Blame the mic for that lewd Access Hollywood tape, says Donald Trump
Donald Trump is blaming the Access Hollywood hot mic for catching him boasting about his fame giving him the ability to forcibly kiss and grope women with impunity.
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“The microphones, I mean to be honest should, you know, should never have been on,” he said, according to a clip from an interview with global Catholic network EWTN to be broadcast tonight. Excerpts were published today by the Washington Post.
It was the Post that scooped NBC News on the 2005 Access Hollywood tape in which then-Apprentice star Trump made the lewd boast to then-Access Hollywood star Billy Bush about grabbing women by their genitalia.
NBC News fired Bush, who had been promoted to Today show host in May, after the tape became public.
Two days after the tape became public, at the second presidential debate, Trump dismissed his remarks as “locker room talk” and denied he’d ever done those things of which he boasted. However, 11 women have come forward with various allegations of being groped by Trump. He recently announced he would sue all of the women after the election. He has called the women liars, unattractive, and in cahoots with Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
Melania Trump meanwhile, has blamed Bush for her husband’s lewd remarks, saying he egged on her husband.
One comment on the Deadline Hollywood site’ “So – boasting about being a misogynistic criminal is ok but the problem is that it shouldn’t have been on the mic?
“I think all criminals should use this as a defense…sure, you caught me on video but the camera wasn’t supposed to be on, so that evidence should be inadmissible.”
One of the key issues some Catholics will likely consider while voting is the importance of the Supreme Court. Trump has promised to appoint justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade, the decision that gave women a right to an abortion. Trump favored abortion rights for decades before beginning to describe himself as pro-life in 2011.
In his interview with Raymond Arroyo, lead anchor and managing editor of EWTN News, Trump spoke of a couple he knew, describing one as pro-life and one as pro-choice. When the mother was pregnant, he said, they argued over whether to have abortion, and they ended up having the baby.
“And the baby is such a magnificent person, who I know, a magnificent person,” Trump said, declining to go into more specifics. “And, the person that was actually pro-choice is now pro-life because of it and it had a big effect on me.”
Trump noted Ronald Reagan’s shift on the issue before he became president. “Many people have made the personal change,” Trump said. “I mean, some make the personal change the other way, also.”