# 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:** 169
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3363 "2016-08-02T03:27:14Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > Surely this has got to stink to at least a few of Trump’s supporters? Khan has been speaking out against Terrorism for a quite a while now: > [2015 interview of Khizr Khan](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/7/30/1554777/-2015-interview-of-Khizr-Khan) > > His fucking son died fighting against insurgents who used terrorist tactics. How can they possibly believe he wants to let terrorists into the US? How long before one of Trump’s surrogate rectums will claim than Capt. Khan died to preserve the illusion? ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3364 "2016-08-02T03:28:46Z")
> [@AndrewL](#): > > What the DNC needs to do now is to somehow goad Trump into insulting the NRA. I have no idea how he could do it _but_, I have no doubt, if it can be done, Donny Jingles will find a way. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3365 "2016-08-02T03:29:36Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > I know, scary isn’t it. But, on the positive side, I live in Georgia, and I think this is the first time that Georgia has been PINK, not RED. Merely “leaning Republican” instead of “solidly Republican” is progress. > > Still, Atlanta is a blue dot, and most of the rest of the sate is solid red. You know Georgia went for Clinton in 1992? ---
**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 2, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3366 "2016-08-02T03:29:56Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > A retired Marine general gives a full-throated endorsement of Clinton. Republican members of Congress repudiate Trump. The VFW repudiates him. How many core constituencies does Trump have left to alienate? The white supremacists are still on the bandwagon. Can he somehow piss them off? He pissed off the firefighters of Colorado Springs the other day. ---
**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 2, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3367 "2016-08-02T03:30:52Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > How long before one of Trump’s surrogate rectums will claim than Capt. Khan died to preserve the illusion? How long till we start seeing conspiracy theorists claiming that Capt. Khan isn’t really dead, or never even existed, and that his “parents” are actually crisis actors? ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3368 "2016-08-02T03:43:31Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > How long till we start seeing conspiracy theorists claiming that Capt. Khan isn’t really dead, or never even existed, and that his “parents” are actually crisis actors? You know I kind of hope that Trump’s slimy minions do try something like that. Because that then justifies the soldiers under Captain Khan’s command to come forward and speak about him, getting Trump stuck even more to the tar baby. He was apparently respected and liked by his men: [http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/2016/08/humayun\_khan\_s\_army\_comrades\_dont\_politicize\_his\_brave\_life\_or\_death?utm\_campaign=bostonherald\_trending\_stories&utm\_source=bostonherald&utm\_medium=trending\_stories](http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/2016/08/humayun_khan_s_army_comrades_dont_politicize_his_brave_life_or_death?utm_campaign=bostonherald_trending_stories&utm_source=bostonherald&utm_medium=trending_stories) ---
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3369 "2016-08-02T03:43:54Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > How long before one of Trump’s surrogate rectums will claim than Capt. Khan died to preserve the illusion? He’s already an Islamist agent, so what’s a little illusion preservation? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3370 "2016-08-02T03:51:52Z")
Shakeup at the Trump campaign: > **[Trump fires at least 2 aides](https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-aide-brookover-fired-226541)** > > Ed Brookover and Jimmy Stracner had previously worked for Ben Carson. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3371 "2016-08-02T03:59:39Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Shakeup at the Trump campaign: > > [http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-aide-brookover-fired-226541](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-aide-brookover-fired-226541) It’s the Night Of The Short Fingers. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3372 "2016-08-02T04:14:15Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Shakeup at the Trump campaign: > > [http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-aide-brookover-fired-226541](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-aide-brookover-fired-226541) What, did they suggest maybe going after a gold star family was dumb as a box of Trump hair? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3373 "2016-08-02T04:14:31Z")
/win ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3374 "2016-08-02T04:49:07Z")
Would have been so easy to spin that positive without pissing anybody off! Just talk about how enthusiasm for the candidate is so intense, its hard to get enough room for all those people! Hey, Fire Marshal felt bad about it, but the law is the law, and safety first… And Fire Marshals love him because of the millions of dollars he gave to 9/11 first responders. Millions. “Can’t anybody here play this game?” - Casey Stengel ---
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3375 "2016-08-02T05:09:46Z")
[Trump’s July fundraising numbers released: $35.8 million.](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-calls-clinton-devil-boasts-about-meager-35-million-fundraising-n621406?cid=sm_fb) Romney raised over $100 million in the same time period four years ago. Yet Trump still brags about his $35.8 million haul calling it “unheard of.” His full quote: “It’s gonna be announced tomorrow or the next day: we’ve raised, we think, about $35.8 million. This is unheard of for Republicans, $35.8 million.” I anxiously await Ms. Clinton’s July numbers. Even if she drops 40% from her June fundraising total, she’ll have out-raised him yet again. But Fat Don somehow thinks he’s knocking it out of the park. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3376 "2016-08-02T05:14:52Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s the Night Of The Short Fingers. I would had call it the night of the short sporks. ---
**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 2, 2016, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3377 "2016-08-02T05:17:28Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Shakeup at the Trump campaign: > > [http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-aide-brookover-fired-226541](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-aide-brookover-fired-226541) That’s not going to save the campaign. The only way they’re going to save the campaign is if they fire that guy… What’s his name?.. I’ll think of it… It’ll come to me… …Trump. Donald Trump. That’s the guy. He’s bad for the campaign. He’s incompetent. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3378 "2016-08-02T05:29:49Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > How long before one of Trump’s surrogate rectums will claim than Capt. Khan died to preserve the illusion? Let the Swift Boating of Capt Khan commence! ---
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3379 "2016-08-02T05:42:58Z")
Don’t know if this was shared yet, but I think it hits the spot. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6oxvm9Q68Q) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3380 "2016-08-02T09:07:54Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > How long till we start seeing conspiracy theorists claiming that Capt. Khan isn’t really dead, or never even existed, and that his “parents” are actually crisis actors? Can’t link from phone, but yep, google “khizr khan hoax” and you’ll find a youtube video making exactly that claim. Didn’t watch much of it, but apparently it all has to do with “Zionism”. And 9/11. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3381 "2016-08-02T09:38:42Z")
Trump, #whinylittlebitch that he is, is already making excuses for losing the election: > **[Bonus Quote of the Day](https://politicalwire.com/2016/08/01/bonus-quote-of-the-day-898/)** > > "I'm afraid the election's gonna be rigged, I have to be honest."-- Donald Trump, quoted by the New York Times. “I’m afraid the election’s gonna be rigged, I have to be honest.” Right, and all the polls too, except the outliers showing him leading. Pffffft. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3382 "2016-08-02T09:42:48Z")
Funny enough, _this_ could be the one thing Loser Donald says that actually costs him with his base - why bother to vote for a candidate who’s telling you he’s not going to win and your vote doesn’t matter? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=168) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=170)