.@SpeakerRyan addresses WI crowd over scattered shouts of "Trump!" and "shame on you!" https://t.co/F5pC6cE50E https://t.co/lVnmOsv3Pm

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics)

October 8, 2016

John McCain withdraws support

 

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/mccain-trump-229380

 

I wish I could believe this was oh so noble.

I can't believe there are still crazy people still supporting Trump. Shouting his name and cheering him as he appears and yelling USA. This world is so messed up!

If McCain's pride finally broke, that's the beginning. There are others who have rescinded and abandoned in the last 24 hours but McCain is the biggest so far.

Unfortunately for Arianne Zucker, this is probably not the way she wanted to land on the front page of one of the UK's most widely circulated and venerated newspapers. 

So between Tic Tac denouncing Trump's statements only weeks after Skittles denounced his son's statements, I wonder which candy will be part of some offensive and ugly Trump statement or analogy? 

 

Tic Tac respects all women. We find the recent statements and behavior completely inappropriate and unacceptable.

— Tic Tac USA (@TicTacUSA)

October 8, 2016

Andy Dean is disgusting!

So between Tic Tac denouncing Trump's statements only weeks after Skittles denounced his son's statements, I wonder which candy will be part of some offensive and ugly Trump statement or analogy? 

 

Tic Tac respects all women. We find the recent statements and behavior completely inappropriate and unacceptable.

— Tic Tac USA (@TicTacUSA)

October 8, 2016

Speaking of....where is Eric Trump? Why hasn't he made a statement about his dad? He was all over CNN recently and being all high and mighty!

Thanks. I have been noticing a shift like you pointed out and I'm glad that it seems he's definitely not going to be elected. They've really been on top of the Alicia Machado and tax stuff here as well. I think they really tried for far too long to make him seems "normal" and like any other politician when he's really obviously a charlatan, crook, and racist/misogynist/sexist loser.  I'm sad to still see women on twitter supporting him and claiming that he's just like Bill Clinton .

 

They've really been hammering away here that American expats still have time to vote and bringing up things like Democrats Abroad and absentee balloting. I had not idea these things even existed. I even saw an ad about voting at the train station aimed at American expats.

 

Also, who the !@#$%^&*] is Billy Bush? This is now the second time I've seen him in the international news and I'd literally never heard of him before that Ryan Lochte debacle. Is he a major person? And is he related to the other Bushes?

He is indeed related to THAT Bush family. Nice, huh?

John McCain has FINALLY withdrawn his support for Trump. His daughter Meghan at least had the sense to never endorse him. 

I saw a clip of Eric Trump talking about how Pence was good for Illinois. And the person was like, "Don't you mean Indiana?" 

OMG lol

 

Politico:

 

 

An avalanche of Republicans began abandoning Donald Trump on Saturday, even as the embattled Republican nominee dug in to defend himself, declaring there was “zero chance” he would quit the race with Election Day exactly one month away.

 

Less than 24 hours after a tape surfaced of Trump describing his pursuit of women in lewd and assaulting terms — “I don’t even wait,” he bragged about groping a woman’s genitals — Trump faced defections from prominent supporters, congressmen, governors and senators.

 

Even Trump’s own running mate Mike Pence refused to firmly stand behind his political partner, canceling a planned appearance in Wisconsin on Trump’s behalf and saying, “I do not condone his remarks and cannot defend them.” (A source familiar with Pence's thinking did say the Indiana governor is not currently contemplating leaving the ticket.)

 

It was a historic and unprecedented floodgate of opposition to the Republican nominee from within his own party, from the head of the national college Republicans (“The Party of Lincoln is not a locker room”) to the No. 3-ranked GOP senator, John Thune (“Donald Trump should withdraw and Mike Pence should be our nominee effective immediately.”).

 

Trump was characteristically defiant. "The media and establishment want me out of the race so badly - I WILL NEVER DROP OUT OF THE RACE, WILL NEVER LET MY SUPPORTERS DOWN!" he tweeted on Saturday afternoon amid growing cries for just that.

 

Many of Trump’s top advisers, including campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, campaign CEO Stephen Bannon, Gov. Chris Christie and his son, Donald Trump Jr., were spotted entering Trump Tower amid the unfolding chaos.

 

Later in the afternoon, outside the tower, Trump reveled in the rowdy crowd, waving and high-fiving supporters, some of who yelled out “I love you!”

 

Even as Trump’s hardcore supporters rallied, elected Republicans bolted. Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, who is up for reelection this fall, was among those who withdrew their endorsements in sharply personal terms. “I’m a mom and an American first,” Ayotte said, “and I cannot and will not support a candidate for president who brags about degrading and assaulting women.”

 

Her statement was one of many signs that the early and tepid Trump denunciations on Friday had morphed into far fiercer renunciations — including demands that he resign. Rep. Martha Roby, in a solid Republican district in Alabama, announced on Saturday morning that she too could no longer back Trump.

 

Many others followed. 2008 GOP presidential nominee John McCain late Saturday afternoon said he would no longer vote for Trump. Carly Fiorina, who ran for president and was briefly Ted Cruz’s running mate, called on Trump to “step aside.” Conservative radio show host and Trump defender Hugh Hewitt said the nominee “should withdraw.” “More and worse oppo coming,” Hewitt wrote on Twitter.

 

And in an impassioned video posted on Facebook after midnight, Sen. Mike Lee of Utah told Trump: “Step down.”

 

[...]

 

The Republican National Committee offered another troubling sign, as they appeared on Saturday to at least temporarily halt the operations of some of the “Victory” program that is devoted to electing Trump. In an email from the RNC to a victory program mail vendor, with the subject line “Hold on all projects,” the committee asked the vendor to “put a hold” on mail production.

Edited October 8, 20169 yr by Vee

Condoleezza Rice calls for Trump to step down

 

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/condi-rice-donald-trump-229385

 

There is a crazy mob scene of Trump supporters on the street outside Trump Tower while Republican after Republican unendorses and calls for him to drop out (even stalwart pundits like Hugh Hewitt). It's like Pinochet's last stand.

The calls for Trump to step down are just theatre. It can't happen.

 

http://time.com/4523892/donald-trump-republican-nominee-step-down/

I would agree, but still, they are everywhere now and growing by the hour. It is becoming an avalanche. It's not coordinated theater, this is the GOP in revolt.

 

Pence cancelled on Ryan's event. I wonder what is going on.

Edited October 8, 20169 yr by Vee