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Such a waste of money. Remember, he has "the most loyal people. Did you ever see that? Where I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters, okay? It’s like incredible!"
He should have just let her talk. Such a sucker.
Vulgarity always goes hand-in-hand with irrational, self-defeating behavior. It's knee-jerk reaction from one minute to the next, hollow, distracted and panicky.
It would eat him up inside if he were capable of admitting he did something wrong. Every action he takes is the best, the most perfect action, no one could have done a better action. Every action he didn't take, but his definition, is clearly wrong.
I mean considering how close the 2016 election was, I could totally see this having affected his chances.
I don't think this analysis is correct. This unwavering support is true of Trump supporters today, but back in the run up to the 2016 there were definitely people who voted for Trump who would have changed their mind had the "grab them by the pussy" tape been immediately followed up by a media storm surrounding more awkward sexual allegations coming from from a porn star.
The Trump team clearly thought so - presidential campaigns are nothing if not obsessive about how optics can affect their candidates in key states, and by how much. The fact that they went to such lengths to cover it up was indicative of how impactful they feared it would be among swing voters.