Jae C. Hong/AP/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.On the night of the second presidential debate, the biggest crowd in downtown Indianapolis was the one waiting to get into the Amy Schumer show. Asking the lines of Schumer fans outside Bankers Life Fieldhouse whether they thought women would back Donald Trump in the wake of the Billy Bush tape release produced replies including guffaws, obscenities and “only the ones who have had frontal lobotomies”.
“I’m amazed that the latest thing is a big deal compared to all the nasty things he’s said” said one young gig-goer.
Other women wouldn’t disclose: “Actually I’ve got lots to say but I’m not saying it”; “I’m going to plead the fifth”. Melissa, in her 40s from Indiana’s second-largest city Fort Wayne opined after some reflection, "I think he should keep his views on women to himself. I think it makes it tougher to support him, but I don't think it's a deal-breaker if you're against Hillary. It's just another thing on the scale”.
