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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReasons to Despise Trump
Was sued because apartment property shunned African-Americans in the 1970s. Was settled out of court.
Had the same lawyer as Joe McCarthy.
Was accused of rape by his first wife.
Bankrupted three casinos. Went deep into debt. Played the system to avoid paying taxes.
Cheated on all of his wives.
Paid a porn star hush money for having sex.
Falsely accused Barack Obama for being born in Kenya.
Has been accused of sexual harassment by numerous women.
Refused to disclose tax returns.
Overstated personal worth.
Accused Mexican immigrants of being rapists.
Impugned John McCain's character.
Made numerous other false statements.
Other than that, he must be a nice guy.
Am I missing anything?
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)dameatball
(7,397 posts)shraby
(21,946 posts)JI7
(89,248 posts)of reasons not to despise him and i can't come up with anything.
Initech
(100,068 posts)Takket
(21,563 posts)Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)sarah FAILIN
(2,857 posts)You know, loudly and consistently..
Other than that whole selling our country out on every level possible..
I'm sure his grandkids tolerate him.
northoftheborder
(7,572 posts)Does he pay them any attention at all?
sarah FAILIN
(2,857 posts)He had 2 kids by the hand getting them on Marine 1 reportedly taking them for weekend family fun. He said they were Ivanka's kids but that made zero sense that he would take them alone. Who knows..
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Sorry.
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)Danmel
(4,913 posts)His entire cabinet.
Charlottesville.
PJMcK
(22,035 posts)msdogi
(430 posts)Mocking and name calling
vulgar, repulsive appearance
Slimy "business" dealings"
lying, lying and more lying...
but the big one for me right now is LOCKING UP KIDS IN CAGES
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)A horrible crime, but they convicted the wrong kids. Eventually they got the right guy, but Trump still claims they were guilty.
I remember the full page ads at the time, and they were chilling.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/06/politics/reality-check-donald-trump-central-park-5/index.html
malaise
(268,968 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)UTUSN
(70,686 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,320 posts)mnmoderatedem
(3,728 posts)is there ANY reason NOT to despise trump
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)...reasons in your list. Pretty sure that list could not fill up the introduction of a book on this topic.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/11/us/politics/trump-rally.html