Trump did the impossible: He won the second debate (and everyone knows it)

Last Friday, I wrote a piece for Red Alert Politics titled, “Liar”: Millennials reject Clinton, but will they show up to the polls?”

Hours after the story was published, something happened that completely changed the political landscape of this election. Footage was published of Donald Trump from 2005 saying some offensive things about a woman, which not only plunged his campaign into chaos, but also shook up the Republican National Committee (RNC). Sources confirmed to me that the RNC began pulling funding that was initially earmarked for Trump’s campaign.

Many Republican leaders withdrew their support, and several high-level elected officials asked Trump to step down and suggested he be replaced with his running mate Mike Pence. The outlook appeared so bleak that I publicly said, “Trump’s campaign is already in the water. Tonight’s debate determines if it washes away into the abyss of nothingness.”

This debate was the game changer Trump desperately needed, otherwise his campaign was toast a month before Election Day.

On Sunday night, Trump did something not many of us expected. He held a pre-debate press conference and brought out four women who attacked the actions of the Clinton’s. Trump’s panel included Kathleen Willey, Juanita Broaddrick, Paula Jones, and another woman Kathy Shelton, whose rapist was successfully defended by Hillary Clinton as a young lawyer. Three of the women made allegations of sexual assault against Bill Clinton in the ‘90s.