# 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:** 166
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3303 "2016-08-01T20:11:58Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > And his wife showing up nude will not strengthen his loose support with the faith-based GOP base. Wait, was this a new thing? I know she posed nude (or was it partially clothed) some years back, but that was pretty well publicized. Did more photos turn up? ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3304 "2016-08-01T20:13:03Z")
See yesterday and today’s New York Post. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3305 "2016-08-01T20:17:22Z")
[Jeb Bush advisor leaves the Republican Party, says she will vote for Clinton if Florida is close.](http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/01/politics/sally-bradshaw-jeb-bush-donald-trump-florida/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3306 "2016-08-01T20:27:36Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Wait, was this a new thing? I know she posed nude (or was it partially clothed) some years back, but that was pretty well publicized. Did more photos turn up? And where, exactly? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3307 "2016-08-01T20:32:58Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > See yesterday and today’s New York Post. Huh. I always try to avoid the Post, but yep, there they are: [Exclusive | Melania Trump’s girl-on-girl photos from racy shoot revealed](http://nypost.com/2016/08/01/melania-trumps-girl-on-girl-photos-from-racy-shoot-revealed/) Melania and another woman in a sexy photo shoot. That’s certainly interesting. I personally don’t care that she modeled nude like this. But I wonder what the social conservatives think of it. They’re not always the most receptive to same-sex fun times. ETA: and that photographer looks like the villain in an 80s fantasy flick. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3308 "2016-08-01T20:39:16Z")
Yeah, they need to send John McClain after that guy. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3309 "2016-08-01T20:46:22Z")
At a campaign stop today, > [@](#): > > Trump: > > “I’m afraid the election’s gonna be rigged, I have to be honest,” This follows Roger Stone, a Trump campaign adviser stating Friday that: > [@](#): > > [talkingpointsmemo.com](http://talkingpointsmemo.com) > > suggested voter fraud is “widespread” and said if Hillary Clinton wins a state like Florida after polls show Trump in the lead, the election would be “illegitimate.” > > “If there’s voter fraud, this election will be illegitimate, the election of the winner will be illegitimate, we will have a constitutional crisis, widespread civil disobedience, and the government will no longer be the government,” Stone said. He also promised a “bloodbath” if the Democrats attempt to “steal” the election. Cause you know he can’t just lose. He will have no one to blame, but he still will. “Voter fraud, yeah, that’s it, that’s why I lost” ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3310 "2016-08-01T20:46:50Z")
[http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/understanding-the-trump-khan-war](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/understanding-the-trump-khan-war) Not that anybody in this thread needs convincing that Trump is an idiot, but I found this to be an interesting read. The author basically lays out why the Khan fight is proof that Trump is a dumb terrible person rather than a smart terrible person. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3311 "2016-08-01T21:00:00Z")
[Roger Stone retweets the Shoebats: Kizir Khan is a Muslim Brotherhood plant who wants to destroy the country, and his son was an Islamist terrorist.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/trump-ally-roger-stone-pushes-claim-humayun-khan-was-terrorist-father-muslim-brotherhood-spy) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3312 "2016-08-01T21:17:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Roger Stone retweets the Shoebats: Kizir Khan is a Muslim Brotherhood plant who wants to destroy the country, and his son was an Islamist terrorist.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/trump-ally-roger-stone-pushes-claim-humayun-khan-was-terrorist-father-muslim-brotherhood-spy) These are some poisonous fucking trolls. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3313 "2016-08-01T21:19:11Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Cause you know he can’t just lose. He will have no one to blame, but he still will. “Voter fraud, yeah, that’s it, that’s why I lost” More than that, it sounds like he’s threatning violence if they lose. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3314 "2016-08-01T21:22:35Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > At a campaign stop today, > > This follows Roger Stone, a Trump campaign adviser stating Friday that: > > Cause you know he can’t just lose. He will have no one to blame, but he still will. “Voter fraud, yeah, that’s it, that’s why I lost” Trump has had a remarkable weekend, setting his hair on fire and putting it out with a hammer [a particularly unfortunate metaphor, in his case]. The Clinton campaign should follow the old adage that says that when your opponent is busy shooting himself in the foot, stay out of the way. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3315 "2016-08-01T21:26:10Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > At a campaign stop today, > > This follows Roger Stone, a Trump campaign adviser stating Friday that: > > Cause you know he can’t just lose. He will have no one to blame, but he still will. “Voter fraud, yeah, that’s it, that’s why I lost” Uh, is he trying to incite a civil war? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3316 "2016-08-01T21:32:11Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Uh, is he trying to incite a civil war? If they really are working for the Russians then yeah, that could be a goal. Anyone with an internet connection knows about the political divide in this country and Putin could very well be trying to stir the embers from a smolder to a full blaze. ---
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3317 "2016-08-01T21:33:16Z")
Taken a look at 538 recently? Clinton v Trump: Polls+ forecast: 66.8 v 33.2 Polls only forecast: 60.3 v 39.7 Nowcast: 78.3 v 21.7 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3318 "2016-08-01T21:36:07Z")
> [@mozchron](#): > > Taken a look at 538 recently? > > Clinton v Trump: > > Polls+ forecast: 66.8 v 33.2 > Polls only forecast: 60.3 v 39.7 > Nowcast: 78.3 v 21.7 Clinton should stop campaigning, grab some popcorn, and enjoy the show until November. ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3319 "2016-08-01T21:41:16Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I think you wooshed everyone under the age of 60. It’s just you and me here. 😉 I’m 48 and I chuckled. I also figured that would totally go over the head of the youngsters around here. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3320 "2016-08-01T21:46:55Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Uh, is he trying to incite a civil war? > [@davidm](#): > > If they really are working for the Russians then yeah, that could be a goal. Anyone with an internet connection knows about the political divide in this country and Putin could very well be trying to stir the embers from a smolder to a full blaze. Putin, schmutin, there are enough All-American homegrown freaks who’d be more than willing to tell the Patridiot groups to grab their guns and go make a stand already – heck, some already have. But more like Red state and local officials simply disregarding federal law and court decisions, and stepping aside to do jacksquat to protect from Patridiot interference and violence the federal officials doing their duty and the citizens trying to exercise their rights under the Supreme Law of the Land. ---
**Author:** ![Ambrosio\_Spinola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@Ambrosio\_Spinola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambrosio_Spinola)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3321 "2016-08-01T21:49:02Z")
Trump has also begun attacking [fire marshals enforcing occupancy restrictions at his venues](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/08/01/trump_has_now_accused_two_fire_marshals_of_being_conspiring_against_him.html). I know Republicans are often against regulations, but really? ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3322 "2016-08-01T21:50:25Z")
Man he’s [attacking](https://twitter.com/NYTnickc/status/760189141199970304/video/1)another fire marshal. For the same reason as the first lol And yes, the cherish thing went over my head. If that wasn’t already obvious 😉 edit: gdi ninja’d [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=165) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=167)