Trump DOUBLES DOWN on Criticism of Khan Family as Blowback Continues

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by Michael Edison Hayden
Aug 1, 2016

Republican nominee Donald Trump, facing backlash over his controversial remarks about the family of slain Army Capt. Humayun Kahn, continued to aggressively push back against critics this morning.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-doubles-criticism-khan-family-blow-back-continues/story?id=41041166

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/760114071643512832

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1. ...

[Moostache]

2. Good, by the end of the week he'll be down to 30-35% support with no upside.

He is the poster child for narcissism and simply incapable of recognizing that he is wrong, that he should have just apologized and moved on last Friday.

This is the exact same thing as when his wife's speech was found to be plagiarized...denial...it ain't just a river in Egypt for him!

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4. he lacks self-control and self-awareness

the man is UNFIT!

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18. Reed Galen, veteran GOP consultant: "this is a guy who can’t let slights, major or minor, go by"

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-trump-khan-battle-20160731-snap-story.html

[Moostache]

21. That's why I have started trolling @RealDonaldTrump on Twitter.

I want him to stoop down to the level of attacking a single, non-descript, unknown Twitter user for perceived slights.

The man should not be elected dog-catcher, let alone POTUS and whatever it takes to make enough people realize that, then that is what must be done.

[napkinz]

25. as Hillary said, "he loses his cool at the slightest provocation" ... he's so easy to bait!

"A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons."

[leftyladyfrommo]

3. And just how many people has he viciously attacked that he doesn't even know?

Nice! Not.

All the absolutely awful attacks he has made against Elizabeth Warren and Crooked Hillary and on and on and on. Just one unjustified childish attack after another. What about the attack on Ted Cruz's father as having something to do with the Kennedy assassination? Or the attacks against Kaisch? and on and on and on.

And if that is his idea of a vicious attack he has some unpleasant surprises coming. That wasn't a vicious attack. it was just the truth.

[Moostache]

5. Here's a list...

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/01/28/upshot/donald-trump-twitter-insults.html?_r=0

That is just shocking when you view it in that format...

[grubbs]

6. He is actually right about Glenn Beck

I guess when you spew thAt much shit, you're bound to find a peanut eventually.

[Moostache]

7. Ugh....the visual on that peanut...ick! (n/t)

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9. and his supporters could read that entire list and still worship him

[bluesbassman]

10. That list alone should disqualify him.

How any thoughtful person could believe that Trump should be anywhere near the Oval Office is mind boggling. But then I suppose we must assume that the bulk of his supporters are driven not by thought, but by something uglier.

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28. "the bulk of his supporters are driven not by thought, but by something uglier"

[AgadorSparticus]

8. unbelievable....not really. he always doubles down even when he's wrong.

he doesn't have any other tools to work with, no other gears, nothing. he is sadly predictable.

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16. Trump to Jimmy Fallon: I Never Apologize Because I’m Never Wrong

by Josh Feldman
September 12th, 2015

Following their mirror sketch together, Donald Trump spoke with Jimmy Fallon last night and said he has absolutely nothing to apologize for.

Trump went through his standard talking points about how he’s the greatest and does the best and how all the other candidates don’t really matter to him. Fallon threw in a few zingers here and there, and at one point asked, “Have you ever apologized, ever, in your lifetime?”

Trump said no, because he’s never wrong. Fallon burst out laughing.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-to-jimmy-fallon-i-never-apologize-because-im-never-wrong/

[AgadorSparticus]

17. good lord. that's pretty damn scary.

[gratuitous]

11. Never read the comments

So, I read some of the comments at the stories. It seems that the Khans just viciously attacked poor put-upon Donald Trump totally out of the blue! And he's supposed to just sit there and take these unwarranted slurs? Oh helz no! He's got his First Amendment rights, you liberal haters! Oh, and the Khans were put up by the Democrats as puppets, totally unable to make any decisions on their own.

It's weird how Trump's supporters all sound exactly the same.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

12. Most of the internet

... comment sections have been overrun with those cockroaches.

I'm not sure why, but I think the internet appeals to them more because it provides an outlet for their hatred and bigotry that they normally keep bottled up in face-to-face interactions.

If it wasn't for the mods here, I bet they'd even take over DU in time. Many people would be exasperated by them and leave.

[Warpy]

27. Well, unless you go over to Drumpf's favorite format, Twitter

#trumpsacrifices was especially hilarious this week and the few trolls got savaged right along with him.

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29. #trumpsacrifices

[Moostache]

19. They are Borg. Resistance is Futile. (n/t)

[Gothmog]

13. Great Meme

[sinkingfeeling]

14. Hey, Donnie, now you know how all the Muslims, Mexicans, women, and

other immigrants feel when you attack them.

[RoyJ13]

15. Mr. Trump, please keep talking

Do go on about how Khan's outrage over your awful comments makes you look bad, or something like that. You'll only be shooting yourself in the foot by doing so, and this will cost you crucial support with voters in the end.

[renate]

22. welcome to DU!

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24. ...

[uppityperson]

33. +1, I agree. He is repulsive, revolting, disgusting, abhorrent, objectionable, vile, foul and nasty

[lindysalsagal]

20. His handlers probably want to take the shovel away from him

and bash him with it,


or dig a hole and put him in it until november!!

[lindysalsagal]

23. How many more times will his "campaign directors" show up to bail him out?

Do these morons have a limit? "3 more and I'm done?" "I won't quit unless he insults my own parents?"

Give him time. He'll get there. I predict in a week he'll have no staff whatsoever, and so no rallies or speeches to attend.

That's what he really wants. He doesn't want to do this job.

[Binkie The Clown]

26. Trump, the eternal victim. How long can he play the victim card...

...and still claim to be "strong"?

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31. :)

[chelsea0011]

30. Presidential elections always seem to have a defining moment that is remembered right

up to the voting booth . This might be one of them. And if Trump wasn't such a sociopath, this could have died an early death with a simple apology. Not with this narcissistic fool. And days later it is getting worse with the comments coming from his campaign staff and supporters. He may never recover form this because he may never let go because he is incapable of doing the right thing.

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32. just look at the week he's had ...

He encouraged a foreign adversary to conduct espionage.

Then he attacked the Muslim parents of a slain war hero.

And now his ignorant statement about Ukraine.

[phylny]

34. I work with young children all day long.

They tell you they didn't take the truck. They tell you they didn't hit the dog. They scream, tantrum, even call you names.

Trump acts like a spoiled child.