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In 2015, Donald Trump famously criticized his rival, Carly Fiorina, by saying "Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president."<ref>Brian Stelter, [http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/09/media/donald-trump-rolling-stone-carly-fiorina/ "Trump insults Fiorina in Rolling Stone: 'Look at that face!'"], CNN Money, 10 Sep 2015</ref>
In 2015, Donald Trump famously criticized his rival, Carly Fiorina, by saying "Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president."<ref>Brian Stelter, [http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/09/media/donald-trump-rolling-stone-carly-fiorina/ "Trump insults Fiorina in Rolling Stone: 'Look at that face!'"], CNN Money, 10 Sep 2015</ref>


An AP report published in October 2016 revealed many consistent alligations of Trump behaving inappropriatly on the set of Celebrity Apprentice, frequently asking male cast members if they would sleep with one of the female contestants, sexually harassing a member of the camera crew (at one point commenting that the only woman prettier was his daughter Ivanka), and otherwise raising eyebrows with sexually suggestive behavior that would never fly in a regular workplace.<ref>Garance Burke, [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2778a6ab72ea49558445337865289508/ap-how-trumps-apprentice-moved-capitalism-sexism "AP: 'Apprentice' cast and crew say Trump was lewd and sexist"], AP Big Story, 3 Oct 2016</ref> Shortly after this report came out, the Washington Post released a recording of a conversation Trump had with Billy Bush of Access Hollywood in 2005, during which he described having attempted to sleep with a particular married woman and bragged that as a celebrity he could sexually assault women and nobody would stop him and he wouldn't get in trouble. In particular, he stated, "And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. <nowiki>[...]</nowiki> Grab them by the p---y. You can do anything." Trump responded by dismissing the comments as "locker-room banter".<ref>David A Fahrenthold, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005/2016/10/07/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html?postshare=6361475870515092&tid=ss_tw "Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005"], Washington Post, 8 Oct 2016</ref>
An AP report published in October 2016 revealed many consistent alligations of Trump behaving inappropriatly on the set of Celebrity Apprentice, frequently asking male cast members if they would sleep with one of the female contestants, sexually harassing a member of the camera crew (at one point commenting that the only woman prettier was his daughter Ivanka), and otherwise raising eyebrows with sexually suggestive behavior that would never fly in a regular workplace.<ref>Garance Burke, [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2778a6ab72ea49558445337865289508/ap-how-trumps-apprentice-moved-capitalism-sexism "AP: 'Apprentice' cast and crew say Trump was lewd and sexist"], AP Big Story, 3 Oct 2016</ref>


