US election: Trump presidency 'dangerous', says UN rights chief

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Source: BBC

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein cited Mr Trump's comments on the use of torture and his attitude to "vulnerable communities".

The Republican presidential candidate's campaign has been marked by a number of controversial comments.

Recent crude remarks about women have caused the biggest political fallout.

Overnight President Barack Obama, at a rally for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, condemned those comments, saying: "The guy says stuff that nobody would find tolerable if they were applying for a job at 7-Eleven."

Mr Hussein said at a news briefing in Geneva: "If Donald Trump is elected on the basis of what he has said already - and unless that changes - I think it is without any doubt that he would be dangerous from an international point of view."

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37628345

[BumRushDaShow]

1. I just checked into 538

and Silver has Hillary now up to 90.8% chance of winning as of ~9:00 am ET (vs Drumpf's 9.2%). I don't think I have ever seen it that high.

[MissMillie]

2. Funny, I just checked too

And as of 9:21 am, fivethirtyeight says Hillary is favored to win 86.1%

[BumRushDaShow]

3. They are feeding polls into it

I briefly saw the 86.1% but then "as of 9 minutes ago" (I think after you saw it), it is at 90.3%.

[Cha]

6. Thank you for that, BRDS!

[Nitram]

4. The UN should be informed that comments like this give conserrvative candidates credibility...

...with conservative voters in the US.

[David__77]

5. I think it's best of UN officials don't comment on this type of national electoral contest.

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