Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton face off in tonight’s presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis. The second presidential debate will be a town hall event where supposedly “undecided” voters selected by Gallup will ask the candidates half of the questions.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper and ABC’s Martha Raddatz will moderate the debate and try to put the focus on Trump’s vulgar locker-room talk that occurred nearly a decade ago and for which Trump has expressed regret and apologized.
Trump’s challenge will be to convince undecided voters that though he is nowhere near perfect, he will always put America first while Clinton will side with the globalists. Trump has to convince voters tonight that he is like the athlete whom everyone hates when he is on the other team but needs on theirs. Will he be up to the task?
Stay tuned to Breitbart News for live updates of the debate.
All times eastern.
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12:10:
Mike Pence cancels N.J. Trump fundraiser scheduled for Monday in Ocean County https://t.co/nyzc1xvQzS
— NJ.com Politics (@NJ_Politics) October 10, 2016
11:38: On her campaign plane, Hillary Clinton is asked how she think she did in tonight’s debate. Wow, tough question. Clinton repeats talking points about how she thinks Trump is not fit to be president. Clinton ignores question about what Bill Clinton said to her after the debate. She keeps avoiding the question about what Bill Clinton said to her after the debate.
A happy @HillaryClinton tells reporters the plane needs to take off so that drinks can be served: pic.twitter.com/QoVwvRahmF
— Hannah Chanpong (@hannahfc) October 10, 2016
11:33: Why don’t the media want to ask about immigration policy?
So this is the second of three debates and still no question about immigration policy? Unbelievable.
— Mark Krikorian (@MarkSKrikorian) October 10, 2016
11:29:
Statement from Khizr Khan to @MSNBC: "The only thing that Donald Trump sacrifices is the truth." pic.twitter.com/ElKw6qDVoi
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 10, 2016
11:25:
I may have made a mistake in writing off Trump.
After talking with voters tonight, he's back in this race. #Debate2016 pic.twitter.com/XP1fyBTNwt
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) October 10, 2016
11:20: When pressed about Trump’s remarks on the video tape, Rudy Giuliani on MSNBC says he’s played golf with Bill Clinton and Clinton has said worse. He also says that whatever Trump said, Bill Clinton actually did much worse.
11:15: Mainstream media freaking out over Trump’s remarks:
https://twitter.com/aravosis/status/785316585087074304
Pundits going nuts about Trump's promise to name a special prosecutor for Hillary: He's been saying it at rallies for weeks (if not months).
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) October 10, 2016
11:07: Interesting:
Trump campaign mngr Kellyanne Conaway told @MSNBC some members of Congress who disavowed Trump have made inappropriate sexual advances
— Bridget Bowman (@bridgetbhc) October 10, 2016
WHOA. Conway on MSNBC says some of the members of Congress who won't support Trump have been sexual harassers themselves: pic.twitter.com/bBcPPcGeqy
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) October 10, 2016
10:58: Going a bit too far here?
Brian Fallon, in spin room, calls out Trump for "menacingly stalking" Clinton on stage
— Liz Kreutz (@ABCLiz) October 10, 2016
10:57:
Juanita Broaddrick in the spin room post debate pic.twitter.com/9v3f08LTSv
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) October 10, 2016
10:55:
I applaud @realdonaldtrump tonight. Command of the facts, unwavering under attack, a true agent of change
— Rep. Jeff Miller (@RepJeffMiller) October 10, 2016
10:52: Good grief:
Well, sadly, "dump Trump" probably over.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) October 10, 2016
10:51:
.@realDonaldTrump won this debate, not overwhelmingly, but clearly enough that he lives to fight another day. Lewd tape begins to fade.
— Brit Hume (@brithume) October 10, 2016
10:50: Trump’s appeal to Evangelicals:
.@realDonaldTrump will appoint conservative Supreme Court @HillaryClinton will appoint a liberal one. Stark contrast for Christian voters.
— Sarah Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) October 10, 2016
Donald Trump: I will appoint SCOTUS justices "in the mold of Justice Scalia" https://t.co/kRfncelgfs #debates https://t.co/fJxKVnFXwD
— CNN (@CNN) October 10, 2016
10:47:
Congrats to my running mate @realDonaldTrump on a big debate win! Proud to stand with you as we #MAGA.
— Mike Pence (@mike_pence) October 10, 2016
10:37: Terrible idea to have two moderators in a town hall debate.
