Hillary needs to say she’s ashamed to be on the same stage as Donald Trump, that she refuses to “dignify this sort of treatment of women,” and hold a press conference to cancel her appearance at the debate.
She can say, “America has heard enough from this disgraceful excuse of a man.”
It will guarantee the story gets the coverage it deserves (huge) makes Trump (and all other Republicans who have hitched their wagons to him) defend himself for the foreseeable future, about something that is essentially indefensible, and feeds into the already negative narrative about him and women (the canned video “apology” for himself will not change this dynamic.)
It will take guts for Clinton to do this, but there is NOTHING to be gained at this point, for the public, or her campaign for President, by continuing to argue onstage with this jackass. It only demeans her own standing as a serious Presidential candidate and indeed a dignified grown up.
Cancel the debate, Hillary. Don’t give him a shred of credibility.
Cancel it.
It will be the end of Trump 2016.