days ago seem donald trump could make gaffe big enough end campaign friday audio trump 2005 release trump make violently misogynistic remark regard grope women set campaign tailspin even run mate mike pence call trump.pence make remark statement saturday write husband father offend word action describe donald trump eleven-year-old video release yesterday condone remark defend grateful express remorse apologize american people pray family look forward opportunity show heart go nation tomorrow night begin pence statement reminiscent viral video post make republican senator mike lee make hear audio except fact lee go step plead trump drop race two republican senators call trump drop hear audio statement pence write manner position trump along line sinner might still capable redemption word insiders pence absolutely furious trump wapo national political correspondent philip rucker recently tweet source close trump say pence absolutely apoplectic trump grope comment source close trump camp tell pence team absolutely apoplectic `` melt `` inconsolable philip rucker philiprucker october 2016this statement pence provide evidence trump campaign crisis pence position trump wing-man clear pence suppose make case trump socially conservative christian republicans unfortunate position present moment way make man cause entire nation hear word pussy repeat news cycle palatable moderate christian right-wing feature image chip somodevilla/getty image campaign chaos mike pence slam trump remark grope women