White House: Obama found Trump's comments 'as repugnant as most Americans did'
WASHINGTON _ President Barack Obama found the leaked video of Donald Trump's lascivious remarks "as repugnant as most Americans did," the White House said Tuesday, suggesting that Obama considers Trump's comments a description of sexual assault.
The video, in which Trump said he likes to grab women by their genitals and kiss them without asking, are drawing condemnation for good reason, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said aboard Air Force One.
"There has been a pretty clear statement by people all along the ideological spectrum that those statements constituted sexual assault," Earnest said, as the president flew to North Carolina to campaign for Trump's rival, Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Earnest's comments were the first account of Obama's reaction to the tape since it emerged Friday in a Washington Post report, inspiring dozens of Republican office holders to repudiate Trump or distance themselves from him.
_ Tribune Washington Bureau
