Controversy continues to mount for both campaigns

By Jayce Parrish

This week in the 2016 Presidential Election,

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump took the stage in a town hall style debate in which citizens got to ask the candidates questions. CNN’s Anderson Cooper and ABC’s Martha Raddatz moderated the debate on Sunday, Oct. 9, at Washington University in St. Louis. According to NBC’s poll, Clinton won the debate with 44 percent of the votes compared to 34 percent for Trump.

After recordings surfaced from an interview in 2005, in which Trump boasted of groping and being able to obtain women because of his money and fame, several women have accused Trump of sexual assault in the past. This controversy surrounding Trump could potentially lose some of his female voters and affect his campaign for President.

Wiki-leaks released more of Clinton’s deleted emails this week and she has been caught up in controversy as well. According to The Washington Times, the emails include an insult towards Bill Richardson, former Governor of New Mexico, calling him and other Hispanic party leaders “needy Latinos.”

Jennifer Palmieri, Clinton’s campaign spokeswoman, is being asked to resign from her position by prominent Catholic organizations, after her anti-faith humor in emails to Clinton. If more of Clinton’s emails are leaked it could potentially threaten her campaign.
Russia is being blamed for these hacks like other recent hacks of the Democratic National Convention.