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CJ McCollum, Jamal Crawford and Jacob Tamme are among current and former professional athletes on social media to criticize Donald Trump's characterization of his predatory, sexual comments about women from a 2005 video as "locker room talk."

Trump's campaign described his remarks as "locker room banter" in a statement Saturday, and the Republican presidential nominee repeated the line multiple times Sunday during the presidential debate with Hillary Clinton.





"I haven't heard that one in any locker rooms," McCollum wrote on Twitter in a response to a tweet from Crawford. McCollum plays for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers and Crawford plays for the Los Angeles Clippers.

Tamme, a tight end with the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, asked that Trump "please stop saying 'locker room talk,'" adding that "it's not normal. And even if it were normal, it's not right."


Associated Press