Halloween has started early for Donald Trump. He’s having a nightmare of a week…and it’s only Monday. Following a third straight debate loss and a day of terrible headlines, no wonder Trump is running away from interviews and launching his own Facebook Live show. From down-ballot Republicans threatening lawsuits about TV ads that link them to Donald Trump to reports that despite his protests, none of Trump’s accusers have been proven to be lying, Donald Trump’s campaign is in such a downward spiral that his own campaign manager suggested today that reporters pay less attention to his tweets.
And despite the fact that Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has been so divisive that Republicans are dropping him like flies, Marco Rubio is still sticking by him, as is Pam Bondi, the Florida Attorney General who he allegedly bribed… and who spoke at his rally tonight.
REPUBLICAN REVOLT:
Huffington Post: Republicans Threaten Lawsuits Over TV Ads Linking Them To Donald Trump
“Some Republicans are running so far away from their party’s nominee that they are threatening to sue TV stations for running ads that suggest they support Donald Trump.”
Huffington Post: Second Texas Judge Leaves The Republican Party In The Age Of Donald Trump
“Lauren Parish, a six-term district judge in Upshur County, Texas, is leaving the Republican Party, becoming the second judge in the state to bail on the GOP in recent weeks. In her announcement, Parish goes after the Donald Trump for making ‘a mockery of our country and our citizenry.’”
DISRESPECTING OUR MILITARY:
Politico: Trump misfires on Mosul
“‘When you look at the other things he’s said about the military, about how the senior officers are a disaster and so on and so forth, my guess is most folks on active duty don’t take seriously what he has to say,’ said Robert Gates, who served as defense secretary for both Bush and Obama.”
TRUMP’S BULLYING:
New York Times: Fearing Trump, Bar Association Stifles Report Calling Him a ‘Libel Bully’
“Alarmed by Donald J. Trump’s record of filing lawsuits to punish and silence his critics, a committee of media lawyers at the American Bar Association commissioned a report on Mr. Trump’s litigation history. The report concluded that Mr. Trump was a ‘libel bully’ who had filed many meritless suits attacking his opponents and had never won in court. But the bar association refused to publish the report, citing ‘the risk of the A.B.A. being sued by Mr. Trump.’”
Washington Post: Contrary to what Trump claims, none of his accusers have been proven to be lying
“In reality, none of the claims of the women who are accusing him of inappropriate behavior — behavior which Trump described in that now infamous “Access Hollywood” tape from 2005 — have been debunked. Trump and his supporters have tried to cast down on the women’s claims, but without success.”
CNN Money: Donald Trump walked off a 1990 CNN interview when asked tough questions about his casino
In a 1990 CNN interview reviewed by CNN’s KFile, Trump walked off an interview when reporter Charles Feldman pressed him on questions over the financial stability of his Atlantic City casinos.
TRUMP’S DISTURBING BUSINESS RECORD:
Slate: A Trump Employee Is Suing for Extreme Anti-Gay Harassment and Discrimination
“Andres’ suit documents a stunning negligence of the persistent harassment by management at the Trump National Golf Club—negligence that enabled further discrimination and ultimately curdled into retaliation when Andres dared to speak out.”
Daily Beast: Donald Trump Made ‘Apprentice’ Staff Work Through Hurricane Sandy Chaos
“As New York City called for a state of emergency during Hurricane Sandy, which left 53 people dead, Donald Trump forced staff to come to Trump Tower to shoot The Apprentice a few floors below his apartment—in between tweets challenging the president to produce his birth certificate.”
EVEN MORE TROUBLE IN TRUMPLAND:
Associated Press: Trump took $17 million in insurance for damage few remember
“Donald Trump said he received a $17 million insurance payment in 2005 for hurricane damage to Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, but The Associated Press found little evidence of such large-scale damage.
Esquire: My Visit to the Trump Dump…. Sorry, Trump Tower
“Before he makes America great again, can he at least clear the trash out of the Tower’s public garden?”
New York Times: What’s in a Name? When It’s ‘Trump Place,’ It’s a Revolt
In a city where that name is splashed across Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue, Trump International Hotel at Columbus Circle, Trump Soho, Trump World Tower, Trump Parc, Trump Plaza, Trump Wollman Rink in Central Park and the Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point in the Bronx, a backlash may be taking hold against the Republican presidential nominee.