Welcome to Trump Unshackled! In a truly unhinged event today (even for Trump), The Donald attacked the media, effectively came out in favor of concussions (¯\_(ツ)_/¯) and doubled down on his insults. He announced that Election Day would be a “little Brexit” for America (what?) and that Bernie Sanders had made a faustian bargain with the Devil (how kind!) Trump even said that Hillary Clinton “has to go to jail.” But wait, didn’t Kellyanne tell us that was just a joke? Hell hath no fury like Donald Trump scorned!
ATTACKS THE FIRE MARSHAL
Trump: “So fire marshal, will you let the people in please? I assume the fire marshal’s a Democrat, I assume. Unbelievable it never stops.” [Lakeland, Florida, 10/12/16]
Jenna Johnson @wpjenna Just checked: No line. Security still letting people into Trump’s Lakeland rally. (I think Trump owes an apology to the fire marshal.) [4:12pm · 12 Oct 2016]
ATTACKS HILLARY’S STAMINA
Trump: “How many of these do you think Hillary could do a day? Maybe a half.” [Lakeland, Florida, 10/12/16]
ATTACKS THE MEDIA
Trump: “These guys are so crooked—they’re worse than Hillary Clinton. I think they might be more crooked than Hillary and that’s saying a lot. Isn’t that amazing. […] these are the most dishonest people you’ll ever see… You know who I’m talking about back there you should be ashamed of yourself.” [Lakeland, Florida, 10/12/16]
DOUBLES DOWN ON AUTHORITARIAN RHETORIC
Trump: “She deleted the emails. She has to go to jail.” [Lakeland, Florida, 10/12/16]
DOUBLES DOWN ON INSULTS
Trump: “Believe me, the last space I want to invade is her space. I don’t want to invade her space.” [Lakeland, Florida, 10/12/16]
SEEMS TO BE PRO-CONCUSSION
Trump: “See, we don’t go by these and very much softer NFL rules. Concussion, up, up, got a little ding on the head, no no you can’t play for the rest of the season. Our people are tough.” [Lakeland, Florida, 10/12/16]
DOES TRUMP EVEN KNOW WHAT BREXIT IS?
Trump: “I think we’re going to have a little Brexit on November 8.” [Lakeland, Florida, 10/12/16]
DEMONSTRATES LITTLE SELF-AWARENESS
Trump on the media reporting his comments: “They make us sound like such jerks…These are horrible, horrible people.” [Lakeland, Florida, 10/12/16]
ON BERNIE AND “THE DEVIL”
Trump: “Now Bernie won’t go down in history, you know what, because he made a deal with a devil. Had Bernie not made that deal, he would’ve gone down as a major footnote in political history. Bernie sold out to the devil. He sold out to the devil.” [Lakeland, Florida, 10/12/16]
THINKS HE IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT CANDIDATE
Trump: “I believe so much in the environment believe it or not. People are shocked. I’ve won many environmental awards. Many.” [Lakeland, Florida, 10/12/16] (tip: Trump has said that climate change is a Chinese hoax)