RNC Chair: No Woman Should Ever Be Described In Terms Trump Used

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus answers questions from The Associated Press about Thursday’s face-to-face meeting between Donald Trump, the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee, and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., at RNC headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 13, 2016. With the GOP both energized and torn over Trump’s rise, Trump and Ryan pledged to work together despite their differences, though the speaker stopped short of a full-throated endorsement.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus answers questions from The Associated Press about Thursday’s face-to-face meeting between Donald Trump, the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee, and Speake... Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus answers questions from The Associated Press about Thursday’s face-to-face meeting between Donald Trump, the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee, and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., at RNC headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 13, 2016. With the GOP both energized and torn over Trump’s rise, Trump and Ryan pledged to work together despite their differences, though the speaker stopped short of a full-throated endorsement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Republican national committee chairman Reince Priebus reacted in a brief statement late Friday to predatory comments Donald Trump made about women in a 2005 conversation with a former “Access Hollywood” host.

Priebus said no woman should “ever” be described in Trump’s terms. In the video, Trump says because he’s famous he “can do anything” to women, including “grab them by the pussy.”

“No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner. Ever.” Priebus said in a statement.

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