A defiant Donald Trump in the face of a backlash over his lewd remarks on Monday attacked Hillary Clinton on her husband's sexual misconduct and vowed to jail her in the email row if elected, as the Democratic nominee was declared the winner of the bitter second presidential debate.
In the second presidential debate that turned nasty from the start, Clinton did not shake hands with the 70-year-old Republican nominee as the two rivals walked on the stage at the Washington University here - a clear sign of the escalated rivalry between them - before proceeding for the fiery 90-minute clash attacking each other's character.
Polls conducted soon after the showdown, which was the most tweeted presidential debate ever, declared the Democrat as the winner though they did give Trump the credit for “exceeding expectations”.
The 68-year-old former secretary of state attacked Trump over his plans to ban Muslims entering the US, saying it will be “shortsighted” and “dangerous” to engage in his “demagogic rhetoric” about the community as the two clashed on Obamacare, taxes and Islamaphobia in the second segment of the town-hall style debate.
When pressed on whether the ban is no longer his position, Trump called it an “extreme vetting from certain areas of the world”.
>> See pg 9
