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October 20, 2016

DETROIT NEWS: Trump lost it Wednesday night. Not just the presidential debate-But also his mind.

Donald Trump lost it Wednesday night. Not just the presidential debate in Las Vegas. But also his mind. And any claim to be qualified to be president of the United States.

You can’t say what he said an hour and 15 minutes into the final face-off of this campaign. When he responded to moderator Chris Wallace’s question of whether he’d accept the results of the election on Nov. 8 by saying he’d have to wait and see, the campaign was over for Trump.

No one with such cavalier disregard for the Constitution and American political tradition can claim any right to sit in the White House.

He proved what his critics have been saying about him: He’s dangerous.


http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/nolan-finley/2016/10/19/finley-trumps-noncommittal-outcome-last-straw/92445152/

October 20, 2016

Colbert: "He is going to keep us in suspense on whether he’ll wipe his fat ass with Constitution"

Flipping Trump’s own words about looking “at it at the time” and keeping America “in suspense,” Colbert slammed Trump hard.

“He’s going to keep us in suspense whether he’ll wipe his fat ass with the Constitution,” Colbert snarked.


VIDEO:
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/watch-colbert-on-trump-hes-going-to-keep-us-in-suspense-on-whether-hell-wipe-his-fat-ass-with-the-constitution/

October 20, 2016

Van Jones unloads on Kayleigh McEnany for defending Trump: ‘You can’t polish that turd’

In a CNN a very contentious CNN panel, analyst Van Jones was given a moment to speak after Trump advocate Kayleigh McEnany attempted to spin Trump’s stunning declaration that he would “Look at it at the time,” when the polls close as to whether he would concede.

‘This is a really sad night,” he began. “This is a very sad night for the country. You can’t polish this turd.”


“I’m going to be very, very clear about this,” he continued. “Al Gore respected the Constitution, respected the process, respected every voter. He went to our Supreme Court, asked for a resolution on his own terms as did George W. Bush. And when the election results were certified, he told his party and base to stand down and accept this, even though a lot of us were very, very upset. What you just got now was the nominee of a major party for the first time in our history signaling to the American people that he has so little faith in our institutions, that he has so little faith in our people, and so little faith in our courts, and so little faith in the Republican governors, the Republican secretaries of state across this country that he will not stand in front of his own country, in front of his own nation and say that he respects the process and the outcome.”

“That is an outrage!” he exclaimed with his voice rising. “The appalling lack of patriotism from this man. The appalling lack of patriotism of this man to say this and praise Putin and Assad more than he has ever praised any American president. He doesn’t talk about George Washington, He doesn’t talk about Ronald Reagan the way he talks about Putin and Assad. This man has demonstrated an appalling lack of patriotism and you should be ashamed to defend it.”

VIDEO:
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/van-jones-unloads-on-kayleigh-mcenany-for-defending-trump-you-cant-polish-that-turd/
October 19, 2016

Once again, Trump is overcompensating for his shortcomings

The planes of Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton pass in Las Vegas on the eve of their final presidential debate.

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/788783844174532608

October 19, 2016

Norman Lear urges voters to destroy Trump: ‘Beat his ass so his message is discredited for all time’

Lear said constitutional agreements are a natural part of U.S. politics — but Trump had proposed blatantly unconstitutional policies such as banning Muslims by religion, undermining First Amendment protections with loosened libel laws and ending birthright citizenship.

“These are the sounds and behavior of a dictator, folks, not the president of a free society,” Lear warned.

There’s only one way to ensure constitutional government survived, wrote the founder of People for the American Way.

“It’s not enough to think about denying Trump 270 votes in the electoral college,” Lear wrote. “It is why we need to defeat him, to beat his ass so soundly that his dangerous message is thoroughly discredited and for all time.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/norman-lear-urges-voters-to-destroy-trump-beat-his-ass-so-his-message-is-discredited-for-all-time/

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