'You either drop out right now, or you lose by the biggest landslide in American political history': What Reince Priebus told Trump after leak of infamous 'Access Hollywood' tape
Steve Bannon claims Priebus made boneheaded prediction in all-hands-on-deck meeting following leak of shocking 'grab em by the p***y' audio in October 2016
Trump never let Priebus forget his dire prediction that he couldn't possibly win after 'locker room talk' began to dominate campaign
Bannon insists in new '60 Minutes' interview that the public didn't care about Trump's lewd boasts about groping women
Trump eventually fired Priebus, whom he saw as 'weak' and a Republican Party apparatchik who was never a loyal true-believer
Bannon also claims Chris Christie was passed over for a cabinet slot because he wouldn't defend Trump in the aftermath of the 'Access Hollywood' leak
By David Martosko, Us Political Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 09:16 EDT, 8 September 2017 | Updated: 10:21 EDT, 8 September 2017
Reince Priebus told Donald Trump in the days following the October 2016 release of embarrassing audio from a 2005 Access Hollywood taping that he would lose the presidential election by a wide margin if he didn't quit.
The infamous audio, in which Trump is heard bragging that famous men can get away with groping women – 'Grab 'em by the p***y – you can do anything' – marked the low point in Trump's campaign.
The then-chairman of the Republican National Committee and future White House chief of staff gave Candidate Trump his politically shortsighted advice in an all-hands-on-deck campaign meeting, according to Steve Bannon.
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