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Donald Trump’s Latest Comments About Women Are So Disturbing They Can’t Be Printed

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Valentina Zarya
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October 7, 2016, 5:37 PM ET
Republican Presidential Candidates Hold Third Debate In Colorado
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Still wondering how Donald Trump really feels about women?

On Friday, TheWashington Postreported that it had acquired a 2005 video of the GOP nominee bragging about the women he tried to have sex with. The video was recorded several months after his marriage to his current wife, Melania Trump, though it is unclear when the events he describes on the tape took place.

The video captures Trump talking with Billy Bush of Access Hollywood, according to the Post. Here is a sampling of some of the lewdest comments the presidential contender made on mic:

“When you’re a star, they let you do it.”

“I moved on her and I failed. I’ll admit it.”

“I did try and f— her. She was married.”

“I’ve gotta use some tic tacs, just in case I start kissing her…You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful—I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait.”

“Grab them by the p—y.”

The Trump campaign responded by releasing the following statement, shifting the blame to President Bill Clinton:

“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. I apologize if anyone was offended.”

Some social media users shared their outrage about the comments—and Trump’s lack of apology for them—on social media:

I’m sorry guys. I really am. But this does not qualify as an apology from Trump: "I apologize if anyone was offended.”

— Matt Viser (@mviser) October 7, 2016

"Hillary's husband is an abuser of women" said Donald Trump who is an abuser of women and, unlike Hillary's husband, running for president.

— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) October 7, 2016

We have audio of Donald Trump saying he can do what he wants to women b/c he's famous.

Bill Cosby thought the same. So did Woody Allen.

— Danielle Blake (@abradacabla) October 7, 2016

https://twitter.com/THEJordonBrown/status/784493130124898304

Hillary Clinton weighed in on Twitter, calling Trump’s comments “horrific” and saying that “we cannot allow this man to become president.”

This is horrific. We cannot allow this man to become president. https://t.co/RwhW7yeFI2

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 7, 2016

Clinton’s running mate Tim Kaine also commented, according to New York Times reporter Thomas Kaplan:

Tim Kaine to reporters in Las Vegas on the new Trump audio: "It makes me sick to my stomach."

— Thomas Kaplan (@thomaskaplan) October 7, 2016

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