=== Alicia Machado ===
=== Alicia Machado ===
Hillary Clinton attempted to bring Donald Trump's treatment of women into the spotlight in September 2016 by showcasing Alicia Machado, a former Miss Universe from Venezuela who Donald Trump had referred to as "Miss Piggy" during her stint as Miss Universe when she started gaining weight. Unfortunately for Hillary, once people started paying attention to Alicia, they found that her background did not recommend her as a great example of having been victimized by Trump. From having a daughter born to a drug lord, to having sex on camera during a reality TV show while engaged, to threatening to kill a judge, Alicia Machado's self-destructive behavior doesn't do anything to sell her to the American heart and mind.<ref>David Martosko, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3812212/I-m-not-saint-girl-Sex-reality-TV-Playboy-photo-shoot-threat-kill-judge-claims-drug-lord-fathered-baby-haunt-Alicia-Machado-Clinton-campaigner-fat-shamed-Trump.html "Sex on a reality TV show, a Playboy photo shoot, a threat to kill a judge and claims that a drug lord fathered her baby: Behind 'Miss Piggy' the beauty queen turned Clinton campaigner 'fat-shamed' by Trump"], DailyMail, 28 Sep 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/09/28/miss-universe-alicia-machado-accused-threatening-to-kill-judge-in-late-90s.html "Miss Universe Alicia Machado accused of threatening to kill judge in late '90s"], Fox News, 28 Sep 2016</ref> However, going beyond those tangential details, it seems hard to avoid the fact that when Trump defends himself by saying that he saved her job, that he's making a completely valid point. As Donald Trump describes it, when Alicia Machado stopped taking care of her appearance, as required by her contract, and started gaining an alarming amount of weight, the Miss Universe Pageant was inclined to fire her. Trump claims to have stepped in to give her a second chance, with a little tough love.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/28/trump-slams-ex-miss-universe-says-saved-her-job.html "Trump slams ex-Miss Universe, says 'I saved her job'"], Fox News, 28 Sep 2016</ref>
Hillary Clinton attempted to bring Donald Trump's treatment of women into the spotlight in September 2016 by showcasing Alicia Machado, a former Miss Universe from Venezuela who Donald Trump had referred to as "Miss Piggy" during her stint as Miss Universe when she started gaining weight. Unfortunately for Hillary, once people started paying attention to Alicia, they found that her background did not recommend her as a great example of having been victimized by Trump. From having a daughter born to a drug lord, to having sex on camera during a reality TV show while engaged, to threatening to kill a judge, Alicia Machado's self-destructive behavior doesn't do anything to sell her to the American heart and mind.<ref>David Martosko, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3812212/I-m-not-saint-girl-Sex-reality-TV-Playboy-photo-shoot-threat-kill-judge-claims-drug-lord-fathered-baby-haunt-Alicia-Machado-Clinton-campaigner-fat-shamed-Trump.html "Sex on a reality TV show, a Playboy photo shoot, a threat to kill a judge and claims that a drug lord fathered her baby: Behind 'Miss Piggy' the beauty queen turned Clinton campaigner 'fat-shamed' by Trump"], DailyMail, 28 Sep 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/09/28/miss-universe-alicia-machado-accused-threatening-to-kill-judge-in-late-90s.html "Miss Universe Alicia Machado accused of threatening to kill judge in late '90s"], Fox News, 28 Sep 2016</ref> However, going beyond those tangential details, it seems hard to avoid the fact that when Trump defends himself by saying that he saved her job, that he's making a completely valid point. As Donald Trump describes it, when Alicia Machado stopped taking care of her appearance, as required by her contract, and started gaining an alarming amount of weight, the Miss Universe Pageant was inclined to fire her. Trump claims to have stepped in to give her a second chance, with a little tough love.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/28/trump-slams-ex-miss-universe-says-saved-her-job.html "Trump slams ex-Miss Universe, says 'I saved her job'"], Fox News, 28 Sep 2016</ref>
=== Billy Bush Conversation ===
Shortly after this report came out, the Washington Post released a recording of a conversation Trump had with Billy Bush of Access Hollywood in 2005, during which he described having attempted to sleep with a particular married woman (while Trump was also married) and bragged that as a celebrity he could sexually assault women and nobody would stop him and he wouldn't get in trouble. In particular, he stated, "And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. <nowiki>[...]</nowiki> Grab them by the p---y. You can do anything." Trump responded by dismissing the comments as "locker-room banter".<ref>David A Fahrenthold, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005/2016/10/07/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html?postshare=6361475870515092&tid=ss_tw "Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005"], Washington Post, 8 Oct 2016</ref> Nancy O'Dell, the married woman Trump had described trying to seduce, responded to the airing of this history by condemning the kind of demeaning talk that Trump had engaged in.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/10/11/nancy-odell-breaks-on-air-silence-over-trump-tapes-didnt-ask-to-be-part-this.html "Nancy O'Dell breaks on-air silence over Trump tapes: 'I didn't ask to be a part' of this"], Fox News, 11 Oct 2016</ref>


