RCP: A Rigged Outcome? Trump May Be Engineering It Himself
It appears that Donald Trump may be rigging himself an exit ramp from the presidential election. His self-created meltdown might suggest he isn't trying to win in November.
Trump's bizarre kamikaze mission has offended many, even some mothers at his Virginia rally on Tuesday when he asked that a crying baby be removed from the audience. In addition to Trump's no-regrets feud with a Gold Star family, his refusal to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan, Sen. John McCain and Sen. Kelly Ayotte and his criticism of all three of them, Trump accepted the gift of a Purple Heart from a veteran Tuesday, joking that he had always wanted one and that receiving it at his rally was “much easier” than earning it in combat.
nd Trump, who lags 23 points behind Hillary Clinton with among female voters in the latest Fox News poll, told USA Today he hoped that if his daughter was sexually harassed she “would find another career or another company” to her employ her.
He’s an all-purpose offender: Military families and decorated veterans, check. Republicans who have endorsed him at risk to their own campaigns, check. Women, including some young moms, check.
Throughout his campaign Trump has rigged his rhetoric to convince his supporters that the fix is in nearly everywhere. The economy, the political system, the media coverage of the campaign – all "rigged."
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