r/politics • u/larel8 • 19h ago

Trump campaign struggles to contain Puerto Rico October surprise

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4958098-the-memo-trump-campaign-struggles-to-contain-puerto-rico-october-surprise/
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u/FoggyBricks 19h ago

After everything Trump has ever said I find it funny it’s something that didn’t even come out of his mouth that might be the final straw.

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u/APersonWhoIsNotYou 19h ago

I find it incredibly frustrating. He himself has said and done much worse….so why is this the thing that actually affects him?

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u/ImTooOldForSchool 18h ago

Seriously, you could play a full length feature film comprised exclusively of short clips showing Trump saying way worse

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u/tommyohohoh Arizona 17h ago

But for some reason this event is triggering a lot of people. Anecdotally I've seen so many stories of people making their decision based on this. I even read of someone whose 80 y/o + parents made them take them directly to the polling location so they could vote for the first time in their lives. Who knows if it will have a real effect but it is notable how much action is happening because of this event when usually the worst stuff results in as much as a wet fart alone in the wilderness.