Tag: Donald Trump
Sullivan: Voters Have Repealed the Constitution and Replaced It with Fascism
“When fascism comes to America,” the saying goes, “it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.”
Writing on November 3, 2016, five days before the presidential election, Andrew Sullivan made a convincing case that Donald Trump is the fascist who has come onto the scene wrapped in that flag and carrying that cross:
National Enquirer Paid $150k for Trump Adultery Story But Didn’t Print It
$150,000
Amount the company that owns the National Enquirer, which endorsed Donald Trump for president, paid to an ex-Playboy centerfold for her story about an affair she claimed to have had with the GOP nominee a decade ago – but then didn’t publish it, the New York Post reported.
Obama: If Trump Can’t Handle Twitter, He Can’t Handle Nukes
Apparently his campaign has taken his Twitter. In the last two days, they had so little confidence in his self control, they said we’re just gonna take away your Twitter. Now, if somebody can’t handle a Twitter account, they can’t handle the nuclear codes.
— President Obama, quoted by Politico, about Donald Trump.
Final Polls Show Clinton Has Lead
45% to 40%
Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump nationally, accoring to the final NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, with Johnson at 6% and Stein at 2%. The final Politico/Morning Consult poll shows Clinton leading Trump by three points nationally, 45% to 42%, with Johnson at 8% and Stein at 4%.
Melania Trump Worked in U.S. as an Illegal Immigrant
10
Number of modeling jobs in the United States for which Melania Trump was paid $20,056 in the seven weeks before she had legal permission to work in the country, the AP reports. “The details of Mrs. Trump’s early paid modeling work in the U.S. emerged in the final days of a bitter presidential campaign in which her husband, Donald Trump, has taken a hard line on immigration laws and those who violate them.”
KKK Newspaper Endorses Trump
“Among the small number of American newspapers that have embraced Donald Trump’s campaign, there is one, in particular, that stands out. It is called the Crusader — and it is the official newspaper of the Ku Klux Klan,” the Washington Post reports. “Under the banner ‘Make America Great Again,’ the paper’s current issue devoted its entire front page to a lengthy defense of Trump’s message — an embrace some have labeled a de facto endorsement.”
Trump Gives $10 Million to His Campaign
$10 million
“Donald Trump, seeking to boost momentum in the last days of the presidential election, wired $10 million of his own money into his presidential campaign Friday morning,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The cash infusion will be used to buy $25 million in new TV advertising in key battleground states. … Mr. Trump’s latest donation to his cause still falls $34 million short of the $100 million he has repeatedly said he will give to his campaign—a pledge he reiterated as recently as Wednesday.”
What Does Surprise Winner in Bloomberg News Poll Portend for 2020?
The results of a new Bloomberg News poll in Florida show the winner is…Michelle Obama!
The First Lady’s net favorability score — 57 — was higher than the other ten people in the poll, all of whom are, were, or want to be, elected officials.
Here are the actual numbers, from lowest net favorables to highest:
Patrick Murphy, candidate for the Florida U.S. Senate seat currently held by Marco Rubio — 38
Tim Kaine, Democratic VP nomineeand Virginia senator — 39
Hillary Clinton — 44
Donald Trump — 46
Rick Scott, Florida governor — 47
Bill Clinton, former president — 47
Marco Rubio, Florida senator — 50
Mike Pence, Republican VP nominee and Indiana governor — 51
Barack Obama, president — 51
Joe Biden, vice president — 54
