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Donald
Trump: ‘Zero chance I’ll quit’
‘Certainly
has been an interesting 24 hours!’ the candidate tweeted Saturday
morning.
By POLITICO 10/8/16,
5:52 PM CET
http://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-zero-chance-ill-quit/
Donald Trump is not
going to drop out of the 2016 presidential race, he told the Wall
Street Journal on Saturday.
The Republican
nominee told the paper there is “zero chance I’ll quit” and
that the support he is getting is “unbelievable.”
Trump emerged on
Saturday morning with a tweet that was a drastic understatement of
the controversy that has consumed his presidential campaign.
“Certainly has
been an interesting 24 hours!” Trump posted a little before 11 a.m.
The tweet came after
the release Friday afternoon of a leaked video from 2005 that
included Trump saying that being “a star” entitled him to grope
women.
A little after
midnight Saturday, Trump apologized, promising to be “a better man
tomorrow,” but he also attacked the Clintons for Bill Clinton’s
infidelities.
Republicans have
been racing to distance themselves from their nominee, with some even
calling for Trump to drop out of the race.
Trump posted the
tweet from an Android phone, the device that appears to be the one he
uses to send his own tweets.
Authors:
POLITICO
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Donald
Trump's running mate Mike Pence 'offended' by sexual assault remarks
Pence
had earlier cancelled a GOP event in Wisconsin in the aftermath of
the tape's release
Feliks Garcia New
York @feliksjose
Indiana Gov Mike
Pence has broken his silence about his running mate's 2005 remarks
about sexual assault.
"As a husband
and father, I was offended by the words and actions described by
Donald Trump in the 11-year-old video released yesterday," he
said. "I do not condone his remarks and cannot defend them. I
am grateful that he has expressed remorse and apologized to the
American people. We pray for his family and look forward to the
opportunity he has to show what is in his heart when he goes before
the nation tomorrow night."
Mr Pence had earlier
cancelled his appearance in Wisconsin amid the fallout from Friday
release of the tape, which captured Mr Trump bragging about groping
and kissing women without their consent.
Donald Trump caught
on tape talking about sexually assaulting women
The Indiana governor
made his announcement after House Speaker Paul Ryan disinvited Mr
Trump from the same event.
“I am sickened by
what I heard today. Women are to be championed and revered, not
objectified," Mr Ryan after the video emerged. “I hope Mr
Trump treats this situation with the seriousness it deserves and
works to demonstrate to the country that he has greater respect for
women than this clip suggests."
NBC's Vaugh
Hillyard, who is embedded in Mr Pence's press pool, said that
reporters were removed from an Ohio restaurant where they were
covering the vice presidential candidate as he became privy to the
news.
On Friday, The
Washington Post posted video of Mr Trump speaking with then-Access
Hollywood's Billy Bush.
“I’ve gotta use
some tic tacs, just in case I start kissing her,” Mr Trump says in
the video, referring to Days of Our Lives actor Arianne Zucker. “You
know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start
kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait.”
“And when you’re a star they let you do it,” he adds. “You
can do anything… Grab 'em by the p****.”
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