{"id":131745,"date":"2016-10-07T22:43:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T04:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/07\/donald-trump-tries-to-apologize-for-being-a-sleazy-sexual-assaulter.html"},"modified":"2016-10-08T08:04:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-08T14:04:40","slug":"donald-trump-tries-to-apologize-for-being-a-sleazy-sexual-assaulter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/07\/donald-trump-tries-to-apologize-for-being-a-sleazy-sexual-assaulter.html","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump tries to apologize for being a sleazy sexual assaulter"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘This was locker room banter …’<\/i><\/p>\n

I’ve been in locker rooms. I never bragged, nor did anyone I talked to, discuss grabbing women by their privates, expectations that one could get away with it by being a star, and, hey, here’s how I pursued a married woman (while married myself), until I noticed she’d had a bad boob job.<\/em><\/p>\n

‘… a private conversation …’<\/i><\/p>\n

Granted that people speak in different ways in different circumstances. I’m not sure that actually excuses being a sleazeball.<\/p>\n

I’m pretty certain that, yes, Trump probably wouldn’t speak this way in public. Does that make it better?<\/p>\n

‘… that took place many years ago.’<\/i><\/p>\n

Um … 11 years ago. Does that mean I can disavow anything I said or did while my daughter was in pre-school?<\/p>\n

This is not a “while in college” tale. Does anyone think that Donald Trump at 59 was substantially different than Donald Trump at 70?<\/p>\n

‘Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course – not even close.’<\/i><\/p>\n

And Trump does his standard pivot from handwaving to an attack.<\/p>\n

But even if true (I don’t think anyone has come up with a tape of Mr Clinton saying anything like this, but let’s assume), Bill Clinton isn’t running for President right now. Donald Trump is.<\/p>\n

Heck, Bill Clinton ran for office in 1992 — 24<\/i> years ago. Based on Trump’s previous statements, that qualifies him now for sainthood.<\/p>\n

‘I apologize if anyone was offended.’<\/i><\/p>\n

Non-Apology No. 5A. As rephrased: “If nobody was offended, I don’t apologize.”<\/p>\n

Sleazeball.<\/p>\n

Originally shared by +Kee Hinckley<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump Statement Translation: “All the other boys do it too. There’s nothing wrong with it, so deal with it.”<\/p>\n

STATEMENT FROM DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>\n

\u201cThis 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. I apologize if anyone was offended.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n


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