An Eerie #TrumpTapes Coincidence

A similar scandal failed to derail Arnold Schwarzenegger from Oct. 7, 2003 California Recall victory.

We all know what happened in U.S. politics Oct. 7, 2016. The Access Hollywood hot-mic events of 2005, broken by the Washington Post, will carry right through tonight’s Saturday Night Live Cold Open and into Sunday’s second 2016 Presidential candidates debate.

Friday’s Donald J. Trump bus-wreck also coincides with the date in 2003 when California voters were asked to choose between Republican challenger Arnold Schwarzenegger and standing California Governor Gray Davis. The historic Oct. 7, 2003 state Recall vote took place in the shadow of long-simmering rumblings that the challenger had groped numerous women.

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