10:36:
Clinton supporter in N.C. tells me she's fine with Trump calling his tape "locker room talk" because "many men do behave in that way."
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) October 10, 2016
10:34: Questioner asks if the candidates have any positive things to say about the other candidate. Clinton says she respects Trump’s children and they say a lot about Donald. Trump says he considers Clinton’s comments about his children to be a nice compliment. Trump says Clinton “doesn’t quit” and “doesn’t give up.” “I tell it like it is,” Trump says. Trump says Clinton is a “fighter” though she disagrees with a lot of what she is fighting for.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump shake hands at the end of the second presidential #debate. pic.twitter.com/tO3aWPtQRm
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) October 10, 2016
10:33: Clinton foreign policy spokesman apologizes for Tweet:
I want to apologize for the clearly inappropriate nature and language of this personal tweet. Sorry all.
— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) October 10, 2016
10:30: Clinton promises to defend coal miners but is not pressed about her comments about wanting to put the coal miners out of business. Trump had to bring that point up. She slams Trump for using steel that the Chinese dumped.
10:27: Trump wonders how Clinton made so much money after leaving elected office. He says Clinton made millions because of the power of her office and wonders why she isn’t putting any of her money into the campaign… Trump says he is not beholden to special interests like Clinton.
Scene in the spin room right now — reporters waiting to see who will enter pic.twitter.com/ww5s4f1VIe
— MaryAlice Parks (@maryaliceparks) October 10, 2016
10:24: Raddatz keeps interrupting Trump and says “we have to get the audience” after she monopolized parts of the debate.
10:21: Cooper asks about Trump about “discipline” and his early morning Tweets about a former Miss Universe’s alleged sex tape. Trump says “Tweeting happens to be a modern-day form of communication.” He says it’s a “very effective way of communication.” “I’m not un-proud of it,” he says.
When asked if Trump has the discipline to be president, Clinton says, “no.” She says it’s in part because “those of who have had the great privilege to see this job up close and know how difficult it is.”
10:20: Raddatz again giving people distrustful of the mainstream press every reason to continue to do so.
Why is Raddatz debating trump?
Isnt that hillarys job?— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) October 10, 2016
10:18: Cooper presses Clinton on her “deplorables” comment. He asks how can Clinton unite a country if she has written off tens of millions of Americans. Clinton says her argument is not with his supporters but with Trump and his “hateful” and “divisive comments.” She claims Trump “incites violence” at rallies. No mention of left-wing agitators who attacked Trump supporters in places like Chicago and Northern California.
Trump on Clinton: "Believe me, she has tremendous hate in her heart. When she said 'deplorables,' she meant it" https://t.co/ItN1OKNjif
— CNN (@CNN) October 10, 2016
10:14: Trump, in response to questioner, who asks about whether the candidates can be a devoted president for all Americans.. says Clinton has called Americans “deplorables” and he will be a president for “all Americans.” He says he will be the president for “all of the people.” Trump talks about the inner cities and says politicians talk about helping African-Americans and Hispanics in the inner cities and they do nothing about it. Clinton lists her accomplishments with the Children’s Defense Fund and helping underserved communities in the South. Clinton again brings up the so-called Trump Effect (the study was unscientific).
10:13: Trump points out that when Clinton goes a minute over her allowed time, nobody interrupts. He says the moderators interrupt the second he goes over his time.
10:12: Clinton says it’s not “smart strategy” for American forces to be occupying Syria. She says Trump claims he knows more about ISIS than the generals. “No, he doesn’t” she says.
10:07: Trump says almost everything Clinton has done in foreign policy has been a “mistake” and “disaster.” Trump says Clinton made Iran powerful with possibly “the dumbest deal I have ever seen.” Trump says Iran and Russia are now against us. Trump now says Clinton doesn’t even know who the rebels are. He says he doesn’t know Assad but at least he’s killing ISIS. Raddatz keeps trying to make Trump bad by acting like a know-it-all college professor who knows more than the candidate (this is why the public hates the mainstream press). It seems like Trump is debating Raddatz instead of Clinton.
"He and I haven't spoken and I disagree," says @realDonaldTrump of @mike_pence on possible Syria intervention. @MarthaRaddatz everyone.
