There’s been widespread condemnation of Donald Trump following the release of the Access Hollywood tape from 2005, in which Trump flat-out brags and laughs about sexually assaulting women. The condemnation makes me feel better, although I think the fact that Donald Trump is the GOP’s candidate for president says awful things about our country. Like, while Trump’s words on the tape were deplorable and shocking, they weren’t surprising. Many people, men and women, have known what kind of monster Donald Trump was and is. Still, for a Hillary Clinton supporter like me, the past 24 hours have been full of schadenfreude. HRC issued one simple statement:

This is horrific. We cannot allow this man to become president. https://t.co/RwhW7yeFI2

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 7, 2016

How much would you have loved it if she said “this is deplorable”? I would have loved it. The Clinton campaign also cut and dropped a new ad:

Women have the power to stop Trump.https://t.co/tTgeqy51PUhttps://t.co/VH3woeAf9Q pic.twitter.com/NjvbkPsjPR

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 7, 2016

What’s crazy is that those weren’t even the most appalling quotes! And of course there’s a ton of other stuff, like Robert DeNiro telling the world that Donald Trump needs to be canceled from planet earth. NSFW-ish language.

Robert De Niro on Donald Trump: ‘He’s a punk, he’s a dog, he’s a pig …’ #TrumpTapes
pic.twitter.com/CWjifrnMLR

— E (@esheikh_) October 8, 2016

Also: CNN’s Ana Navarro became a folk hero in the past 24 hours for segments like these:

“Not fit to be President. Not fit to be nominee. Not fit to be a man.” What a speech by GOP strategist @ananavarro: pic.twitter.com/pJqTSkp5IN

— Julia Macfarlane (@juliamacfarlane) October 8, 2016

this was also amazing pic.twitter.com/yW5EnraLSR

— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) October 8, 2016

Melania Trump has come out of hiding to issue a statement (which you know she didn’t write herself). She says: “The words my husband used are unacceptable and offensive to me. This does not represent the man that I know. He has the heart and mind of a leader. I hope people will accept his apology, as I have, and focus on the important issues facing our nation and the world.” NOPE. Do you think he even apologized to her? I’ll say it again: some days I actually do feel sorry for Melania.

And finally, the Trump tape really has given us a national conversation about rape culture. Kelly Oxford started the hashtag #NotOkay and women have been telling their stories about sexual harassment and assault. I could only read the tweets for a few minutes – I got too upset by everything, honestly.

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