Trump Won’t Say if He Will Accept Election Results
Trump Won’t Say if He Will Accept Election Results
In a final debate on Wednesday that swung wildly between civil and caustic, Hillary Clinton charged that Donald J. Trump would be “a puppet” of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia if elected, while he argued that Mr. Putin had “outsmarted and outplayed” her as secretary of state.
Mr. Trump, under enormous pressure to halt Mrs. Clinton’s steady rise in opinion polls, sought to rally conservative voters by promising to deport illegal immigrants, support gun rights and appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn abortion rights.
But he also lashed out repeatedly at Mrs. Clinton, arguing that her campaign was behind the nine women who have come forward to accuse him of unwanted s*xual advances and assaults.
Mr. Trump also insisted, as he has in recent days, that the general election has been rigged against him, and he twice refused to say that he would accept its result.
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“I will look at it at the time,” Mr. Trump said. “I will keep you in suspense.’’
“That’s horrifying,” Mrs. Clinton replied. “I am appalled that someone who is the nominee of one of our two major parties would take that position.”
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In a final debate on Wednesday that swung wildly between civil and caustic, Hillary Clinton charged that Donald J. Trump would be “a puppet” of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia if elected, while he argued that Mr. Putin had “outsmarted and outplayed” her as secretary of state.
Mr. Trump, under enormous pressure to halt Mrs. Clinton’s steady rise in opinion polls, sought to rally conservative voters by promising to deport illegal immigrants, support gun rights and appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn abortion rights.
But he also lashed out repeatedly at Mrs. Clinton, arguing that her campaign was behind the nine women who have come forward to accuse him of unwanted s*xual advances and assaults.
Mr. Trump also insisted, as he has in recent days, that the general election has been rigged against him, and he twice refused to say that he would accept its result.
Continue reading the main story
“I will look at it at the time,” Mr. Trump said. “I will keep you in suspense.’’
“That’s horrifying,” Mrs. Clinton replied. “I am appalled that someone who is the nominee of one of our two major parties would take that position.”
READ MORE: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/us/polit...
