | |
| In an email under the subject line “Attention required:”, Priebus writes to supporters of the Republican Party that “the future of our great country... is at stake in this election. The party that wins the White House, and controls the Senate and the House will determine the course of our nation, from our National Security, to the balance of the Supreme Court, to the future our kids and grandkids will live – it is all on the line just 26 days from now.” | |
| Without naming Trump, Priebus encourages voters to sign up for the Republican National Committee’s “Voter Target Survey” to ensure that the party is “targeting the right people.” | |
| The fact that Priebus is sending out an email asking for survey responses to ensure adequate voter targeting less than four weeks before the general election is a story in and of itself, considering that the RNC held a presser with reporters last fall in which Priebus described the party’s data-gathering and voter-turnout operations as the most sophisticated in Republican history. | |
| No moment like the last moment! | |
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| Bernie Sanders has set the bar low, and implies that Donald Trump still can’t clear it: | Bernie Sanders has set the bar low, and implies that Donald Trump still can’t clear it: |
| When you run for president there has got to be at least a threshold of decency. | When you run for president there has got to be at least a threshold of decency. |
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| People Magazine has reiterated its support for a writer who penned a disturbing story in which she accused Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of forcing her against a wall and “forc[ed] his tongue down my throat,” dismissing Trump’s attacks against the report. | People Magazine has reiterated its support for a writer who penned a disturbing story in which she accused Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of forcing her against a wall and “forc[ed] his tongue down my throat,” dismissing Trump’s attacks against the report. |
| “Donald Trump on Thursday spoke out against claims that he has assaulted women by defiantly attacking his accusers and the media outlets who printed their stories,” People editor in chief Jess Cagle wrote in a piece titled Why We Printed Natasha Stoynoff’s Story of Being Assaulted by Donald Trump. | “Donald Trump on Thursday spoke out against claims that he has assaulted women by defiantly attacking his accusers and the media outlets who printed their stories,” People editor in chief Jess Cagle wrote in a piece titled Why We Printed Natasha Stoynoff’s Story of Being Assaulted by Donald Trump. |
| “At a raucous rally in Florida, the GOP nominee denied all of the allegations, saying: ‘These vicious claims of inappropriate conduct about me with women are totally and absolutely false,’” Cagle continued. “He also attacked media reports of the alleged abuse, including one by People writer Natasha Stoynoff, as ‘lies.’ But People stands by Stoynoff’s story of being assaulted by Trump in 2005 while on assignment for the magazine.” | “At a raucous rally in Florida, the GOP nominee denied all of the allegations, saying: ‘These vicious claims of inappropriate conduct about me with women are totally and absolutely false,’” Cagle continued. “He also attacked media reports of the alleged abuse, including one by People writer Natasha Stoynoff, as ‘lies.’ But People stands by Stoynoff’s story of being assaulted by Trump in 2005 while on assignment for the magazine.” |
| Earlier today, Cagle issued a statement underscoring her faith in the veracity of Stoynoff’s story, calling her “a remarkable, ethical, honest and patriotic woman.” | Earlier today, Cagle issued a statement underscoring her faith in the veracity of Stoynoff’s story, calling her “a remarkable, ethical, honest and patriotic woman.” |
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| Trump blames sexual assault claims on collusion between Clinton and media | Trump blames sexual assault claims on collusion between Clinton and media |
| But with allegations to the contrary casting an ever-growing shadow over the campaign, Trump instead sought to dismiss the accusations as a vast establishment conspiracy, orchestrated by his opponent Hillary Clinton “as part of a concerted, coordinated and vicious attack”. | But with allegations to the contrary casting an ever-growing shadow over the campaign, Trump instead sought to dismiss the accusations as a vast establishment conspiracy, orchestrated by his opponent Hillary Clinton “as part of a concerted, coordinated and vicious attack”. |
| “There is nothing the political establishment will not do, no lie they won’t tell to hold their prestige and power at your expense and that’s what’s happening,” he told a rally in Florida. “The establishment has trillions of dollars at stake in this election.” | “There is nothing the political establishment will not do, no lie they won’t tell to hold their prestige and power at your expense and that’s what’s happening,” he told a rally in Florida. “The establishment has trillions of dollars at stake in this election.” |
| Read further: | Read further: |
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| Trump camp: Serbia story a hoax | Trump camp: Serbia story a hoax |
| The Trump campaign knocks down reports that he opposed the 1990s Nato bombing of Serbian forces, saying Trump never spoke to the Serbian weekly where the remarks were said to appear. A Trump aide says she was not a go-between for Trump: | The Trump campaign knocks down reports that he opposed the 1990s Nato bombing of Serbian forces, saying Trump never spoke to the Serbian weekly where the remarks were said to appear. A Trump aide says she was not a go-between for Trump: |