— Danny Freeman (@DannyEFreeman) October 10, 2016
10:06:
https://twitter.com/TheFunnyVine/status/785298143596408832
My first time on live television. #HilaryClintonFly pic.twitter.com/KaFOw2an0j
— Memelord Focker (@ExecutiveMemes) October 10, 2016
10:05: Clinton is asked about Syria. Online questioner makes comparison to the Holocaust. Clinton says there is a determined effort by the Russians to destroy “Aleppo” to get rid of the last of the rebels against Assad. She says she has advocated no-fly and safe zones.
10:03: Is this debate about the moderators or the actual supposedly “undecided” voters? There doesn’t seem to be that much engagement with the actual voters in the room.
9:58: Cooper grills Trump on taxes. He says he used deductions in the tax code that people like Clinton allowed. She says Clinton has wealthy friends who want to keep the carried interest provisions in place. Trump says he pays tax and federal income tax. Trump says Clinton is “all talk and no action.” He keeps bringing up Sanders’s quote about Clinton’s “bad judgment.” He now slams Clinton for creating the vacuum in the Middle East that allowed ISIS to form. “Congratulations, great job,” Trump says. Clinton says she has been in favor of getting rid of carried interests. “Why didn’t you do it?” Trump asks. Clinton says because she was a Senator with a Republican President. “Under our Constitution, presidents have something called veto power,” Clinton shoots back.
9:55: Clinton says Trump lives in an “alternative reality” and “everything Trump has said is not true.” Clinton implies Trump may not have paid taxes for 20 years and she says “Donald always takes care of Donald and people like Donald.” She accuses Trump of wanting to help the rich with his tax plan. It seems like Clinton doesn’t know anything about Trump’s tax plan and is just repeating typical Dem. talking points about Republicans on taxes. Clinton wants the Buffet rule and a surcharge on incomes above $5 million. She claims she wants to invest in hard-working families.
9:54: Trump says Clinton has been there for 30 years and the system has never changed and will never change under Clinton.
[Trump should use this opportunity to frame this election as one between an outsider versus consummate insider but he just is not adept at framing the race in ways he should.[
9:53: Questioner asks what he would change in the tax code to ensure that the wealthy “pay their fair share.” Trump says he would “knock out the tax code” and get rid of the “carried interest provision.”
[These are “undecided” voters?]
9:51: “Honest Abe never lied,” Trump says. “That’s the difference between Abraham Lincoln and you.” He says Clinton got caught lying after the Wikileaks dump and is now blaming Lincoln for her lies. Trump says he has no loans from Russia and doesn’t know anything about the country’s inner workings. He points out that the U.S. government has seen his balance sheet and chose him to do the Old Post Office building. After Clinton calls on Trump to release his taxes, Trump says people like Warren Buffet and George Soros took “massive deductions.” He says he would be “very proud” to release his taxes after his routine audit is done.
9:48: Clinton now claims that her comments about private/public positions was in reference to Lincoln. [What spin!] She now says Russians are engaged in hacking to get Trump elected and talks up Trump’s praise of Putin. Moderators let Clinton talk, talk, talk off-topic again before Raddatz FINALLY interrupts for one of the first times.
I'm told the women Trump invited to the debate are set to appear in the post-debate spin room, per campaign aide. #debate
— Hallie Jackson (@HallieJackson) October 10, 2016
9:45: Clinton claims that terrorist recruiters are using Trump’s words to recruit more terrorists. Trump points out that Clinton went 25 seconds over her time and the moderators didn’t interrupt. Trump points out that Clinton, when she was Secretary of State, didn’t force countries to accept illegal immigrants who committed crimes like murder. Trump says drugs are pouring through our Southern border “at a record clip” and Clinton doesn’t understand the border and wants amnesty. Trump says Clinton’s judgment is so bad that she should never be president.
[Now would be a good time for Trump to point out Clinton’s wikileaks emails about open borders and her need for public/private positions. Raddatz transitions to the question from a voter about whether it is okay for a politician to be two-faced.]
9:43: Raddatz helps Clinton even in her questioning, saying “we know you want tougher vetting.” Again, the moderators are like rasslin’ announcers doing their best to make Clinton get “over” with the audience while trying to turn Trump into the “heel” that that audience hates. Is Trump skilled enough to be the anti-hero and heel that rasslin’ crowds started to love in the Attitude Era like Stone Cold Steve Austin?
