During a rally in Columbus, Ohio, Monday evening, Hillary Clinton went after Donald Trump for dismissing his vulgar comments about women in a 2005 tape as “locker room talk.”
She cited several professional athletes who pushed back against Trump’s claim and said that they had never heard such comments in a locker room.
“The whole world heard him talking about the terrible way he treats women. And last night, when he was pressed about how he behaves, he just doubled down on his excuse that it’s just locker room banter,” she said. “Women and men across America know that is just a really weak excuse for behaving badly and mistreating people.”
Clinton also criticized Trump for spending “his time attacking when he should have been apologizing” for the 2005 tape.
Trump “pervert on the bus” tape really, really offended a lot of women who had (I guess) not noticed before what a sexist sleaze he is. Better late than never, I guess.
What I (a woman) find particularly heartening is how many men are finally expressing their own outrage, proclaiming that “not me, not any of the guys in any of the locker rooms I’ve been in.” Good. It’s a bout time. Better late than never, I guess.
“That’s because I meant ‘Lock Her Room,’” Trump responded in a taped video. “You know, the room I lock up women in.”
A scuffle and unintelligible comment could be heard off-screen in the tape, followed by Trump replying, “What? What do you mean that’s worse?”
Congressional candidate in my district put together a new ad—Trump’s “banter,” and her opponent supporting him and saying how he’ll make America great again. Then “This guy, wrong for women, wrong for etc. etc.” A little cut-and-pastey in stylistic terms but still, it’s cool that downticket folks can take Trump and whack their opponents with him. Rock and a hard place, GOP. Tough and too bad.
The opponent actually denounced the actual stuff in the video when it came out, but everyone did, didn’t they? They all tutted disapprovingly. I have a wife! I have daughters! This is appalling! Of course I still endorse him!
Anyway, just a little election-news dispatch from SE PA.
And the rethugs with their bathroom bill in NC were so “concerned” about women being assaulted.
Trevor Noah did an excellent job of hitting Trump hard on this subject last night.