Are Trump and Clinton who they say they are?

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Aissata Diallo, Copy Editor

“He tried to change looks from stamina, but this is a man who has called women pigs, slobs, and dogs,” Hillary Clinton said.

“The only card Hillary Clinton has is the woman’s card. She’s got nothing else to offer and frankly, if Hillary Clinton were a man, I don’t think she’d get 5 percent of the vote. The only thing she’s got is the woman’s card, and the beautiful thing is, women don’t like her,” said Donald Trump.

Every four to eight years a president is elected in the United States of America. In the 2016 Presidential Election, the two candidates are Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Hillary has been running since April 12, 2015, and Trump has been running since June 16, 2015. People believe these candidates aren’t fit enough to represent the United States of America.

Many people believe neither of these candidates should be trusted with topics like nuclear weapons and military issues. Both candidates has had some major scandals, too.

One of Hillary Clinton’s scandals took place after the four Americans, U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty, were killed in Benghazi, Libya, while she was Secretary of State. Clinton was accused of “dereliction of duty,” which lead to the death of the 4 Americans. According to Johnson,“The State Department not only failed to honor repeated requests for additional security, but instead actually reduced security in Libya.” Many Benghazi survivors believe the death of the four Americans could have been prevented if the people at the CIA annex would’ve responded sooner.

As everyone knows, Clinton wasn’t the only one accused of scandals. Trump was involved in plenty of scandals. Trump was accused of assaulting multiple women. On October 7, The Washington Post released a video of Donald Trump bragging about sexually assaulting women. Many people in the Republican party withdrew their support for Trump.

According to The New York Times, Trump assaulted two women in the 1980s and 2005.

According to The Atlantic.com, “Trump is currently facing a civil lawsuit from a Jane Doe who alleges that Trump raped her in 1994, when she was 13 years old, at parties hosted by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who was a friend to Trump.” The lawsuit is scheduled to continue in December, and Trump might be forced to testify. Trump continued to justify this respect for women.

Despite the many scandals associated with both candidates, the ultimate decision will be decided on November 8th.