# Donald Trump's 2016 General Election Campaign **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 4, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901 "2016-05-04T02:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 159
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3163 "2016-07-30T18:27:08Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > So the Trump campaign basically screwed up (shock!) by overselling tickets and/or going cheap on the size of the room they rented, then he blames a public servant just doing his job. Priceless. And he even tried to ignore the established limits. From **Rick K**.'s link. > [@](#): > > At one point, Trump’s campaign tried to bring more people in, but police had to turn them away. i guess he doesn’t believe rules apply to him. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3164 "2016-07-30T18:36:07Z")
If ever there was an opportunity to yell “Theater!” in a crowded fire… ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3165 "2016-07-30T18:45:27Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > [Provide the Caption](http://b2.img.mobypicture.com/fa1f5b23d180430ee549c520732bc814_new_medium.jpg) Is that picture before or after [the one where he sucks out the baby’s life essence](http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160730&t=2&i=1147676310&w=644&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC6T008)? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3166 "2016-07-30T18:50:29Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > [Provide the Caption](http://b2.img.mobypicture.com/fa1f5b23d180430ee549c520732bc814_new_medium.jpg) “What am I bid?” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3167 "2016-07-30T18:54:36Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Is that picture before or after [the one where he sucks out the baby’s life essence](http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160730&t=2&i=1147676310&w=644&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC6T008)? Even his hair is lunging for the kid’s scalp. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3168 "2016-07-30T19:34:50Z")
Baby bursts into tears after being handed two other babies. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3169 "2016-07-30T19:43:33Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > So the Trump campaign basically screwed up (shock!) by overselling tickets and/or going cheap on the size of the room they rented, then he blames a public servant just doing his job. Priceless. Sort of like a bar that over sells alcohol and then people die in the way home. Not very responsible, and certainly not respectful of the laws of the land. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3170 "2016-07-30T21:07:28Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > [According to Trump](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-father-fallen-soldier-ive-made-lot/story?id=41015051), he’s “sacrificed” a lot by hiring people and having “tremendous success”. Not only that but Fat Don also insinuates Khzir’s grieving wife was silent on stage at the DNC because she “wasn’t allowed” to talk. This would be his way of making people believe the Muslim wife is forced into silence by her husband. The longer this thread goes on, the more I wish it was in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3171 "2016-07-30T22:00:48Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Not only that but Fat Don also insinuates Khzir’s grieving wife was silent on stage at the DNC because she “wasn’t allowed” to talk. This would be his way of making people believe the Muslim wife is forced into silence by her husband. > > The longer this thread goes on, the more I wish it was in the Pit. Enduring Trump as president would be the pits. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3172 "2016-07-30T22:37:16Z")
Can’t be the pits. Has to be The Pits. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3173 "2016-07-30T22:48:34Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Not only that but Fat Don also insinuates Khzir’s grieving wife was silent on stage at the DNC because she “wasn’t allowed” to talk. This would be his way of making people believe the Muslim wife is forced into silence by her husband. > > The longer this thread goes on, the more I wish it was in the Pit. There is a Donald Trump thread in the pit. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3174 "2016-07-30T22:56:26Z")
When Trump was complaining about the debates being scheduled opposite football games, he said that the NFL had sent him a letter complaining about the debates schedule. The NFL says, “[No, we didn’t.](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/07/trump-says-nfl-sent-him-a-letter-railing-against-ridiculous-debate-schedule-but-the-nfl-says-they-didnt/)” One wonders why the NFL would have sent him a letter instead of the people organizing the debates. Maybe that should have gone in the Donald Trump Lie of the Day thread. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3175 "2016-07-30T23:07:54Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > This has been retracted. Never mind! According to Snopes, Trump hadn’t started receiving briefings yet, so he didn’t spill any secrets. Apparently he did, though, just sling some bullshit, complaining about us paying rent for a facility we haven’t used in over a decade. (And why would a guy who made a fortune as a landlord begrudge property owners charging us rent for use of it.). Anyway, it’s a mark of the Trump scampaign that we give him a pass for talking out of his ass because, hey!, at least he’s not calling for defaulting on our debt or asking Russia to spy on us. His baseline stupidity hardly registers anymore. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3176 "2016-07-31T00:04:54Z")
#TrumpSacrifices is trending now. Led me to an [article](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/16/draft-dodger-trump-said-sleeping-around-was-my-personal-vietnam.html?via=mobile&source=twitter) where Trump talked about his own personal Vietnam in an interview from 1997 - sleeping around with a lot of women was his own “personal Vietnam.” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3177 "2016-07-31T00:07:39Z")
Trump’s last 24 hours: -Attacked dead soldier’s family -Trashed 4-star general -Lied about NFL & Koch Bros. -Accused fire marshal of bias Anything I’m forgetting? ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3178 "2016-07-31T00:10:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > When Trump was complaining about the debates being scheduled opposite football games, he said that the NFL had sent him a letter complaining about the debates schedule. > > The NFL says, “[No, we didn’t.](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/07/trump-says-nfl-sent-him-a-letter-railing-against-ridiculous-debate-schedule-but-the-nfl-says-they-didnt/)” > > One wonders why the NFL would have sent him a letter instead of the people organizing the debates. > > Maybe that should have gone in the Donald Trump Lie of the Day thread. This is even past lying. This is just not even giving a shit whether something is true or not. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3179 "2016-07-31T00:14:34Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Trump’s last 24 hours: > > -Attacked dead soldier’s family > -Trashed 4-star general > -Lied about NFL & Koch Bros. > -Accused fire marshal of bias > > Anything I’m forgetting? Yes, all the sacrifices Donny Dipshit has made to get where he is. Like others have pointed out, sacrifices like having to play golf on a public course. It totally amazes me that there is still enough lowest common denominators floating around to actually buy into his BS. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3180 "2016-07-31T00:17:14Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > This is even past lying. This is just not even giving a shit whether something is true or not. Bingo. Stephen Colbert must be nostalgic for the time when at least _truthiness_ mattered, let alone _truth_. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3181 "2016-07-31T00:22:37Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > [According to Trump](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-father-fallen-soldier-ive-made-lot/story?id=41015051), he’s “sacrificed” a lot by hiring people and having “tremendous success”. To Trump, employing people is a sacrifice. It means he has to pay them. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3182 "2016-07-31T00:24:38Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > [Provide the Caption](http://b2.img.mobypicture.com/fa1f5b23d180430ee549c520732bc814_new_medium.jpg) “Whoo hoo! Threesome tonight!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=158) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=160)