== Michelle Fields ==
== Michelle Fields ==
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* Peter Hasson, [http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/11/nytcnbcs-john-harwood-advises-clinton-campaign-gloats-about-provoking-trump-at-debate/ "NYT/CNBC’s John Harwood Advises Clinton Campaign, Gloats About Provoking Trump At Debate"], Daily Caller, 11 Oct 2016
* Rachel Zoll, [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CAMPAIGN_2016_EVANGELICALS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-10-11-08-21-18 "WHY DO EVANGELICALS PREFER DONALD TRUMP TO HILLARY CLINTON?"], AP, 11 Oct 2016
* Joseph Weber, [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/29/jets-owner-hollywood-producer-wall-street-titans-helped-drive-trump-s-18m-day.html "Jets owner, Hollywood producer, Wall Street titans helped drive Trump’s $18M day"], Fox News, 29 Sep 2016
* Joseph Weber, [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/29/jets-owner-hollywood-producer-wall-street-titans-helped-drive-trump-s-18m-day.html "Jets owner, Hollywood producer, Wall Street titans helped drive Trump’s $18M day"], Fox News, 29 Sep 2016
* Howard Kurtz, [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/29/frustrated-trump-advisers-pan-him-for-lousy-debate-prep-anonymously.html "Frustrated Trump advisers pan him for lousy debate prep (anonymously)"], Fox News, 29 Sep 2016
* Howard Kurtz, [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/29/frustrated-trump-advisers-pan-him-for-lousy-debate-prep-anonymously.html "Frustrated Trump advisers pan him for lousy debate prep (anonymously)"], Fox News, 29 Sep 2016

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Donald Trump is a businessman running for President in the November 2016 Election.

Donald Trump has failed to demonstrate any understanding of the U. S. Constitution, and has voiced support and admiration for tyrants.[1][2] Combine this with his personal style of lying, bullying, bombasting, and intimidating, and a Donald Trump presidency, sounds like a scary thing, even in spite of his promotion of some positive agenda items.

He has chosen Mike Pence as his running mate.[3]

Unendorsements

One thing that oddly sticks out about Donald Trump, is the very public way in which major party players struggle to endorse him, fail to endorse him, or unendorse him.[4][5]

One of the most famous episodes in the Republican primary was Mitt Romney's plea for Republicans to vote for somebody else, anybody else.[6] Trump responded to a slice of that criticism by infamously trotting out a table full of mostly Trump branded products that you mostly can't get ahold of outside of his hotels (if even there), including a pile of vacuum-sealed steaks with a Bush Brothers logo on them.[7][8] In 2014, Trump told a reporter that Romney had lost his 2012 bid for the white house because his unusual religion didn't sit well with people.[9] Mitt Romney's son, Josh Romney warned, in September 2016 that Trump could be causing permanent damage to the GOP.[10]

During the Republican National Convention, Ted Cruz, gave a speech to thunderous boos for failing to heed the call to endorse Trump.[11] Trump initially reacted by saying this lack of endorsement was no big deal and that he had seen the speech two hours earlier.[12][13] Cruz defended his position by saying that he wasn't in the habit of endorsing candidates who attacked his wife and father, following which Trump went before the press to give a speech which focused on attacking Cruz in a very personal and vindictive way, maligning his intelligence, asserting that he changed his speech from the one that he had submitted, returning to imply that Cruz's father was linked to the assassination of JFK, and saying "I think Heidi Cruz is a great person. I think she’s the best thing he’s got going, (that) and his kids." He asserted that he thought Cruz would eventual offer to endorse him, but that he would refuse, and that if Cruz ever sought higher office again, he would set up his own Super PAC to attack him.[14][15] In September 2016, Cruz endorsed Donald Trump, though refused to recant on his criticisms. He cited the typical logic of a binary candidate choice and voting for the lesser of two evils.[16]

John Kasich refused to attend the convention, explianing "If I weren't prepared to get up there and endorse the nominee, I thought it was inappropriate to go." Although he has so far refused to offer an endorsement, he has maintained that it is possible.[17][18]

Senator Mike Lee of Utah has refused to endorse Trump, and even helped lead a failed push to change party rules so that delegates would be free to choose someone else.[19][20] This led to one Utah delegate being threatened by Trump supporters in the bathroom.[21][22] In October 2016, after a recording of Trump making demeaning comments about women and describing an attempt to seduce a married women, Mike Lee issued a call for Donald Trump to step down.[23]

