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Trump Unpacks Three Decades of Clinton Baggage in Debate

  • Clinton says Trump’s behavior makes him unfit for office
  • Second presidential debate mixes personal attacks, policy

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton debate on Oct. 9, 2016, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Photographer: Scott Olson/Getty Images
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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton combined salacious charges about past sexual scandals with sober discussion of substantive topics during their second presidential debate Sunday night following a weekend of unprecedented crisis in the Republican nominee’s campaign.

It wasn’t clear the debate would enable Trump to stop the free-fall of his campaign or the flood of top Republicans rescinding their support for him after a 2005 video surfaced Friday in which Trump talked about being able to do anything to women because of his fame.