Mike Pence 'Offended' By Donald Trump's Lewd Remarks About Women

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, the Republican vice presidential nominee, released a statement Saturday denouncing lewd comments Donald Trump made about women in 2005, saying he cannot defend them.As a husband and father, I was offended by the words and actions described by Donald Trump in the eleven-year-old video released yesterday. I do not condone his remarks and cannot defend them, Pence said in a statement. I am grateful that he has expressed remorse and apologized to the American people. We pray for his family and look forward to the opportunity he has to show what is in his heart when he goes before the nation tomorrow night.The Washington Post publishedthe footage of Trump on Friday.In it, Trump talks about trying to have sex with married women and being able to grab women by the pussy because of his fame.After the recording was released, Trump was droppedfrom a Saturday event in Wisconsin with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R). Pence was scheduled to take his place, but the governor decided on Saturday that he also would not attend the event.function onPlayerReadyVidible(e){'undefined'!=typeof HPTrack&&HPTrack.Vid.Vidible_track(e)}!function(e,i){if(e.vdb_Player){if('object'==typeof commercial_video){var a='',o='m.fwsitesection='+commercial_video.site_and_category;if(a+=o,commercial_video['package']){var c='&m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3D'+commercial_video['package'];a+=c}e.setAttribute('vdb_params',a)}i(e.vdb_Player)}else{var t=arguments.callee;setTimeout(function(){t(e,i)},0)}}(document.getElementById('vidible_1'),onPlayerReadyVidible); After first issuing a nonapology and calling his comments locker room talk, Trump released a video saying he was wrong to have said what he did. He also vowed he would never drop out of the presidential race.A slew of Republicans rescinded their support for Trump over the comments, but several top members of the party' including Ryan ' havent actually withdrawn their endorsements of the presidential nominee.This story has been updated.type=type=RelatedArticlesblockTitle=Related Coverage + articlesList=57f8f457e4b068ecb5decba1,57f82469e4b0b6a430325d67,57f8016de4b0e655eab4148d,57f9034de4b0e655eab4b1e9Editors note: Donald Trump regularlyincitespolitical violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe,racist, misogynist and birther who hasrepeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims1.6 billion members of an entire religionfromentering the U.S. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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