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POST-DEBATE
Oct. 10, 2016 12:23 a.m.
Statement from DNC Interim Chair Donna Brazile on Tonight’s Presidential Debate
WASHINGTON -- DNC Interim Chair Donna Brazile issued the following statement:
“Donald Trump would have had a better debate if he had just stayed in Trump Tower. He failed to issue a serious apology for his treatment of women, admitted he didn’t pay taxes, resorted to desperate attacks and mud-slinging, and was incoherent on every policy issue that came up. Hillary Clinton was unshakable. She was poised, prepared and informed. She offered substantive solutions to the serious challenges that our next president will face. And she proved once again that she is battle-tested, ready to fight for the American people, and the only candidate in this race qualified to serve as commander-in-chief.”
“We can expect to see more Republican leaders who endorsed Trump try to distance themselves from him in the coming days, but don’t be fooled. They chose Trump as their standard-bearer, and now they have to live with him. We cannot afford to elect leaders who ever thought Trump was fit to serve. We must elect Hillary Clinton as our next president, and Democrats up and down the ballot across the country on Election Day to build on the progress of the last eight years.”
Hillary Clinton Clear Debate Winner
The Donald Trump we saw on stage tonight is the same Trump who has spent last 30 years demeaning women, avoiding taxes, and using dangerous and divisive rhetoric. Between incoherent ramblings and unfounded attacks, he described his past misogynistic remarks as “locker room talk,” admitted that he may not have paid income taxes, threatened to jail his opponent, denied Russia’s role in recent hacks, and threw his running mate under the bus.@brianbeutler: .@DanaBashCNN just rightfully compared Trump’s promise to jail Clinton to African dictatorships, Stalin and Hitler.
@ezraklein: Donald Trump has absolutely no idea what he is doing.
@jameshohmann: Trump is not stopping the bleeding. He's making it worse.
@jeffzeleny:This is what scorched earth looks like. How many more Republican leaders will disavow Trump before the night ends? Ryan? McConnell?
Trump Doubled Down on Sexism and Divisiveness
@TheRickWilson: 1/ Tonight, Trump's fauxpology for the "locker room talk" was a moment where he put his neck in the noose.
@gdebenedetti: Pool: There was quiet laughter in the debate hall when Trump said he respects women.
@melissakchan: Folks who say Trump did well in this debate: we (women) noticed he doubled down on "locker room talk" and rape as "just words."
American Bridge 21st Century
11:03 p.m.
Ten More Reasons Donald Trump Is Unfit To Serve As Commander in
Chief
After a year of leading a presidential campaign predicated on hatred, racism and sexism, Donald Trump proved once again just how unfit he is to serve as Commander in Chief. Everything about Trump’s performance tonight was shameful for someone seeking the office of the President. Here were the ten worst moments:
Trump doubled down on his refusal to issue a real apology for his shameful remarks bragging about sexual assault that surfaced on Friday, and denied past sexual assault or harassment.
He attacked Mike Pence and sided with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin over his own running mate.
He admitted to paying no federal taxes for nearly two decades.
Trump resorted to attacking the moderators when things weren’t going his way.
He called Islamophobia “a shame” and then continued to use harmful rhetoric.
He touted the Kremlin party line and said “you don’t know who the rebels are.”
Trump denied he tweeted “check out the sex tape” at 3:00am. He did.
He said he would put Hillary Clinton “in jail” if elected.
He called immigrants “murderers” and “very bad people.”
Donald Trump defends Assad, Russia, and Iran in one answer.
Correct The Record
Contact: Elizabeth Shappell / Lizzy Price
10:59 p.m.
Statement
from
CTR
President
Brad
Woodhouse
on Hillary Clinton’s Dominance in the
Second General Election Presidential Debate
Washington, D.C.--Tonight, Correct The Record President Brad Woodhouse released the following statement on Hillary Clinton’s dominant performance in the second presidential debate of the general election:
“Donald Trump just spiraled out of
control before our very eyes—acting more like
a petulant, confused child than a presidential candidate (and that’s an
insult to children). Trump constantly interrupted, whined about the
moderators and word vomited about critical policy issues like
healthcare. He even admitted—and seemed to gloat—about paying zero
federal
income taxes. And perhaps worst of all he doubled down on his ‘locker
room’ excuse for his vile comments about women. His lack of contrition
for those words and deeds is in and of itself disqualifying.
“Tonight, Donald Trump just confirmed everything
that has been said about him—he’s an unapologetic, no-nothing, unhinged
jerk. He was angry, out of control and volatile. In contrast, Hillary
Clinton delivered positive, substantive responses about her plans to be
a president for all
Americans while making clear that Donald Trump is utterly unfit to be
president.”
Priorities USA
Contact: Justin Barasky
10:37 p.m.
