US election: Trump presidency 'dangerous', says UN rights chief
Source: BBC
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein cited Mr Trump's comments on the use of torture and his attitude to "vulnerable communities".
The Republican presidential candidate's campaign has been marked by a number of controversial comments.
Recent crude remarks about women have caused the biggest political fallout.
Overnight President Barack Obama, at a rally for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, condemned those comments, saying: "The guy says stuff that nobody would find tolerable if they were applying for a job at 7-Eleven."
Mr Hussein said at a news briefing in Geneva: "If Donald Trump is elected on the basis of what he has said already - and unless that changes - I think it is without any doubt that he would be dangerous from an international point of view."
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BumRushDaShow
(129,662 posts)and Silver has Hillary now up to 90.8% chance of winning as of ~9:00 am ET (vs Drumpf's 9.2%). I don't think I have ever seen it that high.
MissMillie
(38,587 posts)And as of 9:21 am, fivethirtyeight says Hillary is favored to win 86.1%
BumRushDaShow
(129,662 posts)I briefly saw the 86.1% but then "as of 9 minutes ago" (I think after you saw it), it is at 90.3%.
Cha
(297,810 posts)Nitram
(22,913 posts)...with conservative voters in the US.
David__77
(23,558 posts)...