Rep. Mia B. Love, also from Utah was notably absent from the convention as well, initially announcing a plan to join Rep. Jason Chaffetz in Israel to learn more about fighting terorism, but then changing plans to spend that time campaigning in Utah.[24] Regarding her decision to not attend the convention, she stated "I don’t see any upsides to it. I don’t see how this benefits the state."[25] Trump is so unpopular in Utah that his nomination threatens Mia Love's reelection bid this November.[26]

Paul Ryan took his time endorsing Trump, at one point stating "To be perfectly candid, I'm not ready to do that right now". Even now his support has been notably tepid.[27][28] He has specifically repudiated Trump's trade platform.[29]Donald Trump has declined to endorse Paul Ryan, stating "I like Paul, but these are horrible times for our country. We need very strong leadership. We need very, very strong leadership. And I'm just not quite there yet. I'm not quite there yet."[30] Ryan responded that "He’s had a pretty strange run since the convention. You would think that we want to be focusing on Hillary Clinton, on all of her deficiencies. She is such a weak candidate that one would think that we would be on offense against Hillary Clinton, and it is distressing that that’s not what we’re talking about these days."[31]

Gov. Gary R. Herbert of Utah has expressed support for the Trump-Pence ticket as being for the sake of Pence.[32] His Lieutenant Governor, Spencer J. Cox has declared that without major changes, he will not be voting for Trump, stating further that "if there were some major changes to Trump, I think there's a way many of us could support him, but he hasn't shown any inclination toward those changes or doing things differently, so I think it's a long shot that he will change". He has expressed that he is considering Gary Johnson, Evan McMullin, or a write-in.[33]

Rep. Richard Hanna, a Republican congressman From New York has declared that he will be voting for Hillary Clinton.[34]

Mark Kirk, an Illinois Senator running for reelection, has made his anti-Trump stance a significant part of his message during his campaign, running one ad that states, "Mark Kirk bucked his party to say Donald Trump is not fit to be commander-in-chief."[35]

Large conservative donors like Meg Whitman, and the Koch Brothers have decided to sit this race out, or even fund Hillary, rather than support Donald Trump.[36]

Evan McMullin, a former CIA operative and former chief policy director for the House Republican Conference has announced an anti-Trump run for the Whitehouse.[37][38]

Conservative media has hammered Trump pretty hard and a pole of anonymous GOP insiders finds that most want Trump to drop out.[39][40]

A group of 50 former security officials have issued a letter rebuking Trump and declaring their intention to not vote for him.[41][42] One of these officials, John Negroponte, has endorsed Hillary Clinton.[43]

A group of former lawmakers and former party staffers have issued a letter urging the GOP to divert all financial support from the Trump campaign to legislative campaigns in order to maintain the majorities that might be useful for countering a Hillary Clinton presidency.[44]

Colin Powell has called Donald Trump a national disgrace.[45]

George H. W. Bush is rumored to be planning on voting for Hillary Clinton.[46][47]

In October 2016, after a recording of Trump making demeaning comments about women and describing an attempt to seduce a married women, he was publicly denounced by several Republicans, including Reince Priebus, who described the comments as "indefensible"and further stated, "No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner. Ever."[48] The report also led Governor Gary Herbert of Utah and Jason Chaffetz, representative from Utah, to withdraw their respective endorsements. Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman called on Donald Trump to step down.[49] Senator Mike Crapo from Idaho withdrew his endorsement and Senator Jeff Flake from Arizona tweeted that "America deserves far better than @realDonaldTrump".[50]

Rape Allegations

Donald Trump is connected to the same Jeffrey Epstein, pedophile to the stars, that has been suggestively linked to Bill Clinton. However, while Clinton's connection is merely scandalous by suggestion (although, we take that suggestion seriously, given his history), Trump was recently sued for raping and threatening a 13-year-old girl named Katie Johnson at a party where she was said to have been held captive by Mr. Epstein. There's even an eyewitness.[51][52] Although, the supporters of Katie Johnson's lawsuit are reported to have had a falling out.[53]

