One went high, other went low: Clinton

“The differences between me and my opponent are pretty clear. To paraphrase my friend Michelle Obama, one of us went high and one of us went low,” Clinton said on Monday at an election rally in Detroit Michigan. This was her first election rally after Sunday night’s second presidential debate in St Louis, Missouri. “Donald Trump spent his time attacking when he should have been apologising,” she said amidst applause from the audience.  “Now, there are a lot of things he should apologise for, right?” she asked her supporters, who shouted back, “Yeah!” “On Friday, the whole world heard him talking about the terrible way he treats women,” Clinton said referring to the audio and video tapes that have surfaced in which Trump is seen making lewd comments about women. “Last night, when he was pressed about how he behaves, he just doubled down on his excuse that it is just locker room banter. Well, I’ll tell you what. Women and men across America know that is just a really weak excuse for  behaving badly and mistreating people,” Clinton said. “I got to tell you though, we’ve seen this kind of behaviour all through the campaign from my opponent. And unfortunately, some people do not want to face it, but here is a man who has insulted not just women but African-Americans, Latinos, people with disabilities, Muslims, PoWs and so many more,” she said as the audience booed Trump again.

Donald Trump stepped up his attacks against US House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday, one day after the top Republican in Congress said he was not going to defend the party’s presidential nominee or campaign for him. Facing a barrage of criticism over sexually aggressive comments that surfaced on Friday, Trump has seen his support among some lawmakers fall away in recent days as the Republican Party splits apart over its White House candidate less than a month before the election. In social media posts early Tuesday, Trump lashed out against Ryan and other Republicans for failing to back him amid the controversy and as most national opinion polls show Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton increasing her lead.