9:41: Clinton says “we are not at war with Islam.” She says she wants a country where citizens like you are welcome just like everyone else. Raddatz piles on, again pressing Trump on his Muslim ban. She asks if Trump supports the Muslim ban. Trump says if he had been president, Captain Kahn would have been alive today because he would not have gone into Iraq like Clinton. He calls him an “American hero.” Raddatz keeps grilling Trump. The moderators have hardly interrogated Clinton tonight. Trump keeps trying to explain his “extreme vetting” program and says Clinton wants more Syrian refugees. “The great Trojan Horse of all time,” he says. Trump says he doesn’t want hundreds of thousands of people from Syria coming in when we don’t know nothing about their values or their love for our country.
9:39: Clinton thanks the questioner for asking the question. She says there have been “divisive” and “dark” things said about Muslims. She brings up Trump’s attacks on the Kahn family. Clinton talks about the country’s famous Muslims and says we just lost one in Muhammad Ali. Clinton says it’s short-sighted and “dangerous” for Trump to be engaged in demagogic comments about Muslims.
[These are “UNDECIDED” voters?]
9:37: Muslim questioner asks Trump about Islamophobia. “You’re right about islamophobia, and that’s a shame,” Trump says, again showing that he wants to appease whomever is speaking to him. But he says we have to get Muslims to report what they see in their communities. Trump now says Clinton and Obama won’t use the term “radical Islamic terrorism” and “before you solve it, you have to say the name.”
9:36: Cooper grills Trump on specifics re: Obamacare/health (he wants to know how he would get insurance companies to insure uninsured people without a mandate) care while Hillary Clinton smirks as Trump is under fire.
9:32: Trump says Obamacare is a disaster and is only getting worse. He says Obamacare is expensive for those who have it and unbelievably expensive for the country. He says we have to replace it with something that is less expensive and words. He again talks about getting rid of the lines around the states. He says Clinton wants a single-payer plan like Canada and has been after this for years. He says Obamacare is just the first step.
[Trump did not mention that Bill Clinton called it crazy. Anderson Cooper had to do that. Again, lack of preparation showing for Trump.]
9:29: Questioner asks about Obamacare. Cooper tries to give Clinton the first bite at the apple. After Trump starts to answer, Clinton says let him take it. Trump says he’s a gentleman so he will allow Clinton to answer. She says what Donald would have said was that he would repeal it while she will “fix it.” Clinton says people can’t be denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions and there are no lifetime limits under Obamacare. She says people under 24 can be on their parents’s plans under Obamacare. She says, though, small businesses need additional help. Clinton says if we repeal Obamacare, “all of those benefits are lost to everybody…” [Classic. Put in a government program and make it impossible to repeal once folks need the benefits.]
9:28: “Okay, Donald,” Clinton says. She says Trump wants to do anything to avoid talking about his “exploding campaign” and GOP establishment Republicans deserting him. Trump says the debate once again is a one-on-three battle.
9:27: Trump says Clinton is again “lying” about her deleted 33,000 emails after getting a subpoena. “I am so disappointed in Congressman, including Republicans, for allowing this to happen,” Trump says. He blasts Bill Clinton for talking to Attorney General Loretta Lynch nearly a month before the matter was decided.
9:25: Clinton says he email scandal was a “mistake” and she’s not “making any excuses about it.”
crowd in hall laughed when @HillaryClinton tried to say it was true that she deleted 30,000 emails #debate #debate2016
— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) October 10, 2016
[Trump has an opportunity to say this election is about his words vs. a candidate who endangered the country’s national security with her private email server. Will he?]
9:24: “Because you’d be in jail,” Trump says after Clinton says she’s glad someone with Trump’s temperament who is in charge of enforcing the country’s laws.
9:23: Trump says people’s lives have been destroyed for doing a fifth of what Clinton has done and she should be ashamed of her actions. Clinton now says “everything” Trump says was absolutely false re: her private emails.
9:19: Clinton claims what “so much of what Trump said is not right.” A very legalese answer. She says “so much” but not “all” or “everything” as she tries to evade the question. She quotes Michelle Obama about going high when they go low. Clinton says everyone can draw their conclusions about the man in the video or the man on stage respects women. Clinton now brings up the Kahn family to evade the question. Funny, the moderators aren’t interrupting her like they did with Trump. Clinton brings up Judge Curiel. She accuses Trump of mocking a disabled reporter. She brings up Trump’s “racist lie” that Obama was not born in the United States. Clinton says Trump has never apologized and owes Obama an apology. Trump says she owes Obama an apology because the Clinton campaign and her allies started the birther controversy. Trump now brings up some vicious commercials Michelle Obama cut in 2008 about Hillary Clinton. He now says Obama defeated her “fair and square” but Clinton didn’t defeat Obama fairly because the election was rigged, citing the Wikileaks email dump. Trump says if he wins, he is going to instruct the Attorney General to get a “special prosecutor to look into your situation.”
