# Donald Just Lost The Election

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 16, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-just-lost-the-election/766103 "2016-09-16T18:03:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-just-lost-the-election/766103/249 "2016-09-20T20:52:49Z")

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> [@octopus](#):
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> This election is a terrible dilemma.

Is it still that terrible a dilemma after reading the two stories in this post?:

> [@Donald Trump's 2016 General Election Campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6897):
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> On the Google News front page right now:
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> [Donald Trump spent more than a quarter-million dollars from his charitable foundation to settle lawsuits that involved the billionaire’s for-profit businesses](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-used-258000-from-his-charity-to-settle-legal-problems/2016/09/20/adc88f9c-7d11-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html). Remember, the Trump doesn’t even contribute to his own Foundation, the (tax deductible?) contributions come from his fans.
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> [Trump refused to pay winner of a 2010 golf contest his $1M prize — and when mogul was sued, he doled out settlement using money from his charity.](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-258k-charity-settle-suits-businesses-article-1.2799475)
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> The justice system is a failure if this serial fraudster isn’t locked up in prison.

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