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| Donald Trump says sexual misconduct accusers are 'horrible, horrible liars' – live | Donald Trump says sexual misconduct accusers are 'horrible, horrible liars' – live |
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| Indian governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence was asked about self-image by a journalist quoting an 11-year-old girl, who said that when she heard words used by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, “they make me feel bad about myself.” | |
| Pence’s response: | |
| Well, I would say to any one of my kids and any children in this country that Donald trump and I are committed to a safer and more prosperous future for their family. The weak and feckless foreign policy that Hillary Clinton promises to continue has literally caused wider areas of the world to spin apart. The rise of terrorist threats that have inspired violence here at home, and we’ve seen an erosion of law and order in our streets. And we’ve seen opportunities and jobs evaporate and even leave Ohio and leave this country. I would say to any of our kids that if Donald Trump and I have the chance to serve in the White House that we’re going to work every day for a stronger, safer and more prosperous America. | |
| So, in response to a young woman’s questions about Trump’s attitudes toward women, Pence responded with foreign policy, law and order, and lost manufacturing jobs. | |
| What’re your thoughts? | |
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| Report: Donald Trump may have lied about donating to 9/11 charities | |
| A review of hundreds of pages of sealed records into charities aimed at benefitting those affected by the September 11 terrorist attacks by the New York City controller show that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump may not have fulfilled a self-made obligation to donate $10,000 to a major 9/11 charity, according to the New York Daily News. | |
| “For the periods covered by the audits, we did not find any record of a donation from Trump himself or a Trump entity to either the Twin Towers Fund or the New York City Public/Private Initiative,” said New York City controller Scott Stringer in a statement to the Daily News. | |
| According to the city’s records, there is no evidence that Trump gave to either the Twin Towers Fund or the New York City Public/Private Initiative through at least mid-2002, although the limits of the audit mean that the controller’s office is “unable to conclude definitively that Trump never gave to either of these two funds.” | |
| Trump pledged $10,000 to the Twin Towers Fund as part of a donation initiative sparked by radio personality Howard Stern, according to the New York Daily News. A review of records from the Donald J. Trump Foundation, Trump’s personal charitable arm, shows that between 2001 and 2014, there was no donation listed to either the Twin Towers Fund or the NYC Public/Private Initiative. | |
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| Maria L La Ganga | |
| Hillary Clinton hinted at a possible landslide in the 8 November election, exhorting several thousand supporters at a San Francisco fundraiser on Thursday to help her “have the kind of victory we need” to serve as a “rebuke” to Donald Trump. | |
| On a day when Trump went on the attack – calling women who have accused him of inappropriate touching and kissing “horrible, horrible liars” – an increasingly confident Clinton encouraged her backers to double down on their efforts during the final weeks of the fractious 2016 campaign. | |
| “Everything we care about is at risk,” she said. “If you can help me to have the kind of victory we need, that stands as a rebuke of all the bigotry and bullying we’ve seen, then together, together we will build the future that all of us, particularly the children of our country, deserve to have.” | |
| Just one day earlier, the floodgates began to open up on Trump, as women accused him of putting his hands up a woman’s skirt on an airplane, shoving his tongue down a reporter’s throat at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida, bursting into beauty pageant dressing rooms and ogling the semi-clad contestants. | |
| Not one but two incidents from 1992 surfaced in which the Republican standard bearer – then 46 – told young girls that he would be dating them in the not-too-distant future. | |
| During the San Francisco fundraiser, Clinton rued that “the disturbing stories just keep coming”. | |
| “The whole world has heard Trump brag about how he mistreats women,” Clinton said. “But it’s more than just the way he degrades women, as horrible as that is. He has attacked immigrants, African Americans, Latinos, people with disabilities, POWs, Muslims and our military, which he’s called a disaster. | |
| “There’s hardly any part of America that he has not targeted,” she continued. “Now, it makes you want to turn off the news. It makes you want to unplug the internet. Or just look at cat gifs. Believe me, I get it. In the last few weeks, I’ve watched a lot of cats do a lot of weird and interesting things.” | |
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| This sounds familiar: after yesterday’s tape of a then 46-year-old Donald Trump saying of a young girl “I am going to be dating her in 10 years”, here’s a report from the same year (1992) in which Trump reportedly told two 14-year-olds: “In a couple of years, I’ll be dating you.” | This sounds familiar: after yesterday’s tape of a then 46-year-old Donald Trump saying of a young girl “I am going to be dating her in 10 years”, here’s a report from the same year (1992) in which Trump reportedly told two 14-year-olds: “In a couple of years, I’ll be dating you.” |
| Donald Trump once told 14-year-old girls, 'In a couple of years, I'll be dating you' https://t.co/nslYeqp8dg pic.twitter.com/ayDeW6nGNz | Donald Trump once told 14-year-old girls, 'In a couple of years, I'll be dating you' https://t.co/nslYeqp8dg pic.twitter.com/ayDeW6nGNz |
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| Pence: I believe Trump | Pence: I believe Trump |