9:17: Raddatz again grills Trump on the tape. Trump says he is not proud of the tape and is a person who has “great respect” for people. Trump says if you look at Bill Clinton, “mine are words” and “his are actions.” Trump says nobody in the history of politics have been as “abusive to women” as Bill Clinton. Trump says Hillary Clinton attacked those victims viciously. Trump now informs the world that Hilary Clinton laughed at a 12-year-old rape victim. “Don’t tell me about words,” Trump says. “But what President Clinton did… When Hillary brings up a point like that…. I think it’s disgraceful and she ought to be ashamed of herself.”
9:12: Cooper gives Clinton a chance to respond. She says she has spent the past 48 hours thinking about the tape. Clinton says she has never questioned the fitness of other GOP candidates to serve and she says “Donald Trump is different.” She says Trump is “not fit to serve” as president. She says Trump claimed the video doesn’t represent who he is but “it represents exactly who he is.” Clinton says Trump has insulted women and ranked women on their appearances while also embarrassing women on television and Twitter. She blasts Trump for “denigrating a former Miss Universe” in harsh and vulgar terms. Clinton says it’s not only the video that raises questions about Trump’s fitness. She accuses Trump now of attacking minorities as well as she desperately tries to cobble together the Obama coalition. [Once again, Clinton schooling Trump on how to pivot. Trump should have said that though he made inappropriate comments, America needs someone who puts America first instead of the special interests and globalists. He needs to frame the election in this manner.]
Trump shoots back on HRC says "it's just words, folks, it's just words"
— Lauren Blanchard (@LaurenBlanch12) October 10, 2016
9:10: Cooper now brings up Trump’s tape. Cooper says Trump bragged about sexually assaulting women. Trump says this is “locker-room talk.” He says he is not proud of it and has apologized for it. Trump says he will knock the hell out of ISIS. Cooper keeps pressing Trump on the tape. He says he has “great respect” for women while Cooper keeps pressing him on whether he has touched women without their consent. “No, I have not,” Trump says before pivoting back to needing borders and making America safe and wealthy again.
9:08: Trump says he entered the campaign because he got tired of seeing “foolish” things being done by politicians. He brings up Obamacare, the Iran Deal (“one-sided transaction” with a “terrorist state”). Trump says America has tremendous potential and brings up the country’s massive trade deficit. He says we’re going to have a “strong border” and “bring back law and order.” “We have to bring back respect to law enforcement,” he says. Trump says he wants to do things that haven’t been done, like fixing the inner cities to help African-Americans and Latinos/Hispanics.
9:06: First questioner asks Clinton about how the last debate could have been rated “MA” and whether the candidates’s behavior is appropriate for today’s youth? (Clinton’s lies re: her private email server is model behavior?) This gives Clinton a perfect opportunity to go over her talking points on a range of issues on various policy issues re: wanting to be a president for “all Americans.”
9:05: Trump and Clinton walk on stage. They seem tense and don’t shake hands.
9:02:
Bill Clinton and Melania Trump shake hands along with the Trump family. #Debates #DebateNight pic.twitter.com/HCYM6KB5IZ
— Good Morning America (@GMA) October 10, 2016
8:58: Dana Bash in CNN points out that Bill Clinton does not have a good poker face, and he looks very, very uncomfortable tonight at the debate, especially since women who have accused him of sexual assault are in the audience with him.
Bill Clinton accusers were just seated in the debate hall right in front of @SenatorDurbin : pic.twitter.com/yQSSVuKyEu
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) October 10, 2016
8:57: Moderators Cooper and Raddatz now being introduced as the debate is about to begin.
8:55: Coulter making great points:
You have to ask yourself: Why are the media & politicians so desperate to stop Donald Trump? (A: His platform of putting Americans first.)
