Trump says 'I was wrong and I apologize,' then calls uproar over lewd comments a distraction

[TomCADem]

Source: Chicago Tribune

Caught on tape making shockingly crude comments about a married woman he tried to seduce, Donald Trump declared in a midnight video, "I was wrong and I apologize." Yet even as he did so, he claimed the astonishing recording was "nothing more than a distraction" and argued his words were not nearly as egregious as former President Bill Clinton's marital affairs.

"I've said some foolish things," the Republican presidential nominee said in a taped apology posted on his Facebook page early Saturday morning. "But there's a big difference between the words and actions of other people. Bill Clinton has actually abused women."

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Trump appears alone in the video and appears to be reading off a script. He closes the video by suggesting he'll raise Bill Clinton's affairs again in the coming days.

"See you at the debate," he says.

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-apology-20161007-story.html

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CNN and MSNBC pundits both said right it was released that it looked like a hostage video with Trump reading a prepared statement against his will. Of course, even in his so-called apology, he again tries to minimize his statements.

[Kablooie]

1. He apologized for his words but his words described his actions.

He didn't apologize for what he did.

[GWC58]

7. It's the classic

apology-non-apology. tRump is a buffoonish ogre!

[Cha]

2. That's cause he doesn't think anything he did anything wrong.. he "apologized" because he was made

to and someone else wrote it for him. We all saw his first stupid insulting "apology"

[appleannie1]

3. Watch his shoulder and arm movements. You can visualize his hands making fist after fist.

He was totally P*SS*D that he was forced to do something he had no intention of doing. It was probably the first time in his life he was made to do anything other than boss people around. He did not like it at all.

[NBachers]

4. Study his eyes - is he blinking in a Morse Code S O S pattern?

[Chemisse]

9. Haha!

[adigal]

5. Yup. Sexual assault is a distraction. Clinton's surrogates have been doing a great job

Calling trump's apologists on this bullshit. I've heard genuine emotion over this from some of them, and since we rarely hear that about politics, it's very powerful. They need to keep it up.

"So sexual assault is a distraction???"

[FailureToCommunicate]

13. +1

'So, sexual assault is a distraction?'

[Helen Borg]

6. He's WEAK. He apologized.

[Owens]

8. You need glasses Mr. Trump

Let me remind you Mr. Trump, HILARY is running for President, not her husband Bill.

[Old Vet]

10. That may be true Mr owens but I can see every other sentence Trump saying Bill Clinton was worse..

Then anything I ever did.

[cynzke]

11. Remember Herman Cain and Bill Cosby?

Starts out with rumors, a few allegations, etc. Soon after, more women spoke out about their encounters with these perverts. This lewd recording is a narrative from Trump, proudly bragging about sexually harassing women. The flood gates are about to open and all those incidents of harassment that Trump enshrines in his egocentric mind as "sexual conquests" are going to drown him. Reporters will be tracking down the woman referred to in this video recording. Notice DT put this woman down because she REFUSED his sexual advancement. And no amount of finger point at Bill Clinton is going to now help Trump.

[Laser102]

12. Here's the difference between what Bill did and what he did. We didn't know about Bill before the

election. As great a president as he was, I doubt we would have voted the same way. But we do know about this creep. Big difference!

[oberliner]

15. That is definitely not true

Do you not remember the 1992 election?

[awoke_in_2003]

18. That...

and, by accounts, the affairs were consensual.

[Sunlei]

14. By Sunday night those bags under his eyes will be the size of lemons.

[BlueStreak]

16. "Jeffrey Dahmer has killed far more people than I have."

Here's a tip Donald. If you are trying to fake a "sincere" apology, just stop once you get to the part about "I'm very sorry."

Somehow when you play the ""b-b-b-b-b-but Bill Clinton is a lot worse than me" card, that ruins the moment.

[awoke_in_2003]

19. "At least I'm not Hitler"

Pol Pot

[Thor_MN]

17. That "apology" was written for him. They are not his words.

He didn't repeat himself once. He was reading a script.