Tag Archives: scandal

Ted Cruz: I’m Sticking With Donald Trump [VIDEO]

Politico reports: There will be no Texas two-step on Ted Cruz’s much-belated decision to endorse Donald Trump. The Texas senator told a local TV station in Muleshoe, Texas, on Monday that despite lewd video showing Trump joking of unwanted sexual advances on women he would still back Trump over Hillary Clinton. “I am supporting the Republican nominee because I think …

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Kansas GOP Flack Shrugs Off #Pussygate: God Is Using Donald Trump Just Like He Used The Harlots [VIDEO]

Vicki Sciolaro, the GOP chairperson for the Third Congressional District in Kansas, appeared on CNN this afternoon to simultaneously denounce and defend Trump’s pussygate comments, declaring that she is a “strong Christian woman” and therefore can see that God is using Trump to better the country just like he did with the harlots. Or something. Watch below and see if …

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REPORT: Donald Trump And His Companies Have Been Sued At Least 20 Times For Sexual Harassment

USA Today reports: One woman sued Donald Trump’s Miami resort saying she lost her job because she got pregnant. Two others claimed they were fired after complaining that co-workers sexually harassed them. And a number of women testified in a lawsuit that Trump himself repeatedly instructed managers to hire younger, prettier workers at his Los Angeles golf club. The release …

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Mike Pence: Despite Reports I’m Sticking With Trump

CNN reports: Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said Monday that he did not consider leaving Donald Trump’s presidential ticket, saying it’s the “greatest honor of my life” to be nominated by the Republican Party as Trump’s running mate. “You know I’ll always keep my conversations with Donald Trump and my family private. But it’s absolutely false to suggest that at any …

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Apprentice Producer Mark Burnett Vows To Sue Staffers If They Leak Outtakes Damaging To Donald Trump

Buzzfeed News reports: A powerful Hollywood ally of Donald Trump has threatened staffers who could release potentially damaging outtakes of the show, a source close to Mark Burnett told BuzzFeed News. Burnett, the producer of The Apprentice, and his production company have not responded to requests for comment from BuzzFeed News and many other outlets since grotesque outtakes from another …

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Obama On Trump’s Lewd Comments: His Unbelievable Rhetoric Just Shows His Insecurities [VIDEO]

NPR reports: Reacting to the recent release of audio of Donald Trump making vulgar comments about women, President Obama called the candidate “insecure” and said he “pumps himself up by putting other people down – not a character trait I would advise for somebody in the Oval Office.” Obama spoke about Trump at a planned event Sunday in Chicago for …

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Mary Matalin: Trump’s Comments Were Just “Locker Room Talk” And Miss Universe Is a “Venezuelan Tart”

Video below. Via Mediaite: During a back and forth that included host George Stephanopoulos, fellow GOP consultant Alex Castellanos, Democrat Stephanie Cutter and ABC’s Matthew Dowd, Matalin went off on a tangent regarding what voters really want to talk about. “Three out of four voters said they will cast their vote based on health care,” Matalin stated. “What’s going on …

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Debate To Open With #Pussygate Questions

CNN reports: The first set of questions at Sunday night’s presidential debate will be about Donald Trump’s vulgar comments on a newly published 2005 videotape, and the fallout from it. And Hillary Clinton will get the first question. Moderators Anderson Cooper of CNN and Martha Raddatz of ABC have adjusted their plan for the debate in light of the Trump …

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Stammering Giuliani Flails On #Pussygate, Says Words And Actions Are Two Different Things [VIDEO]

The Washington Post reports: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani struggled to defend Donald Trump against suggestions of sexual harassment and assault during a series of uncomfortable interviews Sunday morning, amid the uproar over a 2005 video in which Trump made lewd comments and suggested he could grab women against their will because he is a celebrity. “You’re saying …

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Debate Prep? What Debate Prep? [VIDEO]