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) October 10, 2016
But now that same media will deploy armies of researchers to find secretly-recorded tapes of Trump using dirty WORDS years ago.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) October 10, 2016
Media covered for John Edwards, who cheated on his sick (now dead) wife, got his mistress pregnant while running for president …
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) October 10, 2016
Media covered for serial rapist Bill Clinton, who continued his abuse of women & teenaged girls AS PRESIDENT…
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) October 10, 2016
Media covered for Ted Kennedy (drowned a girl, left her to die, then ran for president ELEVEN years later.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) October 10, 2016
Trump has to be the candidate, the party, the RNC, the opposition media and the regular news media. https://t.co/BshKRgMjiU
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) October 10, 2016
8:42: Trump using new media to go around mainstream media AND forcing mainstream media to cover stories they normally would not have been interested in reporting:
Facebook says Trumps Facebook live video w women accusing Bill of sexual assault was viewed 1 million times in an hour
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) October 10, 2016
8:39: Trump arrives:
NEW: @realDonaldTrump arrives at the venue for tonight's presidential debate. https://t.co/TzJTr3kRiP #Debates https://t.co/vHsqzVXAMm
— ABC News (@ABC) October 10, 2016
8:36: Good grief. Tweet from failed GOP consultant who has never won a presidential race but loves riding the GOP establishment gravy train:
https://twitter.com/murphymike/status/785276048543842304
8:32: Perhaps because this may be the first election in which the globalists are threatened because one of the candidates will now kowtow to their agenda and they don’t have two horses representing the same globalist team in the race?
Foreign Policy endorses Clinton, marking first time magazine has ever backed candidate for political office: https://t.co/g6ds2VP9lM
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) October 10, 2016
8:30: Will he inform Americans that Clinton referred to working-class Americans as “deplorables” in this debate? He failed to do so in the last debate.
My team of deplorables will be taking over my Twitter account for tonight's #debate#MakeAmericaGreatAgain
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 10, 2016
8:27: Let’s hope, though, that Trump isn’t as stupid as Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly was calling plays in Saturday’s game against NC State and is instead Mike Leach at his best.
Trump could be at his most formidable tonight, an adviser tells me. "Nothing more dangerous than a cornered animal that has nothing to lose"
— Sara Murray (@SaraMurray) October 10, 2016
8:25: Huh? (see Kathy Shelton’s Tweets below) Mainstream media reporter now says he wouldn’t have reported on the story if he knew it would help a GOP presidential candidate expose Clinton’s hypocrisy?
I wouldn't have reported on the Kathy Shelton case if I knew @realDonaldTrump would use a tormented rape victim as political prop. Sickening
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) October 10, 2016
8:18: Joel makes a great point:
It’s amazing how easily MSM finds hidden video when the target is a Republican. Still waiting on the Khalidi tape from the @latimes #debates
— Joel B. Pollak (@joelpollak) October 10, 2016
8:14:
NBC confirms: Bill Clinton accusers Juanita Broaddrick, Paula Jones & Kathleen Willey will be in debate audience tonight
— Chris Jansing (@ChrisJansing) October 10, 2016
8:11:
I may be Hillary Clinton’s 1st female victim. She ruined my life; defended my rapist & blamed me. I was 12 yrs old. Then she laughed at me.
— Kathy Shelton (@KathyShelton_) October 10, 2016
Hillary Clinton an advocate for women & children? Not even close..
She terrorized me during my rape case & later laughed about it. #facts
— Kathy Shelton (@KathyShelton_) October 9, 2016
If I’d had justice vs my rapist, maybe I could have healed. But Hillary Clinton made sure I suffered loss of justice, then laughed it off.
— Kathy Shelton (@KathyShelton_) October 9, 2016
Hillary Clinton is a cold-hearted liar. The lies she told about me, 12 yr old rape victim, traumatized me nearly as much as the rape itself.
— Kathy Shelton (@KathyShelton_) October 9, 2016
Donald J. Trump took the time today to meet and stand up for me & other abused women by the Clintons. Thank you @realdonaldtrump – #debate
— Kathy Shelton (@KathyShelton_) October 9, 2016
8:09:
Hope you’ll tune in to tonight’s #debate to hear why my mom will make an amazing president. Tonight, tomorrow & always #ImWithHer
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) October 10, 2016
8:05: Todd always cares more about elite GOP leaders who whisper in his ear than actual voters.
Not sure if this pre debate event featuring Bill Clinton accusers is reassuring those leaders that Trump will show contrition.
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) October 9, 2016
8:03: Clinton campaign responds:
https://twitter.com/SteveKopack/status/785269516322369537
8:01: Former Romney strategist referring to Romney’s disastrous 2012 campaign?