| And what of Mike Pence? Trump’s VP candidate was interviewed on Thursday evening and was pressed directly by WBNS’ Scott Light on the claims that have been made against his running mate. | And what of Mike Pence? Trump’s VP candidate was interviewed on Thursday evening and was pressed directly by WBNS’ Scott Light on the claims that have been made against his running mate. |
| Light: But governor, can you say with certainty that he has never done this: assaulted a woman. Yes or no? | Light: But governor, can you say with certainty that he has never done this: assaulted a woman. Yes or no? |
| Pence: I can say with certainty that Donald Trump has denied that any of those actions that have been alleged have ever occurred. And I believe him. | Pence: I can say with certainty that Donald Trump has denied that any of those actions that have been alleged have ever occurred. And I believe him. |
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| People magazine is standing by its reporter Natasha Stoynoff and her allegations that Donald Trump forcibly kissed her against her will, despite receiving a letter from Melania Trump’s lawyers, according to CNN: | People magazine is standing by its reporter Natasha Stoynoff and her allegations that Donald Trump forcibly kissed her against her will, despite receiving a letter from Melania Trump’s lawyers, according to CNN: |
| People Magazine spox confirms they received the letter from Melania Trump’s lawyer, and says they stand by their story. | People Magazine spox confirms they received the letter from Melania Trump’s lawyer, and says they stand by their story. |
| Jess Cagle, People’s editor-in-chief, earlier published a defence of the story, which you can read in full here: | Jess Cagle, People’s editor-in-chief, earlier published a defence of the story, which you can read in full here: |
| We are grateful to Natasha Stoynoff for telling her story. Ms Stoynoff is a remarkable, ethical, honest and patriotic woman, and she has shared her story of being physically attacked by Donald Trump in 2005 because she felt it was her duty to make the public aware. | We are grateful to Natasha Stoynoff for telling her story. Ms Stoynoff is a remarkable, ethical, honest and patriotic woman, and she has shared her story of being physically attacked by Donald Trump in 2005 because she felt it was her duty to make the public aware. |
| To assign any other motive is a disgusting, pathetic attempt to victimize her again. We stand steadfastly by her, and are proud to publish her clear, credible account of what happened. | To assign any other motive is a disgusting, pathetic attempt to victimize her again. We stand steadfastly by her, and are proud to publish her clear, credible account of what happened. |
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| Australia’s former prime minister Tony Abbott – he’s a Liberal, but not in the sense that Trump supporters might use the word – has praised the Republican nominee for his “classic conservative” policies, while conceding that “some of his views” might go a bit far: | Australia’s former prime minister Tony Abbott – he’s a Liberal, but not in the sense that Trump supporters might use the word – has praised the Republican nominee for his “classic conservative” policies, while conceding that “some of his views” might go a bit far: |
| Before the Trump haters get too excited, some of his views are OTT but cutting tax and boosting defence are classic conservatism | Before the Trump haters get too excited, some of his views are OTT but cutting tax and boosting defence are classic conservatism |
| Abbott’s successor, current PM Malcolm Turnbull, said today he wouldn’t get involved in the US elections. But on Monday he called Trump’s comments on grabbing women’s genitals “loathsome”: | Abbott’s successor, current PM Malcolm Turnbull, said today he wouldn’t get involved in the US elections. But on Monday he called Trump’s comments on grabbing women’s genitals “loathsome”: |
| They deserve the absolutely universal condemnation that they’ve received. | They deserve the absolutely universal condemnation that they’ve received. |
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| If the slew of Trump allegations and his responses are getting a bit much, Hillary Clinton shares your pain, she told a rally in San Francisco earlier on Thursday: | If the slew of Trump allegations and his responses are getting a bit much, Hillary Clinton shares your pain, she told a rally in San Francisco earlier on Thursday: |
| It makes you want to unplug the internet or just look at cat gifs. | It makes you want to unplug the internet or just look at cat gifs. |
| Believe me, in the last few weeks, I have watched a lot of cats do a lot of weird and interesting things. | Believe me, in the last few weeks, I have watched a lot of cats do a lot of weird and interesting things. |
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| And back in Cincinnati, where Trump has just said there is no better or safer place to be than a Trump rally: | And back in Cincinnati, where Trump has just said there is no better or safer place to be than a Trump rally: |
| Not fans of political correctness pic.twitter.com/0BnkwIGm2I | Not fans of political correctness pic.twitter.com/0BnkwIGm2I |
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| Meanwhile: | Meanwhile: |
| Barack Obama is LIGHTING INTO Republicans who just now figured out Trump is unacceptable. "You don't get points for that." | Barack Obama is LIGHTING INTO Republicans who just now figured out Trump is unacceptable. "You don't get points for that." |
| "People who know better stood silently by." Can't argue with that. | "People who know better stood silently by." Can't argue with that. |
| Updated | Updated |
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| Trump says if Clinton goes to China "if she goes down in Tiananmen Square, they'll just leave her there." | Trump says if Clinton goes to China "if she goes down in Tiananmen Square, they'll just leave her there." |