Democratic rival Hillary slams his remarks as 'horrific'
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Nevada. Pic/AFP
Washington: Donald Trump’s White House campaign was jolted with a 2005 video of him surfacing in which he made lewd remarks about women, prompting a rare apology from the controversial Republican presidential candidate.
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Trump said, “I apologise if anyone was offended.” Trump’s Democratic rival Hillary Clinton was quick to slam him for his remarks, saying, “This is horrific. We cannot allow this man to become president.”
The video, obtained by the Washington Post, captures Trump having an extremely lewd conversation about women. “I just start kissing them...Just kiss. I don’t even wait,” Trump is quoted saying. “And when you’re a star they let you do it,” he says in the recording.
The 70-year-old business tycoon bragged in vulgar terms about kissing, groping and trying to have sex with women during the conversation caught on a microphone.
Following outrage over his comments, Trump said, “This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago. Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course – not even close.”
In a taped apology posted on his Facebook page, Trump said, “I’ve never said I’m a perfect person, nor pretended to be someone that I’m not. I’ve said and done things I regret, and the words released today on this more than a decade-old video are one of them.”
Trump pledged to be a better man tomorrow.
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