Trump challenges Clinton to drug test, says vote 'rigged'
Donald Trump on Saturday challenged his rival Hillary Clinton to a drug test before their next debate, suggesting the Democrat was "pumped up" on performance-enhancing drugs in a stunning new twist to the brutal White House race.
The unsubstantiated attack from the Republican nominee came as he accused "corrupt" media of seeking to rig November's vote in Clinton's favor, by reporting snowballing claims of sexual misconduct that have thrown his presidential campaign into chaos.
Trump has trampled all conventions in his treatment of his opponent, vowing if elected to jail her over her email practices as secretary of state -- and making "Lock Her Up" a rallying cry for his fired-up supporters.
In a bizarre new attack, leveled without proof, he suggested she had taken drugs during their last debate, and called for her to be tested ahead of their final duel Wednesday in Las Vegas.
"I don't know what is going on with her," the 70-year-old told a rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
"At the beginning of her last debate, she was all pumped up at the beginning. At the end, it was like, 'Take me down,' she could barely reach her car."
"Athletes, they make them take a drug test. I think we should take a drug test prior to the debate. Why don't we do that?" Trump said.
As the Manhattan billionaire tanks in the polls -- abandoned by part of his own camp -- he has spent the week claiming the media and a "global elite" are working against him, alleging that Clinton plotted to destroy the sovereignty of the United States.
"Hillary is running for president in what looks like a rigged election," he charged in New Hampshire.
"The election is being rigged by corrupt media pushing completely false allegations and outright lies in an effort to elect her president."
Ten women have now come forward to say they were the victim of unwanted advances by the real estate mogul.
A confident Clinton has meanwhile scaled back her campaign commitments, keeping a low profile as her rival battles the incendiary allegations, triggered by the release last week of a video of him bragging about groping women.
But the Clinton camp issued a swift response to Trump's latest comments on the election, accusing him of seeking to erode public faith in the vote.
"This election will have record turnout, because voters see through Donald Trump's shameful attempts to undermine an election weeks before it happens," her campaign manager Robby Mook said in a statement.