— Russ Schriefer (@rschriefer) October 9, 2016
7:58: Former Obama Sr. Adviser:
Before the debate tonight let's stipulate: Trump is an idiot and a terrible human being and his campaign is run by equally horrible idiots
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) October 9, 2016
Flashback: Top Obama aide gropes Hillary Clinton cutout:
7:56: Trump should watch Clinton vs. George H.W. Bush in this 1992 town hall debate that may have won Clinton the election. Both Hillary Clinton and Trump have had trouble connecting with voters in these settings.
7:55: Blindsided:
Clinton aides here were just as blindsided as everyone else by Donald Trump's debate press avail with Bill Clinton's accusers.
— Ruby Cramer (@rubycramer) October 9, 2016
7:50: Trump gets a rare second chance to make a first impression and make the case to voters that this election is about Americanism vs. globalism. Will he make the most of his second opportunity?
Could the intrigue in the debate lead to NBC’s lowest rating ever for SNF? https://t.co/zwZrl7Fiz1
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) October 9, 2016
7:45:
Glenn Beck calls Trump an “immoral man who is absent decency or dignity.”
FLASHBACK: Glenn Beck mocked a woman for having a miscarriage, made fun of overweight women, and had racist segments on his radio show.
7:39:
There's Steve Bannon along with reporters at Trump's Facebook live stunt pic.twitter.com/VWMZ6ejpp8
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) October 9, 2016
7:37: Your holier-than-thou mainstream media:
This Billy Bush drama could get ugly at NBC pic.twitter.com/xqDOSfb3kk
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) October 9, 2016
7:33: Have reporters grilled Clinton like this about the Clinton Foundation, etc.?
Reporter shouted to Trump, "Why did you say you touch women without their consent?"
Paula Jones, "Why don't you ask Bill Clinton that?"
— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) October 9, 2016
7:30: Trump on Facebook live with Juanita Broaddrick (She says actions speak louder than words. She says Trump may have said some bad words but Bill Clinton raped her and Hillary Clinton threatened her. “I don’t think there is any comparison,” she says.):
Join me on #FacebookLive as I conclude my final #debate preparations. https://t.co/gAbNvI8Fd7
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 9, 2016
7:25:
Just landed! pic.twitter.com/7EuGJOCZAR
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) October 9, 2016
7:20: Could also be said of Bill Clinton.
Pro-@HillaryClinton demonstrators outside debate site: "Hands off my pussy" pic.twitter.com/7tgmhiUMgH
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) October 9, 2016
7:15: Young voters still like Green Party candidate Jill Stein:
Big Jill Stein contingent here in St Louis pic.twitter.com/82pjm6oA0y
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) October 9, 2016
7:11: One silver lining for Trump tonight may be that he may get a rare second chance to make a first impression with voters. Can he frame the race tonight as one between Americanism vs. globalism, as one between a flawed candidate who will always put America First vs. a flawed candidate who has always put the interests of the globalists first in a way he failed to do in the first debate?
7:07: Kind of funny given that so many blue-collar union workers are still considering Trump because they do not like Hillary Clinton’s pro-open-borders agenda.
This is definitely a typo. There’s no Trump in Trumka #washudebate2016 pic.twitter.com/8OuBJ26Zni
— Richard Trumka (@RichardTrumka) October 9, 2016
7:05: It’s worth nothing that the GOP establishment pile on has exposed so much of the hypocrisy on the GOP establishment side. When news about Schwarzenegger’s groping came to light during his gubernatorial run, the GOP establishment all rallied around him and came to his defense.
"The weak, feckless leadership of the Republican Party is who’s leaving, the people who live inside the Beltway," Lewandowski said on CNN.
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) October 9, 2016
As proud as I am to label myself a Republican, there is one label that I hold above all else – American. My full statement: pic.twitter.com/biRvY8S3aZ
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) October 8, 2016
7:00: Though the mainstream media and both establishments in the permanent political class have piled on on Trump in earnest this week, Clinton has still not put the race away. Why? The bottom line is Hillary Clinton is still a deeply flawed candidate who cannot connect well with voters. In addition, her support of open borders and globalist-first policies have prevented many undecided voters, especially working-class voters, from going to her side. And that’s why, despite all of Trump’s flaws, many of which have been self-inflicted, he still seems like the football team that is only one possession away in the second half from tying up the game despite having committed turnover after turnover throughout the game.
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