# 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:** 328
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6543 "2016-09-15T20:09:16Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > “My Daddy says mine are the BEST!” You have a twisted sense of humor. If I get to Hell first, shall I save you a spot? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6544 "2016-09-15T20:10:25Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I want to believe that this is a sick prank, but it’s believable. Where the Trump alt-right fascists are taking this country is to the point of no return. No, this one I am _not_ buying. Nunh-uh. No day, no whey! ---
**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:** [September 15, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6545 "2016-09-15T20:52:06Z")
[Trump wants to slash the FDA’s ability to police food safety.](http://www.salon.com/2016/09/15/trump-targets-the-fda-food-police-calls-for-elimination-of-food-safety-regulations-in-new-tax-plan/) ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6546 "2016-09-15T21:23:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [HuffPo is reporting that Trump wants PayPal buddy billionaire Peter Thiel, who helped Hulk Hogan drive Gawker into nonexistence, as his Supreme Court nominee.](http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/09/15/breaking-donald-trump-supreme-court-nominee-leaked-prepare-to-be-disturbed/) Sounds like bullshit. But hey, wouldn’t have to worry about the court stripping away gay rights if true. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6547 "2016-09-15T21:34:48Z")
Doesn’t need gay rights, he has rich rights. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6548 "2016-09-15T21:36:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Trump wants to slash the FDA’s ability to police food safety.](http://www.salon.com/2016/09/15/trump-targets-the-fda-food-police-calls-for-elimination-of-food-safety-regulations-in-new-tax-plan/) Well, in fairly short order that would take care of the whole ‘Social Security and Medicare are costing too much’ problem. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6549 "2016-09-15T21:37:03Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > What makes me nervous: Trump’s supporters are rock solid, and impervious to any reality-based revelation. He was absolutely correct when he said he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue without impacting his numbers. > > Hillary’s support is paper-thin. They man the lifeboats, hit the silk, every time she does something stupid – and she does something stupid every goddam week. > > So she will probably clobber Trump in the debates and it won’t make any difference. Then there’ll be another email or Clinton Foundation “revelation” (amounting to nothing) and she’ll lose another 2%. As I see it, what this type of analysis misses is that the people who peel off from Hillary when the polls tighten do not go over to Trump. These are mostly people who approve of the job Obama is doing–so basically Bernie Sanders supporters and the like. People have speculated that Trump voters are reluctant to tell pollsters they support him. But I think it’s the opposite. I think people are by and large kind of embarrassed to stand up and be counted for Hillary. But in the end they will vote for her. Mark my words, she is going to beat her polls in November. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6550 "2016-09-15T21:55:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Trump wants to slash the FDA’s ability to police food safety.](http://www.salon.com/2016/09/15/trump-targets-the-fda-food-police-calls-for-elimination-of-food-safety-regulations-in-new-tax-plan/) In addition to the FDA, he wants to close down pretty much all federal environmental protection power. Big savings! To pay for the tax cuts! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6551 "2016-09-15T22:08:22Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > What makes me nervous: Trump’s supporters are rock solid, and impervious to any reality-based revelation. He was absolutely correct when he said he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue without impacting his numbers. > > Hillary’s support is paper-thin. They man the lifeboats, hit the silk, every time she does something stupid – and she does something stupid every goddam week. I’d like to revise my prior remarks made about Hillary somewhat. I think she is a fantastic person that I deeply admire, and have never had any doubts about her sincerity or veracity. I find the sound of her voice soothing, yet inspirational. She will be the best President this nation has seen in my lifetime, perhaps the finest of all time. Please vote for her. Please, everyone vote for Hillary Clinton. Please, please, please. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6552 "2016-09-15T22:17:32Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > But in the end they will vote for her. Mark my words, she is going to beat her polls in November. Many people think that but for a different reason. #riggedelection Of course, her massive data and GOTV system advantages might have something to do with it too. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6553 "2016-09-15T22:18:09Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I’d like to revise my prior remarks made about Hillary somewhat. I think she is a fantastic person that I deeply admire, and have never had any doubts about her sincerity or veracity. I find the sound of her voice soothing, yet inspirational. She will be the best President this nation has seen in my lifetime, perhaps the finest of all time. Please vote for her. Please, everyone vote for Hillary Clinton. Please, please, please. Okay. Count me in. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6554 "2016-09-15T22:38:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [HuffPo is reporting that Trump wants PayPal buddy billionaire Peter Thiel, who helped Hulk Hogan drive Gawker into nonexistence, as his Supreme Court nominee.](http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/09/15/breaking-donald-trump-supreme-court-nominee-leaked-prepare-to-be-disturbed/) Did I read this right? This guy is against women having the right to vote? