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The Hispanic attorney (29, Florida) ‘He has demonstrated that he is, at heart, a caring person’ On paper, I probably look like a guaranteed Cruz or Rubio vote. I’m a millennial woman, my parents immigrated from Castro’s Cuba, I work as a trial attorney in Miami and I’m a born-again Christian. But I’m voting for…
At the Fox News Republican presidential debate on Thursday, Donald Trump suggested that he has a large penis. This actually happened. During an exchange about the personal attacks Rubio has made on Trump, Rubio said that if any candidate “deserved” to be personally attacked, it was Trump because of how much he attacks others. Trump…
About 20 percent of likely Democratic voters say they would buck the party and vote for Republican presidential candidate Donald TrumpDonald TrumpTop Florida paper: Rubio best chance to unite GOP Trump releases healthcare plan Trump hits Romney for ‘desperate’ press conference MORE in a general election, according to a new poll. The willingness of some…
Height – 2667 | Width – 3556 Photo: Associated Press Donald Trump’s Trump University may become a problem for the presidential hopeful. Fourth Bruce: Gentlemen, I’d like to introduce a chap from pommie land … who’ll be joining us this year in the philosophy department of the University of Woolamaloo. All: G’day! Fourth Bruce:…
The Americans will have to decide what sort of person they want to put in the White House ©James Ferguson What is one to make of the rise of Donald Trump? It is natural to think of comparisons with populist demagogues past and present. It is natural, too, to ask why the Republican party might…
While he otherwise exhibits many of the traits of a stand-up comedian, laying into his rivals like an insult comic at a roast, Donald Trump’s inability to tolerate heckling, or even silent protest, has made the spectacle of critics being forcibly removed from his rallies a routine feature of his campaign. On Monday, though, the preemptive removal…
There’s winning. And then there’s supporting a bigot. If the GOP lines up behind Trump, it doesn’t deserve to be taken seriously anymore. Political consulting and morality go together about as well as that famous fish and bicycle. Lawyers have constructed a neat paradigm obligating them to handle any and all clients, a very convenient…
Tom Pennington/Getty ImagesDonald Trump.Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama endorsed Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s campaign on Sunday. Trump announced the endorsement alongside Sessions at a massive campaign rally in Madison, Alabama. “At this time in America’s history, we need to make America great again!” Sessions exclaimed, echoing Trump’s campaign slogan. “I am pleased to endorse Donald Trump…
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) had trouble on Sunday explaining his decision to endorse Donald Trump’s candidacy for president in light of his past differences with the Republican front-runner. On ABC’s “This Week,” George Stephanopoulos asked Christie question after question about his previous criticism of Trump. Whether it was Trump’s plan to get Mexico to pay…
Is Donald Trump a fascist? Experts, historians, and pundits have debated the question for months. One thing has been certain for a while now: He tweets like one. That’s why, last year, Gawker’s Ashley Feinberg created a Twitter bot that would post quotes from the writings and speeches of the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini,…