Epstein is alleged to have molested underage girls and procured underage girls for his powerful friends to enjoy. He was given a plea deal in 2008, without input from his victims, which got him 13 months in prison and home detention, with key evidence being left sealed. It is suspected that he may have been aided in receiving this light sentencing by some of his powerful friends seeking to keep their own crimes out from under the public spotlight.[54][55][56][57]

Edwards, a lawyer for one of Epstein's victims, Virginia Roberts, estimate that Trump was not involved in any of Epsteins illegal shenanigans. Trump has denied having any kind of a relationship with Epstein, but there is plenty of evidence to show that this is a false assertion.[58] Regarding Epstein, Trump is reported to have stated: "I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it -- Jeffrey enjoys his social life."[59]

In addition, Trump has been accused of raping his ex-wife Ivana Trump, and attempting to rape one Jill Harth. Regarding the allegation that Trump raped his ex-wife, one of his lawyers defended him, claiming “It is true, you cannot rape your spouse. And there’s very clear case law.”[60][61][62]

First Amendment

"One of the things I'm going to do if I win, and I hope we do and we're certainly leading. I'm going to open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money. We're going to open up those libel laws. So when The New York Times writes a hit piece which is a total disgrace or when The Washington Post, which is there for other reasons, writes a hit piece, we can sue them and win money instead of having no chance of winning because they're totally protected"[63]

Melania's Lawsuit Threat against News Organizations

After the Daily Mail ran a story about Melania Trump reporting the existence of rumors and claims that she had worked as an escort, pointing out issues with her claims regarding her early immigration status, and acknowledging claims that she had begun seeing Trump while he was still married to his previous wife, Melania responded by having her lawyers send letters to various news organizations which had reported on the claims, threatening them with a lawsuit. She was successful in getting a couple of retractions. In most, if not all cases, these threats are directed towards news outlets in the UK, where defamation lawsuits are more easily won.[64][65][66][67][68]

Second Amendment

His official campaign website has Trump defending our second amendment rights. He proposes that concealed carry permits should be made valid across state lines, just like drivers licenses. He also proposes streamlining of background checks and elimination of rules preventing soldiers from carrying weapons on bases and at recruitment centers. In order to reduce the incidents of criminal gun violence he proposes better enforcement of existing laws, and improving our mental health system to get dangerous individuals off the streets.

Trump University

Donald Trump is dealing with a lawsuit in San Diego where Trump University, which he is the principle owner of, has been accused of swindling students out of up to $35,000. Trump has attacked the Judge's character publicly, calling him a "Trump hater" on account of his Mexican heritage. His attacks on the judge's character have been construed as intimidation, and sufficient that he could be found in contempt of court.[69][70] One former sales manager testified, “I believe that Trump University was a fraudulent scheme, and that it preyed upon the elderly and uneducated to separate them from their money.”[71]

Immigration

Trump's immigration stance rejects providing a path to citizenship for people already in the U.S. illegally.[72][73]

The Wall

Trump has proposed building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico in order to help control the problem of Mexican gangs freely expanding into the United States. He has proposed to get Mexico to effectively pay for the wall using a combination of tariffs, increased visa fees, threatening to block the money transfers of illegal aliens, and using seized funds from drug trafficking at the border.[74]

The former President of Mexico, Vincente Fox, and the new President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, have both asserted that Mexico will not be paying for the wall, drawing renewed assertions from Trump that Mexico will pay for the wall.[75]

In July 2016, one Mexican newspaper has suggested that Mexico should consider building a Trump-style along Mexico's southern border.[76] In September 2016, the UK announced that it would be building a 13-foot wall around a border port in France in order to help combat illegal immigration.[77]

In Aug 2016, Trump reiterated his intention to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico during a presentation on his immigration policy.[78]

Religion

Regarding religion, is is noteworthy that Trump stated, in 2014, that Romeny lost his 2012 bid for the white house because his unusual religion didn't sit well with Americans. In 2015, his spokesperson asserted that the feds had shut down Mormon and Seventh Day Adventist churches, which would serve as precedent for Trump to shut down mosques.[79][80] Trump has principally attacked the rights of Muslims.

