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Speaking at a
campaign rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, for Democratic
presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Obama said the choice was
clear in the Nov. 8 election even before the tape was leaked
last week showing Trump speaking crudely about women.
"Now you find a situation in which the guy says stuff that
nobody would find tolerable if they were applying for a job at
7-Eleven," Obama told the crowd, referring to the convenience
store chain.
Trump said during Sunday night's presidential debate he was
embarrassed by the video, but dismissed it as "locker room
talk."
Obama also criticized some Republicans who have condemned the
remarks but are still backing the New York businessman.
"The fact that now you've got people saying: 'We strongly
disagree, we really disapprove ... but we're still endorsing
him.' They still think he should be president, that doesn't make
sense to me," Obama said.
Earlier on Tuesday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the
remarks in the recording amounted to sexual assault.
Obama also took aim at Trump's business credentials, referring
to a New York Times report that showed he claimed a nearly
billion dollar loss in one year on his taxes in the 1990s.
"They say the house always wins," Obama quipped about Trump, who
was a casino developer at the time. "I don't know how that
happens."
(Reporting by Ayesha Rascoe; Additional reporting by Jeff Mason;
Editing by Peter Cooney)
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