Clinton Leads in Double-Digits After Release of Trump Tape

“If I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation, because there has never been so many lies, so much deception, there has never been anything like it, and we’re going to have a special prosecutor”, said Trump on Sunday.

Women voters in swing states are expressing deep disgust about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s assertion that an old tape featuring him talking about groping women amounted to “locker room talk” and not sexual assault.

“Because you’d be in jail”, Mr. Trump replied.

The Democrat tried repeatedly to get under her Republican opponent’s skin, mocking his television career.

“I was getting beaten up for 72 hours for inappropriate words, locker room talk, whatever you want to call it”, Trump told supporters.

Two days and one debate later, Trump seems on better footing. While the Trump supporter thought the nominee’s 2005 comments were “not acceptable”, he found them insignificant compared to Clinton’s sins. “It makes it even more shameful that there’s a possibility that he would represent the United States”, said Chris O’Rourke, a New Hampshire voter who doesn’t identify with a political party.

The Gold Star parent of a Muslim soldier slain in Iraq said he was “saddened all over again” by Donald Trump’s claims that if he had been president, his son would still be alive.

Clinton told the crowd of several thousands gathered in the chilly weather at the South Oval at Ohio State University – one of the biggest rally turnouts of her campaign – that the only way to rebuke Trump is to vote.

Donald Trump declares himself freed from Republican Party “shackles.” “There are so many of them, folks”.

Trump’s vow came after he denounced the “hypocrisy of Hillary Clinton” with regard to the four women he invited to the second debate after his controversial comments in the tapes with NBC’s Billy Bush.

The approach has done little to endear Trump to anxious party leaders.

“Fighting for the sake of fighting is not really very helpful”, said former Trump adviser Barry Bennett.

The poll released on Tuesday showed Clinton, the Democratic nominee, had increased her lead over Trump, the Republican nominee, to 8 percentage points on Monday from 5 points last week. In particular, Foldi pointed to Trump’s line that Clinton was “no honest Abe” as an effective zinger.

Trump had hoped to stop the exodus of Republicans running away from his campaign with a solid performance in Sunday’s presidential debate. The poll of 2,386 American adults included 1,839 people who watched the debates, 1,605 people who were considered likely voters due to their registration status, voting history and stated intention to vote in the election.

Seeking to pad her lead in battleground states, Clinton was making a direct appeal for moderate Republican voters turned off by Trump. “In the conference call with Ryan, California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher called GOP leaders cowards”, according to one participant, who like others, insisted on anonymity in order to describe the private discussions.