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Originally posted by RatedG²
And honestly Trump's week is getting worse and worse. At a horrible time too, early voting is underway so he has no time to recover for those voters.
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@JuddLegum: 1. Did Donald Trump have the worst week in political history? Let's review
@JuddLegum: 2. He began the week by decisively losing the first presidential debate, which was watched by more than 80 million people
@JuddLegum: 3. Legitimate polls had Trump losing the debate by 30 or 40 points
@JuddLegum: 4. He then spent the week arguing that scientific polls were unreliable and touted meaningless online polls goosed by his suporters
@JuddLegum: 5. During the debate Hillary Clinton brought up his fat-shaming of former Miss Universe Alicia Machado.
@JuddLegum: 6. Trump spent every day after the debate talking about Machado and defending his decision to mock her for gaining weight
@JuddLegum: 7. This culminated on early Friday morning when Trump tweeted to his millions of followers to Google her sex tape. (She doesn't have one.)
@JuddLegum: 8. It was then revealed Trump once appeared in a softcore **** video produced by Playboy
@JuddLegum: 9. Trump bragged at the end of the debate that he was too classy to bring up Bill Clinton's affairs.
@JuddLegum: 10. Trump (and his campaign) then spent the rest of the week talking about Bill Clinton's affairs.
@JuddLegum: 11. On Friday, Trump called the NYT to talk about Bill Clinton's affairs and (falsely) claimed that he had never had an affair.
@JuddLegum: 12. During the debate, he bragged that he was able to avoid any taxes, impling that people who paid taxes weren't smart
@JuddLegum: 13. Trump was also cornered during the debate on his lie that he opposed the Iraq war. He pleaded with people to call Sean Hannity.
@JuddLegum: 14. USA Today and The WSJ -- 2 huge papers who almost never weigh in on prez elections came out against Trump, calling him a unique threat
@JuddLegum: 15. The Arizona Republic also endorsed Hillary Clinton, the first time they've ever endorsed a Democrat
@JuddLegum: 16. Trump claimed Google was involved in a conspiracy to suppress negative news on Hillary Clinton
@JuddLegum: 17. Trump said Tuesday that Lester Holt did a "great job" moderating the debate. Days later he said Holt rigged the debate for Hillary.
@JuddLegum: 18. Trump threatened not to participate in the next two debates
@JuddLegum: 19. Newsweek revealed that Trump probably violated the Cuban embargo and his campaign manager inadvertently confirmed it on national TV
@JuddLegum: 20. Trump released an ad trying to appeal to women that featuring the line: "The most important job a woman can have is being a mother"
@JuddLegum: 21. Trump called for Obama not to pardon Hillary Clinton, who has not been convicted of any crime
@JuddLegum: 22. The WashPost revealed that Trump's foundation lacks proper certifications to solicit money -- and was probably operating illegally
@JuddLegum: 23. Trump named Merkel, who he has trashed throughout the campaign and compared to Hillary, as the foreign leader he most admires
@JuddLegum: 24. Trump told a New Hampshire television outlet that he was "very proud" to promote the birther conspiracy about Obama
@JuddLegum: 25. White Nationalist David Duke called Trump "our candidate"
@JuddLegum: 26. Employees at Trump's golf courses said he wanted to fire women who weren't pretty enough
@JuddLegum: 27. Forbes reported that Trump's net worth dropped $800 million in the last year
@JuddLegum: 28. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few things but, yeah, pretty bad week.
These people are amazing: 