Majority Of Republican Voters Want Party To Support Trump
Late yesterday, the defiant Republican presidential nominee stepped outside of his Trump Tower skyscraper in NY, brandishing his fist to cheers from dozens of supporters.
“Hillary Clinton and her kind have run our country into the ground”, Trump said. Only 8% of voters who were aware of the video said they think worse of Trump, and 2% said they now think better of him.
Since the recording came out Donald Trump has released a video statement where he apologised for the comments.
Trump called the taped comments “a distraction from the issues we are facing today”.
Trump also said he was speaking publicly to “formally apple-agize” to “those who I offended with my comments”.
The videotape, released Friday by The Washington Post, forced a rare apology from a campaign already peppered by controversies over Trump’s treatment of women, roiling his Republican Party. “See you at the debate on Sunday [October 9]”. Only 13 percent think the party shouldn’t back him.
Among them was former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, who said: “Enough!”.
After Trump’s performance was widely criticized, he reportedly spent some more time preparing for this debate, though the different format of tonight’s event meant that he had to do so in a different way.
The video was the latest calamity for Trump, who had hoped to revive his flagging campaign in the face of a recent drop in polls with less than a month until Election Day. “You can do anything”, Trump says in the video.
“There were people who were just starting to feel like this ship was going down and now this gives people a good excuse to jump off”, said Katie Packer, a Republican strategist who advised Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign and led an unsuccessful effort to prevent Trump from becoming the GOP nominee.
Trump cited the support he’s received since the disturbing footage emerged as a reason for sticking it out.
For Ayotte, the move earned her no quarter from her Democratic opponent, New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan.
Charlene Hardcastle said: “He’s an equal opportunities offender, he’s non-PC and that’s what I love about him”. But Giuliani isn’t sure whether Trump was exaggerating, as “some men” do. “There’s still time to do it, but we have to actually do it”.
The operative, who did not want to be identified, said Trump’s troubles could steer campaign donations away from him and to Republican candidates for Congress and other down-ballot offices.
Kaine tells CNN’s “State of the Union” that it’s “much more than words”.
Trump walks arm in arm with the woman he disparaged, and interviewer Bush.
“Grab them by the p-sy”, he says. “From where I sat, Donald Trump’s vision to make America great won the debate”.
Moderator Martha Raddatz watches as Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan participate in the vice presidential debate at Centre College, Oct. 11, 2012, in Danville, Ky.
It’s a message that comes after a leaked audio tape of him, in 2005, making lewd comments about women.
The list of Republicans calling on Trump to step aside is growing, but the number is still tiny compared to the GOP leaders who prefer to condemn Trump’s words while maintaining their support.
Ryan hasn’t withdrawn his endorsement.
Oct 9, 2016- More senior Republicans have withdrawn support for USA presidential candidate Donald Trump after his obscene remarks about women became public.
Mr Trump recently said he would not bring up stories about Bill Clinton’s infidelities in the debate, after previously threatening to do so.
Is Hillary Clinton likely to stick to policies or attack the language and behaviour we saw illuminated in that Access Hollywood video?
Hillary Clinton’s campaign tweeted about the comments Friday evening, saying Trump could not be allowed to become president.
The final debate will take place on October 19th. Even before the recording of his remarks were made public, the businessman was lagging behind Clinton after an undisciplined first debate and struggling to overcome deep skepticism among women about his temperament and qualifications to be commander in chief.