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Trump's non-apology for obscene comments on leaked tape did not convince anyone

His attempt at an apology came with some conditions.

Peter Allen Clark

on October 7, 2016

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After The Washington Post released a 2005 video of a hot mic catching Donald Trump saying some disquieting things about women this afternoon, his campaign quickly issued a non-apology.

Sure, it has the word 'apologize' in it, but it comes with a conditional.

Here's the video, which does contain some graphic language, if you haven't seen it yet:

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And here's the statement from Trump:

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"This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago," the statement on his campaign website read, responding to the insistence that he can do anything to women, including grabbing their private parts. "Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course -- not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended."

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So the Republican nominee apologized conditionally -- only if anyone was offended. He did not apologize for saying that he has license to sexually assault women because he is "a star." He only apologized if discussing his that license offended anyone.

That did not stop the Associated Press and the BBC from calling the statement the first actual apology of Trump's insult-ridden campaign.

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Others, however, did not see the statement as an apology. The Washington Post followed up its reveal with a story on how the statement was only kind of an apology.

And Twitter was also definitely not having it.

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Topics Donald Trump Elections

Peter Allen Clark

I have done neat stuff all over these United States from sailing lessons on the Puget Sound to motorcycle maintenance on the backroads of upstate New York. My professional experience extends from newspaper reporting in the mountains of Eastern Oregon to fixing espresso machines throughout Kentucky. I also have kept a cat alive for 10 years.