October 16, 2016
THE DISCIPLINE OF DEMOCRACY:
Donald Trump Responds to Groping Allegations by Blaming a Global Conspiracy (Jim Newell, 10/16/16, Slate)
Donald Trump is displeased with the media. He expressed this displeasure during his speech in West Palm Beach, Florida on Thursday. The problem is that the media has taken his own words about how he lunges at women and starts kissing and groping them, and turned up real-world instances of him allegedly doing so. Trump is used to getting away with this sort of chatter, these sorts of actions. He's not getting away with it now, and it infuriates him.So disruptive is this rare moment of accountability to everything Donald Trump's ever known in 40-plus years of public life that he can't just blame the media, either. He can't just blame the Clintons. That he's losing the presidential race, and facing public allegations of past sexual assault from more women every day is, in his mind, the sign of a global conspiracy. It's all he's got.
A jury of 300+ million peers has judged him and found him wanting.
Posted by Orrin Judd at October 16, 2016 7:15 PM