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It’s quickly become clear that Trump and his team do not understand that. In the debate, the GOP nominee insisted he “



When the Weekly Standard followed up, “So if you grab a woman by the genitals, that’s not sexual assault?” Sessions reportedly replied, “I don’t know. It’s not clear that he – how that would occur.”



As Vox When Donald Trump, newly married for the third time, boasted about his sexual exploits in 2005, he went further than routine braggadocio. As we discussed yesterday, Trump described situations in which he kissed women without their consent and grabbed them by their genitals. For reasons that should be obvious, it’s led many to accurately characterize Trump’s actions as sexual assaults.Yesterday morning, Rudy Giuliani, one of the Republican candidate’s top surrogates, conceded the point without pushing back. Indeed, in last night’s debate, co-moderator Anderson Cooper was rather direct on this point, asking Trump, “You bragged that you have sexually assaulted women. Do you understand that?”It’s quickly become clear that Trump and his team do not understand that. In the debate, the GOP nominee insisted he “ didn’t say ” anything about sexual assault. After the debate, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), another leading Trump surrogate, told the Weekly Standard, in reference to the candidate’s own claims, “I don’t characterize that as sexual assault. I think that’s a stretch.”When the Weekly Standard followed up, “So if you grab a woman by the genitals, that’s not sexual assault?” Sessions reportedly replied, “I don’t know. It’s not clear that he – how that would occur.”As Vox noted , Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s campaign manager, apparently hopes to remove the phrase from the campaign conversation altogether.

“That’s a very unfortunate phrase, and people really should stop using it,” Conway said.



“Why?” Bash said.



“Because I know him better, and I know better,” Conway said.