Women

In 2011, it has been reported that when an opposing attorney, Elizabeth Beck, requested a break to pump breast milk, that Donald Trump reacted by screaming "You're disgusting, you're disgusting" and running out of the room. It is claimed that Trump had decided that he wanted to skip a pre-planned lunch break, precipitating Beck's Request. Trump, for his part, asserts that Beck had attempted to pump breast milk right in the middle of a deposition.[81]

Donald trump had a notable feud with Megyn Kelly. After a debate in 2015, Donald, upset about a line of questioning, told CNN "you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes; blood coming out of her wherever."[82]

In 2015, Donald Trump famously criticized his rival, Carly Fiorina, by saying "Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president."[83]

An AP report published in October 2016 revealed many consistent alligations of Trump behaving inappropriatly on the set of Celebrity Apprentice, frequently asking male cast members if they would sleep with one of the female contestants, sexually harassing a member of the camera crew (at one point commenting that the only woman prettier was his daughter Ivanka), and otherwise raising eyebrows with sexually suggestive behavior that would never fly in a regular workplace.[84]

Alicia Machado

Hillary Clinton attempted to bring Donald Trump's treatment of women into the spotlight in September 2016 by showcasing Alicia Machado, a former Miss Universe from Venezuela who Donald Trump had referred to as "Miss Piggy" during her stint as Miss Universe when she started gaining weight. Unfortunately for Hillary, once people started paying attention to Alicia, they found that her background did not recommend her as a great example of having been victimized by Trump. From having a daughter born to a drug lord, to having sex on camera during a reality TV show while engaged, to threatening to kill a judge, Alicia Machado's self-destructive behavior doesn't do anything to sell her to the American heart and mind.[85][86] However, going beyond those tangential details, it seems hard to avoid the fact that when Trump defends himself by saying that he saved her job, that he's making a completely valid point. As Donald Trump describes it, when Alicia Machado stopped taking care of her appearance, as required by her contract, and started gaining an alarming amount of weight, the Miss Universe Pageant was inclined to fire her. Trump claims to have stepped in to give her a second chance, with a little tough love.[87]

Billy Bush Conversation

Shortly after this report came out, the Washington Post released a recording of a conversation Trump had with Billy Bush of Access Hollywood in 2005, during which he described having attempted to sleep with a particular married woman (while Trump was also married) and bragged that as a celebrity he could sexually assault women and nobody would stop him and he wouldn't get in trouble. In particular, he stated, "And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. [...] Grab them by the p---y. You can do anything." Trump responded by dismissing the comments as "locker-room banter".[88] Nancy O'Dell, the married woman Trump had described trying to seduce, responded to the airing of this history by condemning the kind of demeaning talk that Trump had engaged in.[89]

Michelle Fields

On 8 March 2016, Michelle Fields, working as a reporter for Breitbart News, approached Donald Trump as he was leaving a venue when Trump's campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, grabbed her and pulled her away. News of the assault broke when her boyfriend, Jamie Weinstein, himself a senior editor for Daily Caller, complained about the incident over Twitter. He latter explained that he "thought the best way to force an apology or some contrition was by making it public."[90] The Trump campaign responded by claiming that there was no recording or witnesses to suggest that any such event occurred, and that Michelle was "delusional". Trump, himself expressed his belief that Michelle was making it all up. Breitbart published Michelle's account of what happened on 10 Mar 2016.[91]Michelle tweeted out a photo the same day as her story was published, showing apparent bruising on her forearm.[92] Corey Lewandowski responded with a tweet stating "@MichelleFields you are totally delusional. I never touched you. As a matter of fact, I have never even met you." Corey would later claim that he attempted to call her and apologize to her the same night as the incident.[93] An apology not forthcoming, Michelle went to the police who then began an investigation. They found witness verification and surveillance video proving that Corey Lewandowski had assaulted Michelle. Trump, however tried to claim that the surveillance video supported his claim, tweeting out "Look at tapes-nothing there!" His claims of exaggeration would include the assertion that she claimed to have been thrown to the ground, which she never did as can be verified from Michelle's account published on Breitbart.[94] He further, ironically, made claims that Michelle had exaggerated the incident before she became aware of the video evidence, and further, that she had grabbed him, a statement which cannot be supported based on eyewitness accounts, and seems highly unlikely based on the available footage. Lewandowski was able to avoid charges when his lawyers and the campaign started to spin the incident as Lewandowski trying to protect Trump from a potential threat. Trump even made the claim that Michelles pen might have been a knife or a little bomb. [95][96]

