Donald Trump aggressively derided House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican leaders who’ve distanced themselves from his campaign following a leaked audio tape of him boasting about groping, kissing, and forcing himself on women.
Trump took to Twitter to blast Ryan, R-Wis., and other Republicans as disloyal cowards who will pay a political price.
“Disloyal R's are far more difficult than Crooked Hillary,” Trump tweeted. “They come at you from all sides. They don’t know how to win - I will teach them.”
Trump’, in his Twitter barrage, also reaffirmed his belief that his 2005 comments about his behavior toward women - which former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said describes sexual assault - was nothing more than locker room banter.
“The very foul-mouthed Sen. John McCain begged for my support during his primary (I gave, he won), then dropped me over locker room remarks!” Trump wrote in an afternoon post on Twitter.
Trump branded Ryan as a “weak and ineffective leader.” He complained that “Despite winning the second debate in a landslide (every poll), it is hard to do well when Paul Ryan and others give zero support.”
In another message, he declared that “It’s so nice that the shackles have been taken off me and I can now fight for America the way I want to.”