| “Mr. Trump never gave an interview to the Serbian weekly magazine Nedeljnikas as falsely reported by the discredited Newsweek, nor was such an interview conducted through our Indiana State Director. This was a hoax and we look forward to receiving a formal retraction and apology from all involved.”– Jason Miller, Senior Communications Advisor | “Mr. Trump never gave an interview to the Serbian weekly magazine Nedeljnikas as falsely reported by the discredited Newsweek, nor was such an interview conducted through our Indiana State Director. This was a hoax and we look forward to receiving a formal retraction and apology from all involved.”– Jason Miller, Senior Communications Advisor |
| ”Regarding the article about a media interview with a Serbian politician and Mr. Trump via my email, this is completely false. I have never served as a conduit to interview Mr. Trump for anyone.” - Suzie Jaworowski, Indiana State Director | ”Regarding the article about a media interview with a Serbian politician and Mr. Trump via my email, this is completely false. I have never served as a conduit to interview Mr. Trump for anyone.” - Suzie Jaworowski, Indiana State Director |
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| Here’s video of Michelle Obama’s powerful rebuke to Donald Trump’s “sexually predatory behavior,” in her phrase: | Here’s video of Michelle Obama’s powerful rebuke to Donald Trump’s “sexually predatory behavior,” in her phrase: |
| .@FLOTUS, I'm in awe. Thanks for putting into words what's in so many of our hearts. -H | .@FLOTUS, I'm in awe. Thanks for putting into words what's in so many of our hearts. -H |
| Updated | Updated |
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| Trump Jr on sex assault claims: 'I've never heard anything dumber' | Trump Jr on sex assault claims: 'I've never heard anything dumber' |
| Donald Trump Jr. reacted on a North Carolina radio station to new sex assault claims against his father described in the New York Times and elsewhere, CNN reports: | Donald Trump Jr. reacted on a North Carolina radio station to new sex assault claims against his father described in the New York Times and elsewhere, CNN reports: |
| “Come on guys, it’s so ridiculous, I’ve never heard anything dumber in my life. All of sudden, two, three weeks before election, someone comes out — it’s not like he hasn’t been in the public eye for 30 years,” Trump Jr. said on Charlotte Morning News on WBT radio. “I think it’s probably a typical New York Times smear campaign. “ | “Come on guys, it’s so ridiculous, I’ve never heard anything dumber in my life. All of sudden, two, three weeks before election, someone comes out — it’s not like he hasn’t been in the public eye for 30 years,” Trump Jr. said on Charlotte Morning News on WBT radio. “I think it’s probably a typical New York Times smear campaign. “ |
| Donald Jr on hot mic tape: "I've had conversations like that with plenty of people. two guys, amongst themselves. makes him a normal person" | Donald Jr on hot mic tape: "I've had conversations like that with plenty of people. two guys, amongst themselves. makes him a normal person" |
| To Michelle Obama's point about how all this is also bad for boys https://t.co/UYSVqZDMRx | To Michelle Obama's point about how all this is also bad for boys https://t.co/UYSVqZDMRx |
| Why ONLY NOW is Donald Trump Jr. deleting this 5 year old tweet? pic.twitter.com/j9GnR8NEYZ | Why ONLY NOW is Donald Trump Jr. deleting this 5 year old tweet? pic.twitter.com/j9GnR8NEYZ |
| Updated | Updated |
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| Bill Clinton has a Bob Dylan sculpture. Or the foundation does, or something. | Bill Clinton has a Bob Dylan sculpture. Or the foundation does, or something. |
| Congrats @bobdylan on a well-deserved Nobel for wise, powerful lyrics that touched minds & hearts. And TY for this amazing orig. sculpture! pic.twitter.com/YdhpIMHiDh | Congrats @bobdylan on a well-deserved Nobel for wise, powerful lyrics that touched minds & hearts. And TY for this amazing orig. sculpture! pic.twitter.com/YdhpIMHiDh |
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| A Canadian colleague has characterized this as “the most Canadian thing ever,” and we can’t say we disagree. In our time of need, it’s a video of Canadians telling USA people they love us: | A Canadian colleague has characterized this as “the most Canadian thing ever,” and we can’t say we disagree. In our time of need, it’s a video of Canadians telling USA people they love us: |
| You’re next, Britain? We’re waiting. | You’re next, Britain? We’re waiting. |
| (h/t @ruths) | (h/t @ruths) |
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| “Take a look, you look at her, look at her words, you tell me what you think. I don’t think so,” Trump said of Natasha Stoynoff, who wrote the “attacked by Trump” story for People. | “Take a look, you look at her, look at her words, you tell me what you think. I don’t think so,” Trump said of Natasha Stoynoff, who wrote the “attacked by Trump” story for People. |
| Trump implies that a woman is not worthy of his unwanted sexual advances because of her looks, minutes after @FLOTUS delivered this: pic.twitter.com/K4wDyUnOm5 | Trump implies that a woman is not worthy of his unwanted sexual advances because of her looks, minutes after @FLOTUS delivered this: pic.twitter.com/K4wDyUnOm5 |
| "Our Independence Day is at hand, and it arrives finally on November 8th," Trump says, finishing a blistering speech here in FL. | "Our Independence Day is at hand, and it arrives finally on November 8th," Trump says, finishing a blistering speech here in FL. |
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| Trump and his family did the Howard Stern show some years ago. Here’s Trump sitting next to daughter Ivanka and copping to being a sexual predator at which everyone laughs: | Trump and his family did the Howard Stern show some years ago. Here’s Trump sitting next to daughter Ivanka and copping to being a sexual predator at which everyone laughs: |
| The full interview is here: https://t.co/IkSyQNg4sJ | The full interview is here: https://t.co/IkSyQNg4sJ |