{"id":24124,"date":"2016-10-08T13:38:04","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T20:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=24124"},"modified":"2016-10-08T13:38:04","modified_gmt":"2016-10-08T20:38:04","slug":"the-trump-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/08\/the-trump-tape\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trump Tape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Donald Trump has once again proven himself to be the perfect reflection of Republican misogyny.&#160; While Republicans strive to be obscene and not heard, this Republican put it on tape for the whole worlds to hear, causing a tempest among Republicans desperate to lie that they aren&#8217;t the same way.<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1008donald-trump\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1008donald-trump\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1008donald-trump.png\" width=\"620\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Under fire for lewd comments about groping women, Donald Trump released a video statement shortly after midnight Saturday in a bid to save his candidacy, apologizing and pledging to be a &quot;better man.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve said and done things I regret,&quot; Trump said. &quot;Anyone who knows me knows these words don&#8217;t reflect who I am. I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s campaign was sent reeling on Friday after a private tape was published in which the reality TV star bragged about groping, kissing and attempting to have sex with married women \u2014 and said he was entitled to do so because he\u2019s a \u201cstar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comments threaten to envelop, if not torpedo, his candidacy just days before his second presidential debate with Hillary Clinton, as top Republicans from across the nation condemned him in the sharpest possible terms&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2016\/10\/trump-wapo-229299\" target=\"_blank\">Politico<\/a>&gt;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here&#8217;s the tape itself:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">Barf Bag Alert!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/IY8FwWwIVyQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Is that acting like a Republican or what?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here are three video clips from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Maddow Show<\/a>.&#160; In the first, Rachel covers how the tape reinforces other claims that Trump has been denying.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/7wvmTC\/MSNBCEmbeddedOffSite?guid=n_maddow_a1trump_161007\" width=\"635\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">In the second, Rachel discusses the tape with the reporter who originally exposed it.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/7wvmTC\/MSNBCEmbeddedOffSite?guid=n_maddow_fahrenthold_161007\" width=\"635\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">In the third, Rachel covers the Republican Reaction, including considering alternatives, if Trump drops out.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/7wvmTC\/MSNBCEmbeddedOffSite?guid=n_maddow_yamiche_161007\" width=\"635\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Frankly, I think that&#8217;s just wishful thinking, and I doubt he&#8217;ll drop out.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">You might considering me harsh for painting the entire Republican Party with this brush, bur please consider this.&#160; I&#8217;m referring primarily to politicians and pundit, virtually all of whom jumped on the Rump Dump bandwagon after he was nominated.&#160; But his misogyny was already a matter of record when his campaign began.&#160; Further more, he could not have won the nomination, if the majority of voting rank-and-file Republicans had not voted for him.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump has once again proven himself to be the perfect reflection of Republican misogyny.&#160; While Republicans strive to be obscene and not heard, this Republican put it on tape for the whole worlds to hear, causing a tempest among Republicans desperate to lie that they aren&#8217;t the same way. 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