memeorandum: In 1999, Trump Said He Couldn't Be President Because of the Women He'd Sleep With (Lindsey Ellefson/Mediaite)

5:40 PM ET, October 8, 2016

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Amid growing calls to drop out, Trump vows to ‘never withdraw’ — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said in an interview Saturday that he would not drop out of the race under any circumstances, following calls from several in his party to do so. — “I'd never withdraw.

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

WHIP LIST: Republicans breaking with Trump — GOP lawmakers and elected officials are abandoning presidential nominee Donald Trump — in droves just one month before Election Day after audio emerged of him making sexually obscene remarks about groping women.

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Donald Trump Says Campaign Not in Crisis, and There Is 'Zero Chance I'll Quit' — GOP presidential candidate tells The Wall Street Journal 'support I'm getting is unbelievable' — Donald Trump, under pressure to step aside as the Republican presidential candidate after the disclosure …

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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:

POLITICO Breaking News: Pence reverses, no longer attending event with Paul Ryan — INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Mike Pence will no longer be attending a Saturday campaign event in Wisconsin with House Speaker Paul Ryan. — Donald Trump was slated to attend the event but was dropped Friday evening …

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Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:

In 1999, Trump Said He Couldn't Be President Because of the Women He'd Sleep With — Here we go again! — We love (love!) digging through old articles to find you primo Donald Trump content, and boy, this time we sure did it big. — Today, audio from 2005 leaked that showed Donald Trump casually talking …

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New York Times:

Lewd Donald Trump Tape Is a Breaking Point for Many in the G.O.P. — WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump's campaign was teetering on Saturday after the release of a video in which he speaks of women in vulgar sexual terms, with more Republican leaders calling for him to leave the ticket and demanding …

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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:

GOP consumed by crisis as more Republicans call on Trump to quit race … The Republican Party plunged into an epic and historic political crisis Saturday with just a month to go until Election Day, as a rapidly growing number of GOP lawmakers called on defiant presidential nominee Donald Trump …

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Donald Trump / Entertainment Tonight:

EXCLUSIVE: Nancy O'Dell Reacts to Donald Trump Recording — Entertainment Tonight host Nancy O'Dell has released the following statement in response to comments made by Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump that came to light Friday: — “Politics aside, I'm saddened that these comments still exist in our society at all.

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Associated Press:
Republicans Reeling After Trump's Vulgar Comments Revealed

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Erica Hellerstein / ThinkProgress:
Trump's comments on women are what it took for these Republicans to withdraw their support

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New York Times:
The Sleaziness of Donald Trump

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John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Just Lost The Election

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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
SundayReview — JILL HARTH'S first concern with Donald Trump's hands …

Cristiano Lima / Politico:
'I'm out': Rep. Chaffetz withdraws his endorsement of Trump

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Mark Green / fox13now.com:
Congressman Jason Chaffetz withdraws his endorsement of Donald Trump

Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Character Is Destiny — If you're shocked that Donald Trump …

Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Tried to Fire Nancy O'Dell After She Rejected His Sexual Advances

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Emily Brown / USA Today:
Donald Trump's apology for his 2005 video comments (full transcript)

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Apology That Wasn't

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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sen. Mike Lee urges Trump to quit, as Utah Republicans abandon their party's nominee

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

RNC halts Victory project work for Trump — 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 …

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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:

RNC lawyers look at options for replacing Trump — The Republican National Committee is taking the weekend to reevaluate its strategy while lawyers examine the legal hurdles to replacing Donald Trump with another nominee, according to Republicans in touch with the committee.

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Why Trump won't get dumped from the GOP ticket

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CNN:

Donald Trump to Howard Stern: It's okay to call my daughter a ‘piece of ass’ — Topics Trump discussed: Ivanka's physique, having sex with women on their menstrual cycles. and leaving women after they reach the age of 35. — (CNN)Warning: This story contains graphic language.

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The Daily Beast:
Leaked Podesta Emails Show Bernie Was Right

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New York Times:
Leaked Speech Excerpts Show a Hillary Clinton at Ease With Wall Street

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Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
The most revealing Clinton campaign emails in WikiLeaks release

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Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
In closed-door remarks delivered to a foreign bank, Hillary Clinton declared that her …

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Jim Stinson / LifeZette:
Wikileaks Dump: Hillary Dreams of ‘Open Trade and Open Borders’

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Nate Cohn / New York Times:

How Donald Trump Could Send Republicans Crashing Down — You do not need a statistical model to know that Donald J. Trump is in a lot of trouble. — His chances were already in jeopardy heading into the second presidential debate Sunday. Hillary Clinton's lead has grown steadily over the last two weeks …

Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:

Evangelical Leaders Shrug At Donald Trump's Lewd Comments — The fact that Donald Trump said in 2005 that he could grab women “by the pussy” because he's famous doesn't seem to be changing how social conservative leaders feel about him. — Evangelicals who opposed him before still aren't fans.

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Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
‘Still the best candidate’: Some evangelicals still back Trump despite lewd video

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Frances Langum / Latest from Crooks and Liars:

Robert DeNiro's Video Was ‘Too Partisan’ For A GOTV Campaign, But... So the “Vote Your Future” campaign asks celebrities to speak into a camera about the importance of voting. — It's so important to make your voice heard. You have the power to change the world. Your voice and your vote matter.

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