Michelle found the investigation, on the whole, disappointing. The investigators failed to interview Ben Terris, a Washington Post reporter who was with fields immediately after the assault. Michelle also objected to their using nothing more than an affidavit from a former FBI agent introduced by Lewandowski's lawyers, to vouch for how the Secret Service protects candidates and to substantiate his claim that he acted legitimately in responding to a possible threat. In addition, the investigator's boss, Palm Beach County State Attorney David Aronberg, is known to socialize with Trump. In excusing himself for his involvement, he has downplayed that connection.[97]

Ultimately, Michelle's employer, Breitbart, turned against her, and she left the organization and found a new job with the Huffington Post. Her treatment by Breitbart led three other coworkers to leave the organization as well. One of these resigning coworkers, Jordan Schachtel, stated, "Breitbart News is no longer a journalistic enterprise, but instead, in my opinion, something resembling an unaffiliated media Super PAC for the Trump campaign. I signed my contract to work as a journalist, not as a member of the Donald J. Trump for President media network."[98] Steven K. Bannon, the chairman of Breitbart was later to be appointed CEO of the Trump campaign.[99] After getting her job at the Huffington Post, one of Michelle's former co-workers, Matt Boyle, wrote to a liberal employee at the Huffington Post, passing himself off as an anti-Trump liberal and impugning her ability to cover Trump because she had worked for Breitbart and was therefore likely to be a Trump supporter. He urged a petition be signed and passed around for signatures in order to get her removed from her new post.[100]

Since the story became media fodder, Michelle has been accused, by conservative personalities, of lobbing false accusations against people on a regular basis in order to gain attention for herself. This smear campaign has been ugly and disgusting.

  • While covering the Occupy protest in New York in 2011, it has been reported that police assaulted both Michelle Fields and her videographer, Direna Cousins.[101] There seems to be no reason to cast doubt on this incident, nor any evidence that she sought to gain exposure from the incident in any way. Nevertheless, two days after assaulting Michelle Fields, Corey Lewandowski made the claim that this incident was fabricated by Michelle and that it was part of a pattern of attention seeking.[102][103] James Weinstein replied to this accusation by providing a photograph of the assault.[104]
  • Conservative personality Mark Dice has put together a video detailing an encounter he had with Michelle Fields at Occupy Bilderberg. He managed to prove that Michelle was socially awkward when she was just out of college, and that he is also incapable of perceiving that he is making somebody feel uncomfortable despite repeated attempts to communicate that fact. While Michelle never accused him, in particular, of harassment, his behavior clearly rises to that level, and despite the fact that he has the privilege of framing his accusation to put himself in the best light, it is easy to see how he might have precipitated her portrayal of events.[105][106]
  • In March 2015, gotnews reported that Conservative figure, Allen West, had sexually assaulted and harrassed a number of women, including Michelle Fields, who is reported to have had a breast grabbed by West. Michelle had apparently confirmed that the assault had taken place, but asked that her confirmation be removed from the report. Nevertheless, the report cites independent confirmation of the incident.[107] Corey, on Twitter, cited the incident as an example of Michelle Fields making accusations to seek attention.[108]

Failure to Condemn Oppressive Violence

In 2015, two brother attacked an elderly homeless hispanic man, beating him and urinating on him. The attack was racially motivated, and one of the brothers cited Trump as part of his rational for attacking the man. When informed of the attack, Donald Trump responded by saying "it would be a shame . . . I will say that people who are following me are very passionate. They love this country and they want this country to be great again. They are passionate."[109] Around the same time, Trump was interviewed by Hollywood Reporter and was asked about his thoughts on death threats that Megyn Kelly was receiving from his supporters following his criticism of her. Trump responded by saying, "I'm sure they don't mean that. I had heard that had happened. But I have gained such respect for the people that like me and respect me and that like my views, it's incredible."[110]

