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Drunken Irishman

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Mon Oct 10, 2016, 12:11 AM Oct 2016

Tonight was Hillary winning the war. [View all]

Trump needed to come out, apologize with sincerity and essentially beg for forgiveness. His refusal to do this, and continued claim of it being locker room chatter, only continued to hurt him. Everything else in the debate was irrelevant. Those first few minutes ended any chance of him potentially bringing back members of the GOP. He needed to give the party reason to still support him, and not continue abandoning him, and he didn't. His answer was weak. It was divisive. It was a non-apology and complete deflection by bringing up Bill Clinton.

Had he given a sincere apology, even if it was total bullshit, he might've been able to salvage this debate and give Republicans who haven't jumped ship reason to stay.

I don't think he did.

Monday is going to be brutal for his campaign...especially if there's more tapes.

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Tonight was Hillary winning the war. [View all] Drunken Irishman Oct 2016 OP
kick Dawson Leery Oct 2016 #1
He tried being a dick with the guests he brought in TlalocW Oct 2016 #2
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