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Hamlette

(15,412 posts)
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 04:24 PM Sep 2016

10 ways Trump gives Clinton an opening by re-upping the birtherism issue Washington Post

1. Trump has proved Clinton’s “deplorables” comment correct. . . .
2. He let Clinton get back on offense. . . .
3. He guarantees birtherism will come up in the debates. . . .

8. This gives members of the media a chance to course-correct their bizarre coverage over the past couple of weeks. They collectively can step back from their mock horror over Clinton’s “deplorables” comment and her pneumonia. The media may now feel obligated to drop its phony equivalence in light of the confirmation that Trump is a pathological liar and demagogue. . . .

10. It reminds voters that Trump is a classic bully and coward — he’ll run from a personal confession of error, and then send staff to draft loopy excuses. He’ll blame the victim, but never accept responsibility for heinous accusations.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/09/16/10-ways-trump-gives-clinton-an-opening-by-re-upping-the-birtherism-issue/?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-b%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.64ccd8249446

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