Via Mediaite: This morning, Donald Trump got straight to tweeting at 9:01 a.m. and he took aim at the shocking amount of Republicans who have unendorsed or condemned him following the leak of a lewd conversation he had in 2005. MSNBC was in the middle of doing a roundup of the last two days when the tweet came, so Hallie …

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POLL: 74% Of Republicans Still Back Trump

Politico reports: A wave of Republican officials abandoned Donald Trump on Saturday, but, at least for now, rank-and-file Republicans are standing by the party’s presidential candidate, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted immediately after audio was unearthed Friday that had the GOP nominee crudely bragging about groping women and trying to lure a married woman into an affair. …

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Grab ‘Em By The Pussy: The Remixes [AUDIO]

Via Pitchfork: Earlier today, Mike Dean posted a new song on his Soundcloud. It’s called “Grab Em By Da Pussy,” and as its title suggests, it primarily features audio that surfaced yesterday of Trump’s 2005 conversation with Billy Bush. The audio featured lewd and controversial statements Trump made about women. The track also opens up with a clip of “The …

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Today’s New York Daily News

From the New York Daily News: The chorus of Republican lawmakers calling on Donald Trump to quit his problem-plagued presidential campaign grew Saturday — more fallout stemming from his latest misogynist remarks that even disgusted his running mate. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, in a statement dripping with revulsion, distanced himself from the top of the ticket. “We pray for his …

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SNL Takes On #Pussygate [VIDEO]

Slate recaps: Alec Baldwin’s Trump was great last week but better this time; he must have spent the whole week in front of a mirror practicing grotesque facial expressions. His awkward attempt to “apple-a-gize” before reducing Strong to shivers with a “Bop-It” inspired description of his pussy-grabbing technique is spot on. (There’s a sentence no one ever expected to have …

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Sarah Palin: Trump’s Pussy-Grabbing Comment Is Disgusting And Shameful And I’m Still Standing By Him

Just posted to Sarah Palin’s Facebook page: Disgusting, shameful, totally disrespectful “locker room” garbage, privately shared between two Hollywood playboys over a decade ago, is now made to be “the crudeness heard ’round the world.” The old Bush and Trump braggart comments were beyond abhorrent and offensive, though both boys apologized for them. As offensive, however, is media obsession with …

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John McCain Leaps Into Overcrowded Lifeboat

“In addition to my well known differences with Donald Trump on public policy issues, I have raised questions about his character after his comments on Prisoners of War, the Khan Gold Star family, Judge Curiel and earlier inappropriate comments about women. Just this week, he made outrageous statements about the innocent men in the Central Park Five case. “As I …

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Trump Tweets Defiance As Top Republicans Leap Into Lifeboats And Row Furiously Away Into The Night

Donald Trump just fired out the above tweet as the number of former and current GOP governors, Senators, and US House reps calling for him to step aside continues to snowball. In related news, I suggest you set your DVR for tonight’s SNL as we can only imagine the delighted frenzy taking place right now over at 30 Rock.

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Melania Does Damage Control

“The words my husband used are unacceptable and offensive to me. This does not represent the man that I know. He has the heart and mind of a leader. I hope that people accept his apology, as I have, and focus on the important issues facing our nation and the world.” – Melania Trump, rushing towards the raging dumpster fire …

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Republican Party Halts Trump “Victory” Project

WOW. Politico reports: The Republican National Committee on Saturday appeared to at least temporarily halt the operations of some of the “Victory” program that is devoted to electing Donald Trump. The move comes as the GOP nominee is under mounting pressure from elected Republicans to step aside after he was caught on tape bragging about sexually assaulting women. In an …

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Sassy Trump Sings “I Will Survive” [VIDEO]

British actor Peter Serafinowicz, whom some of you will know as the voice of Darth Maul, has earned a big following with his Sassy Trump character, which is essentially just Trump speeches delivered word-for-word in a fey voice. Today he turns last night’s defiant #pussygate video into Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive. Watch below.

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