quoted.news: Trump fallout edition
“He’s always been this guy… He’s not feeling ashamed. He’s feeling aggrieved,” (shares: 7, 76) from “The Most Trump Weekend Ever” by Michael Kruse for Politico.
Jill “Harth alleged that Trump forcibly touched her, time and again,” (138 shares) from “Trump, companies accused of mistreating women in at least 20 lawsuits” by John Kelly, Nick Penzenstadler and Steve Reilly for USA Today.
“Scores of Republican leaders have failed a fundamental test of moral courage… All of those people will have to live with their collaboration for the rest of their political lives,” (shares: 182, 46) from “A generation of GOP stars stands diminished: ‘Everything Trump touches dies’” by Philip Rucker for the Washington Post.
“Hovering underneath all that supposed desire is contempt: These women are so stupid, they’ll let me do anything,” (367 shares) from “Donald Trump: King of the Old Boys’ Club, and Perhaps Its Destroyer” by Susan Dominus for the New York Times.
“Aides described Mr. Trump as shaken, watching news coverage of the video with a mix of disbelief and horror… ‘I haven’t heard from anyone saying I should drop out, and that would never happen’,” Trump said (99 shares) from “Lewd Trump Tape Is a Breaking Point for Many in the G.O.P.” by Jonathan Martin, Maggie Haberman and Alexander Burns for the New York Times.
“The fact remains that he can only be replaced if he quits or dies,” (75 shares) from “RNC lawyers look at options for replacing Trump” by Ben Schreckinger for Politico.
“Ten percent of Republicans said the video gave them a positive feeling,” (537 shares) from “Exclusive poll: GOP voters want the party to stand by Trump” by Steven Shepard, Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer for Politico.
“Next month we will grab you where it hurts. By your ballots,” (475 shares) from “Donald and Billy on the Bus” by Lindy West for the New York Times.
“It’s the fact that Billy Bush just nodded along that gives us rape culture,” (516 shares) from “Why Donald Trump and Billy Bush’s leaked conversation is so awful” by Alexandra Petri for the Washington Post.
Since August, the New York Times has been updating a timeline of Trump’s candidacy along with when prominent Republican’s have said they will not vote for him. There’s a huge jump since Friday.
“I played a couple years with a guy who later turned out to be a serial rapist. Even he never talked like that… Even the most debauched club-hopping party animal talks about women more civilly than you… in an actual locker room, you would be universally reviled as a cancerous, egotistical train wreck of a disgrace,” (shares: 103, 11, 8) from “Dear Donald Trump: I played in the NFL. Here’s what we really talk about in the locker room.” by Chris Kluwe for Vox.
Originally published at tinyletter.com.