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6555 "2016-09-15T23:59:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Trump wants to slash the FDA’s ability to police food safety.](http://www.salon.com/2016/09/15/trump-targets-the-fda-food-police-calls-for-elimination-of-food-safety-regulations-in-new-tax-plan/) > [@](#): > > “The FDA Food Police, which dictate how the federal government expects farmers to produce fruits and vegetables and even dictates the nutritional content of dog food,” the Trump campaign fact sheet complained. I wonder if “Trump will get your dog killed” is an effective line of attack? Og knows what would end up in dog food otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![ChickenLegs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@ChickenLegs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChickenLegs)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6556 "2016-09-16T01:12:08Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > You got that right. Trump cut bite the head off a bat onstage and give a slurpy blow job to Putin on national television and Trump’s voters would just say “emails”. You realize that this works both ways, right? Clinton’s aides who smashed smart phones with hammers to keep evidence from the FBI could plead the fifth, and Clinton’s voters will still just say “Trump says mean things”. Oh wait…bad example. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6557 "2016-09-16T01:33:07Z")
> [@ChickenLegs](#): > > You realize that this works both ways, right? > > Clinton’s aides who smashed smart phones with hammers to keep evidence from the FBI could plead the fifth, and Clinton’s voters will still just say “Trump says mean things”. > > Oh wait…bad example. Evidence of what, though? Sloppy IT practices? Um, okay, big whoop. Better by light years than actively supporting a neo-Stalinist like Putin. Which is why, if you hadn’t noticed, so many foreign policy Republicans are supporting her. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6558 "2016-09-16T01:38:30Z")
[Trump is still a birther.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-birther_us_57db31d1e4b04a1497b37811?section=&) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6559 "2016-09-16T02:02:04Z")
Trump says in an interview on Fox News that Ford planned to "fire all their employees in the United States and…move to Mexico. Of course, this is more bullshit from Trump. [Ford CEO Mark Fields cleared things up](http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/15/news/companies/donald-trump-ford-ceo-mark-fields/) in an interview: > [@](#): > > “It’s really unfortunate when politics get in the way of the facts,” he said Thursday in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Poppy Harlow. > > Asked if Ford would cut any U.S. jobs as part of its plans to build a new plant in Mexico, he responded; “Absolutely not. Zero. Not one job will be lost. Most of our investment is here in the US. And that’s the way it will continue to be.” They are moving some production to Mexico, and the plant will be shifting to making a different (higher end) line of vehicles. I guess Trump’s campaign will have to trot out another spokesperson who will have to translate from Trump Bullshit and try to explain what he really meant. Again. Trump does not even know what he says from day to day, and it does not matter to his supporters that he trots out complete and utter crap and falsehoods day after day. If Romney or McCain had said anything this egregiously stupid, it would have been major headlines. But this is just another day, another idiotic spew from Trump. It’s not even news anymore. ---
**Author:** ![GulfTiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e79b87/32.png) [@GulfTiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GulfTiger)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6560 "2016-09-16T02:28:49Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [I sure as hell don’t remember 69-year-old women getting punched out at Obama rallies.](http://wlos.com/news/local/69-year-old-woman-punched-in-face-outside-rally-by-trump-supporter) > > Oh, but how dare Hillary call some of Trump’s supporters deplorable. I’m sure that grown man had a very good reason for cold cocking that woman on an oxygen tank. It looks like a false flag hoax. > [@](#): > > “We know she’s lying,” said Smith. “This is what we know: First, she made the statement that she never laid a hand on Mr. Campbell–the video contradicts that. She says she was sucker punched in the face. This is a 69-year-old woman. I’ve done personal injury for 17 years, a lot of personal injury. If someone is sucker punched, there’s gonna be a mark. There’s nothing on her face. She then says she’s so injured, she had to go to Mission Hospital to get pages and pages of medical treatment. Yet, she’s photographed immediately after the incident smiling and hugging other protesters.” [lawyer for man accused of attacking woman at trump rally claims she’s lying](http://wlos.com/news/local/lawyer-for-man-accused-of-attacking-woman-at-trump-rally-claims-shes-lying) Pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6561 "2016-09-16T02:31:07Z")
Is it out of the question that a strong and manly Trump supporter hits like my sister? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6562 "2016-09-16T03:31:45Z")
> [@GulfTiger](#): > > [lawyer for man accused of attacking woman at trump rally claims she’s lying](http://wlos.com/news/local/lawyer-for-man-accused-of-attacking-woman-at-trump-rally-claims-shes-lying) I don’t know (or really care) what happened, but I sure wouldn’t be as quick as you are to take the word of a personal injury lawyer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=327) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=329)