In February 2016, as Trump's security was removing a protestor from an event, Trump made the statement "The guards are being very gentle with him. I’d like to punch him in the face, I’ll tell you that."[111]

Stephen Bannon

Stephen Bannon was recruited to be the new head of Donald Trump's campaign in August 2016. Stephen Bannon is the former executive chairman of Bretbart News. In July 2016, he is reported to have declared, regarding Breitbart News, "We're the platform for the alt-right", referring to an extreme conservative movement that is largely amorphous, but widely criticized as being racist, and belligerant of social norms. With the way the term "racist" is thrown around so lightly these days, it is hard to really know what to think of the epithet in any particular application. Substantively, however, some analysis of twitter followers substantiates the claim that Breitbart has become medium that has been more successful than competitors in drawing out racists.[112]

Milo Yiannopoulos, Breitbart's own alt-right star has criticized the description of the alt-right as racist. In their defense, he stated, "There are many things that separate the alternative right from old-school racist skinheads (to whom they are often idiotically compared), but one thing stands out above all else: intelligence."[113]

In 2012, Bannon showed his religious prejudice when he gave an interview in which he criticized Mitt Romney, and missionary service generally, saying, "Mitt Romney goes to the Republican convention, gives his acceptance speech, people give him a standing ovation, and he doesn’t have the common decency to say one thing about our troops fighting in Afghanistan? This is a guy who avoided military duty in Vietnam; who has five sons who look like movie stars who have not served their country one day. Oh, but by the way all of them did their two years of Mormon missionary service — every one of them."[114]

Miscellaneous

Donald Trump is frequently credited with having pressured Barrack Obama into releasing his brith certificate in 2011. He has been criticized for his participation in challenging Obama's eligibility for the office of President by questioning his place of birth. When asked about where Obama was born on 14 Sep 2016, Trump responded "I'll answer that question at the right time. I just don't want to answer it yet."[115]

In November 2015, Donald Trump made headlines appearing to gesticulate in mockery of the condition of a disabled reporter while criticizing him.[116] Video has been put together demonstrating that Trump has used similar gestures to mock others on at least two occasions, without any apparent similarity between the gestures and actual behavior of the person being mocked.[117]

He has proposed raising the federal minimum wage to $10/hour.[118]

Opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.[119]

On Jul 18 2015, Donald Trump gave an interview in which he impugned John McCain's war record, asserting "he's not a war hero", and then later, "He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured." This was in response to a statement that McCain had made regarding Trump, that "this performance with our friend out in Phoenix is very hurtful to me, because what he did was he fired up the crazies." McCain spent years in North Korea as a prisoner of war being tortured, having his bones broken and rebroken, wasting away on the poor rations afforded him, because he refused to capitulate to the demands of his captors. Rather than apologize, Trump has alternately defended his remarks and deny them.[120][121][122][123][124][125][126]

When asked by the Hollywood Reporter in 2015 about when he had last had occasion to offer an apology, he responded, "it was too many years ago to remember. I have one of the great memories of all time, but it was too long ago."[127]

Donald Trump has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin, making statements such as "I've already said he is very much of a leader. The man has very strong control over his country."[128][129] He has also expressed the idea that it was wrong to oust Saddam Hussein because he was efficient at killing terrorists. He has offered similar praise for Muammar Gaddafi. (It is not clear how one could justify the assertion that a sponsor of terrorism is good at killing terrorists.)[130][131]

In September 2016, Newsweek reported that interviews with former executives, court documents, and internal company records showed that a company controlled by Trump violated the embargo against Cuba in 1998. One former executive alleged that Trump had participated in discussions regarding a business trip to Cuba at the heart of the violation.[132]

List of issues to Cover

There are many issues to cover with respect to Donald Trump. The list below is to serve as a stub for future documentation.

  • Expand on treatment of Megyn Kelly
  • Expand on view of Muslims.
  • Killing families of terrorists.

External Resources

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