Donald Trump’s Bill Clinton strategy is going very poorly
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Donald Trump’s Bill Clinton strategy is going very poorly
By Aaron Blake October 17 at 10:22 AM
Donald Trump is hell-bent on proving that he's not the only male politician who has stood accused of groping and violating women.
First it was Bill Clinton that he pointed to. Now it's Vice President Biden.
But whether Trump realizes it or not (and signs are, he doesn't), this strategy is a dud.
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows people don't even think Bill Clinton's well-documented history of indiscretions and other allegations made against him are relevant to this campaign. And this is despite Trump's repeated efforts to raise them in recent weeks.
The Post-ABC poll asked whether people thought "Bill Clinton's treatment of women" is a legitimate issue.
Just 31 percent of likely voters said it is, while two-thirds (67 percent) said it isn't. Even Republicans said by a 50-46 margin that it isn't a legitimate issue.
The numbers are similar when you loop Hillary Clinton into the attack. (Republicans, after all, have argued not just that Bill Clinton's problems are relevant, but that his wife enabled him by attacking his accusers.)
The Post-ABC poll shows just 35 percent of likely voters say Hillary Clinton "unfairly criticizing women who accused her husband of s*xual assault" is a legitimate issue. Fully 62 percent disagree. And again, even Republicans are split -- 49-49.
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Donald Trump’s Bill Clinton strategy is going very poorly
By Aaron Blake October 17 at 10:22 AM
Donald Trump is hell-bent on proving that he's not the only male politician who has stood accused of groping and violating women.
First it was Bill Clinton that he pointed to. Now it's Vice President Biden.
But whether Trump realizes it or not (and signs are, he doesn't), this strategy is a dud.
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows people don't even think Bill Clinton's well-documented history of indiscretions and other allegations made against him are relevant to this campaign. And this is despite Trump's repeated efforts to raise them in recent weeks.
The Post-ABC poll asked whether people thought "Bill Clinton's treatment of women" is a legitimate issue.
Just 31 percent of likely voters said it is, while two-thirds (67 percent) said it isn't. Even Republicans said by a 50-46 margin that it isn't a legitimate issue.
The numbers are similar when you loop Hillary Clinton into the attack. (Republicans, after all, have argued not just that Bill Clinton's problems are relevant, but that his wife enabled him by attacking his accusers.)
The Post-ABC poll shows just 35 percent of likely voters say Hillary Clinton "unfairly criticizing women who accused her husband of s*xual assault" is a legitimate issue. Fully 62 percent disagree. And again, even Republicans are split -- 49-49.
READ MORE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fi...
