Final US Presidential Debate: Trump Cornered Over “Groping” Claims

Trump responded angrily to a question about the chorus of women who have stepped forward in recent days to accuse him of unwanted kissing and groping. (Photo Courtesy: PTI)

Hillary Clinton, during Wednesday’s presidential debate, accused Donald Trump of believing that “belittling women makes him bigger.”

Donald Trump says claims by women who say he groped them have been largely debunked, even though they have not.

Donald thinks belittling women makes him bigger. He goes after their dignity, their self worth, and I don’t think there is a woman anywhere who doesn’t know what that feels like. So we now know what Donald is and what he said and how he acts toward women. That’s who he is.

Hillary Clinton, US Presidential Candidate (Democrat)

Since the last debate, several women have accused Trump of inappropriately touching or kissing them without consent in incidents spanning decades. The accusations began after the Washington Post published a leaked 2005 conversation in which Trump made lewd comments about women, boasting about groping them. Asked at the second debate whether he had actually ever kissed or groped women without consent, Trump said he had not, dismissing his lewd comments as “locker room talk.”

During Wednesday’s debate, Trump denied that he had ever criticized his accusers’ appearance, even though he did so at rallies last week.

Trump is also claiming in Wednesday's debate that he thinks Hillary Clinton's campaign is behind the women coming forward, even though there is no evidence of that, either.

Trump says, "I believe she got these people to step forward." He calls the women's stories "lies and fiction." He says, "I don't know those people."

Also Watch:

Final US Presidential Elections: Clinton & Trump on Fighting ISIS

Final US Presidential Debate: Clinton and Trump on Vladimir Putin

Final US Presidential Debate: Clinton vs Trump on Immigration

(With inputs from: PTI)

Video Editor: Prashant Bhardwaj