"As
you have seen, I am a victim of one of the great political smear
campaigns in the history of our country," he said at a rally in
Charlotte, North Carolina, on Friday night. "They are coming after me to
try and destroy what is considered by even them the greatest movement
in the history of our country."
Trump's
comments came as he once again alleged it's "all false stuff" and there
is a "concerted effort" to take down his campaign, ignoring calls from
his campaign advisers to focus on economic issues rather than responding
to the allegations.
"My people always say, 'Don't talk about
it, talk about jobs, talk about the economy,'" Trump explained to his
supporters in Greensboro earlier on Friday. "But I feel I have to talk
about it because you have to dispute when somebody says something."
And
during his two rallies on Friday, Trump did just that, forcefully
denying the allegations that he kissed and groped several women without
their consent -- actions he had bragged about being able to do in a 2005
tape -- and arguing that if just a sliver of voters believe those
allegations, he will lose the election.
That comment came in Greensboro, which
took place less than two hours after two women came forward alleging
Trump groped them without their consent. One of the women, former
"Apprentice" contestant Summer Zervos, made her accusation during that
rally.
In Greensboro, Trump
disputed the account of the other woman, Kristin Anderson, calling her
story "nonsense" and "false," arguing that he rarely sits alone, even
though Anderson never claimed Trump was sitting alone at the time of the
incident.
"I was sitting alone by myself and then I went wah to somebody," Trump said at his Greensboro rally, motioning to his side as he attempted to re-enact Anderson's account of his behavior.
He
also proposed that his supporters boycott People magazine after a
reporter wrote a story alleging Trump began kissing her without her
consent in 2005 when the two were alone for an interview at his
Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
"I think maybe what we should do, boycott that issue of People Magazine," he said in Charlotte.
Trump also accused Clinton of "character assassination," saying in Charlotte that it's Clinton's "specialty."
"And
her specialty, if you look over the years, has been character
assassination and really personally just going after people, that's her
specialty," he said. "She's been doing it her whole career. The only
force strong enough to smash Clinton's corrupt criminal syndicate is
you, the American voter, November 8th."
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