Presidential Debate: Donald Trump Pushes Back Against G.O.P. Critics and Focuses on Bill Clinton
Presidential Debate: Donald Trump Pushes Back
Against G.O.P. Critics and Focuses on Bill Clinton
By ALAN RAPPEPORT, NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and JONATHAN MARTINUP
Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton head to St. Louis on Sunday for a widely anticipated second debate that comes as extraordinary upheaval in the Republican Party has upended the presidential race just a month before the election.
Mr. Trump’s campaign reeled over the weekend after the Friday release of a video recording that showed him speaking in vulgar and demeaning terms about women and boasting of how, because he was a celebrity, he could grope and kiss them whenever he wanted. Despite tepid apologies, the revelation has led to a parade of denouncements from dozens of Republican leaders, including his running mate, Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana.
Mr. Trump continued to push back against calls from Republicans to quit the race, mocking them on Twitter and directing his loyalists to assail the party’s leaders as politicians guided by self-interest.
He also signaled on Sunday that he was likely to make the behavior of former President Bill Clinton an issue in the debate.
READ MORE: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/09/us/polit...
Against G.O.P. Critics and Focuses on Bill Clinton
By ALAN RAPPEPORT, NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and JONATHAN MARTINUP
Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton head to St. Louis on Sunday for a widely anticipated second debate that comes as extraordinary upheaval in the Republican Party has upended the presidential race just a month before the election.
Mr. Trump’s campaign reeled over the weekend after the Friday release of a video recording that showed him speaking in vulgar and demeaning terms about women and boasting of how, because he was a celebrity, he could grope and kiss them whenever he wanted. Despite tepid apologies, the revelation has led to a parade of denouncements from dozens of Republican leaders, including his running mate, Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana.
Mr. Trump continued to push back against calls from Republicans to quit the race, mocking them on Twitter and directing his loyalists to assail the party’s leaders as politicians guided by self-interest.
He also signaled on Sunday that he was likely to make the behavior of former President Bill Clinton an issue in the debate.
READ MORE: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/09/us/polit...
