washington<u+2014>democratic vice presidential candidate tim kaine said sunday that donald trump <u+2019>s lewd and degrading comments about women show a <u+201c>pattern of assaultive behavior<u+201d> by the republican nominee. <u+201c>it<u+2019>s not just words,<u+201d> the virginia senator said on cnn<u+2019>s <u+201c>state of the union,<u+201d> referring to a 2005 video of mr. trump<u+2019>s comments released on friday. <u+201c>it<u+2019>s really talking about a pattern of sexual assault.<u+201d> the subject is likely to come up at tonight<u+2019>s second presidential town-hall style debate in st. louis. <u+201c>it<u+2019>s really for donald trump to answer and take responsibility,<u+201d> mr. kaine said. he said it was up to mr. trump to explain to undecided voters why he <u+201c>thought that was acceptable behavior.<u+201d> former new york mayor rudolph giuliani said mr. trump had no intention of dropping out of the presidential race despite a rising chorus of republican leaders calling on him to step aside. <u+201c>gosh almighty, he who hasn<u+2019>t sinned throw the first stone here,<u+201d> mr. giuliani, a confidant of mr. trump, said on the cnn program, <u+201c>state of the union.<u+201d> <u+201c>the fact is that men at times talk like that. not all men, but men do.<u+201d> mr. trump also told the wall street journal he would stay in the race shortly after the tape surfaced. mr. giuliani said that mr. trump had made <u+201c>a full and complete apology<u+201d> for his boastful remarks about pressing himself on women a decade ago, when he was 59 years old. today<u+2019>s 70-year-old candidate had changed his thinking significantly about women since then, mr. giuliani said. <u+201c>it<u+2019>s a different man that emerges when you campaign around the country for a year and a half,<u+201d> mr. giuliani said, hearing from ordinary citizens who say they want a change in the nation<u+2019>s direction. <u+201c>he<u+2019>s the agent of that change,<u+201d> mr. giuliani said. mr. giuliani stepped in at the last minute to substitute on the sunday news programs for kellyanne conway, mr. trump<u+2019>s campaign manager, who initially was scheduled to represent the candidate. the democratic vice presidential candidate said mr. trump has shown a <u+201c>broad pattern of disrespect<u+201d> for a wide range of groups of people, including immigrants, muslims, and women. <u+201c>it<u+2019>s not something you can explain as aberrational. there is plenty of evidence that this is who donald trump is today.<u+201d> mr. trump apologized for the comments shortly after the recording surfaced friday. in it, the gop presidential nominee talks about forcing himself on women, including married ones, and saying his celebrity enabled it. <u+201c>i pledge to be a better man tomorrow and will never, ever let you down,<u+201d> mr. trump said in a video statement posted on his facebook page after midnight on edt on saturday. write to donna borak at donna.borak@wsj.com and jess bravin at jess.bravin@wsj.com
tim kaine labels donald trump<u+2019>s behavior sexual assault   - wsj
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