With Donald Trump’s campaign in full-fledged meltdown, Trump’s plans for Sunday night’s debates appear to be coming together … and they’re no change from the Trump we’ve seen for the past 16 months. Trump previewed the plan in his “apology” Friday night:
I've said some foolish things, but there's a big difference between the words and actions of other people. Bill Clinton has actually abused women, and Hillary has bullied, attacked, shamed, and intimidated his victims. We will discuss this more in the coming days. See you at the debate on Sunday.
So that’s what it’ll be: attack the Clintons to distract from his own bragging about being a sexual predator. That idea doesn’t appear to have just been a cameo appearance in that “apology” video:
Sunday night should be … interesting. It’s the kind of event where you’d normally say “brb, off to make popcorn,” but in this case it’s the popcorn of rage and depression that this is where we are in America in 2016.
As fast as Republicans are rushing to distance themselves from Trump now, he became their party’s nominee fair and square and they stuck with him through more than enough to know that this—the guy who brags about “grab[bing] them by the pussy” and then dismisses it as mere locker room banter—is who Donald Trump is. And now we’re faced with a presidential debate in which a major party’s presidential nominee is going to push back on his own recorded words by throwing around unsubstantiated allegations about his opponent’s husband. It’s our job not to let him change the subject. This is about who Donald Trump is, and no one can pretend not to know any longer.
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