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World|politics|October 20, 2016 / 10:36 AM
Final U.S. presidential debate: Trump ducks election result pledge

AKIPRESS.COM - debate Republican Donald Trump has refused to commit to accepting the election result if he loses, in the final TV debate against Hillary Clinton, BBC reported.

"I will tell you at the time," he told moderator Chris Wallace. For days he has claimed the election is "rigged".

The Las Vegas debate continued the campaign's bitter tone, with Mr Trump calling Mrs Clinton a "nasty woman".

Polls show Mr Trump is losing in key battleground states after facing a slew of sexual assault allegations.

The final debate comes less than three weeks before election day on 8 November, when most Americans will cast their vote.

The candidates declined to shake hands before and after the political sparring, setting the tone for what would later become yet another debate marked by shouting and both candidates interrupting each other.

Mr Trump appealed to the Republican establishment by vowing to appoint Supreme Court justices with a "conservative bent" who would overturn abortion rights, protect the Second Amendment and gun rights as well as deport undocumented immigrants.

Meanwhile, Mrs Clinton firmly declared she would stand up for the LGBT community, defend abortion rights, focus on restoring the middle class and equal pay for women.

"The government has no business in the decisions that women make," she said.

When asked about her paid speech to a Brazilian bank in which she spoke of her dream of open trade and open borders, Mrs Clinton said she was talking about energy policy.

In one key exchange, he attacked her 30 years of "very bad experience" and she responded by going through her timeline, comparing where she was to where Trump was.

While she was in the Situation Room helping to take out Osama Bin Laden, "he was hosting the Celebrity Apprentice", she said.

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