Priorities USA
Chief
Strategist
Guy
Cecil Statement On
Tonight’s Presidential Debate
Priorities USA Chief Strategist Guy Cecil released
the following statement
“Once
again Hillary Clinton demonstrated the toughness, thoughtfulness, and
unending ability to face down a difficult challenge. That’s exactly
what we want in a president. Donald Trump’s
cruelty and smallness is fueled by insecurity and cowardice and what we
saw on display tonight was the most embarrassing debate performance in
the history of this country. Donald Trump’s behavior over the course of
this campaign, over the last few days, and
during tonight’s debate is indicative of the kind of person he is and
the kind of president he would be. Donald Trump is dangerously unfit to
be President of the United States and Priorities will continue working
to expose his dangerous and divisive agenda
until we defeat him.”
PRE-DEBATE
HFA Statement on Trump’s Latest Act of Desperation
“We’re not surprised to see Donald Trump continue his destructive race to the bottom. Hillary Clinton understands the opportunity in this town hall is to talk to voters on stage and in the audience about the issues that matter to them, and this stunt doesn’t change that. If Donald Trump doesn’t see that, that’s his loss. As always, she’s prepared to handle whatever Donald Trump throws her way.”
Democratic National Committee
Reporters react to Trump’s pathetic “stunt”
@jonallendc: Donald Trump found a way to get beneath the dignity of Donald Trump.
@esquire: Donald Trump Just Pulled His Most Disgusting Stunt Yet: http://esqr.co/XxD0R6F
@LeslieSanchez: The latest Trump stunt has all the drama of a telenovela and the effectiveness of a train wreck.
@pbump: A good sign that something wasn’t a stunt was when someone has to repeatedly say “it was not a stunt."
@ron_fournier: Trump knows he won't be president. He's now in full carnival-barking, network-launching, party-nuking mode.
@jpaceDC: There are no words. Which is a real problem when your job is to put events into words.
@politicalwire: Donald Trump is about to make a shockingly bad mistake
@JRubinBlogger: Paul Ryan.. you earned this
@CahnEmily: Multiple people on my Facebook feed (millennials) saying they are donating to @HillaryClinton after they witnessed @realDonaldTrump's stunt
@BillKristol: The pre-debate stunt said it all. And gives @SpeakerRyan, @GovPenceIN, & @Reince a window to get off the train now--before the debate.
@PoliticsWolf: Trump is going to find out just how badly it will backfire if he openly tries to blame the first woman nominee for her husband's wrongdoings
@ethanklapper: People are disgusted by this Trump stunt. If he does this during the debate it will backfire.
VOX: Libby Nelson: Donald Trump's history of misogyny, sexism, and harassment: a comprehensive review
He called comedian Rosie O’Donnell "a big fat pig," "disgusting," "a slob," and "a very unattractive person." Bette Midler was "ugly." Heidi Klum is "no longer a 10." The individual insults, though, are just one facet of Trump’s broader attitude toward women. …Because this is the thing about Donald Trump’s sexism: He’s never tried to hide it. He hasn’t deleted his old tweets. He hasn’t made a big show of having a change of heart. It would have been easy to, for example, acknowledge that his remarks about former Miss Universe Alicia Machado’s weight gain were offensive and distasteful, say he’s gained perspective and humility from his bigger responsibilities as a politician rather than a pageant owner, and apologize.
Wall Street Journal: Brent Kendall: Trump Says Judge’s Mexican Heritage Presents ‘Absolute Conflict’
Donald Trump on Thursday escalated his attacks on the federal judge presiding over civil fraud lawsuits against Trump University, amid criticism from legal observers who say the presumptive GOP presidential nominee’s comments are an unusual affront on an independent judiciary. In an interview, Mr. Trump said U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel had “an absolute conflict” in presiding over the litigation given that he was “of Mexican heritage” and a member of a Latino lawyers’ association. Mr. Trump said the background of the judge, who was born in Indiana to Mexican immigrants, was relevant because of his campaign stance against illegal immigration and his pledge to seal the southern U.S. border. “I’m building a wall. It’s an inherent conflict of interest,” Mr. Trump said.
Washington Post: Jose DelReal and Anne Gearan: Trump stirs outrage after he lashes out at the Muslim parents of a dead U.S. soldier
New York Times: Michael Barbaro: Donald Trump Clung to ‘Birther’ Lie for Years, and Still Isn’t Apologetic
It was not true in 2011, when Donald J. Trump mischievously began to question President Obama’s birthplace aloud in television interviews. “I’m starting to think that he was not born here,” he said at the time. It was not true in 2012, when he took to Twitter to declare that “an ‘extremely credible source’” had called his office to inform him that Mr. Obama’s birth certificate was “a fraud.” It was not true in 2014, when Mr. Trump invited hackers to “please hack Obama’s college records (destroyed?) and check ‘place of birth.’” It was never true, any of it. Mr. Obama’s citizenship was never in question. No credible evidence ever suggested otherwise. Yet it took Mr. Trump five years of dodging, winking and joking to surrender to reality, finally, on Friday, after a remarkable campaign of relentless deception that tried to undermine the legitimacy of the nation’s first black president.
Huffington Post: Sam Stein, Dana Liebelson: Donald Trump Encourages Violence At His Rallies. His Fans Are Listening.
BBC: Donald Trump under fire for mocking disabled reporter
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