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USA Today has not been known to be a bastion of liberalism. It has not been known for controversial or partisan opinion pieces. But the editorial board there has recently written a searing op-ed against Trump, after he tweeted that senator Gillibrand had "begged him" for campaign contributions not long ago "and would do anything for them." After concerns were raised that this had very insulting sexual overtones, Whitehouse spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders tried to explain it away by saying that only anyone with "their mind in the gutter" could think that. What? You think the president of the United States could be that low class? But it seems she forgot she was talking about someone who was bragging about the size of his manhood on a nationally televised presidential debate. The USA Today editorial board, it seems, hasn't bought that explanation.
How low can you go? We are always surprised, aren't we?
"With his latest tweet, clearly implying that a United States senator would trade sexual favors for campaign cash, President Trump has shown he is not fit for office. Rock bottom is no impediment for a president who can always find room for a new low...A president who would all but call Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a whore is not fit to clean the toilets in the Barack Obama Presidential Library or to shine the shoes of George W. Bush. This isn't about the policy differences we have with all presidents or our disappointment in some of their decisions. Obama and Bush both failed in many ways. They broke promises and told untruths, but the basic decency of each man was never in doubt... A president who shows such disrespect for the truth, for ethics, for the basic duties of the job and for decency toward others fails at the very essence of what has always made America great...
This year, the choice isn't between two capable major party nominees who happen to have significant ideological differences. This year, one of the candidates -- Republican nominee Donald Trump -- is, by unanimous consensus of the Editorial Board, unfit for the presidency."
Will Trump's lows ever hit rock bottom?
How low can you go? We are always surprised, aren't we?
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