In that way, Pence was answering any doubts he would remain with Trump, after a 48-hour stretch in which scores of Republican candidates and leaders abandoned the presidential nominee over the 2005 remarks.
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“You know, I’m automatically attracted to beautiful women – I just start kissing them”, he says. And his office says he’s not conceding that Hillary Clinton will be the next president. “Bill Clinton has actually abused women and Hillary has bullied, attacked, shamed and intimidated his victims”.
Increasingly, Mr. Trump and his unshakable core of supporters are breaking away from the party hierarchy.
Hope Hicks, a spokeswoman for Trump’s campaign, has not commented on why Pence’s New Jersey event was canceled.
The Wisconsin Republican is holding a conference call with GOP lawmakers. The head of the Republican National Committee has stuck by the Republican nominee, declaring his full coordination with Mr Trump’s embattled campaign.
Stieglitz claims that she doesn’t like the things Trump said about women but she believes that in the essential issues, Trump is in the right place.
He said the Republicans’ House majority is in peril.
But House and Senate candidates fear Mr Trump’s 2005 comments about women will drag down their own electoral prospects, if not stain the Republican brand for a generation.
Speaker Paul Ryan is not un-endorsing Donald Trump.
The remarks and the cancellations led to reports Pence would exit the race.
But any attempt to replace Trump on the ballot this close to Election Day would face huge legal and logistical hurdles. The two are set to have their second debate Sunday night.
Enough! Donald Trump should not be President. He also reiterated his support for Trump and said the state Republican party won’t withdraw resources from Trump to focus on down-ballot races.
A Reuters-Ipsos poll had Clinton leading by five points on Friday, before the video surfaced. She also said Trump won the debate: “Trump went into Armageddon debate and he came out a solid victor”.
Hrishikesh Hirway tweeted: “So courageous of @mike_pence to tweet this from beneath the bus Donald Trump threw him under”.
“But Donald Trump’s behavior this week, concluding with the disclosure of his demeaning comments about women and his boasts about sexual assaults, make it impossible to continue to offer even conditional support for his candidacy”.
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As a husband and father, I was offended by the words and actions described by Donald Trump in the eleven-year-old video released yesterday. It is expected to discuss the Trump controversy.
