Posted on 09/30/2016 7:57:12 AM PDT by Donglalinger
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump took to Twitter early Friday morning to go to war with his latest campaign nemesis: former Miss Universe Alicia Machado.
During the debate earlier this week, Democrat Hillary Clinton brought up Trump’s past weight-shaming comments about Machado, who was Miss Venezuela when Trump took over the Miss Universe beauty pageant in 1996. Machado, now a well-known actress in Latin America, says Trump once called her “fat,” “ugly” and “Miss Piggy,” among other things.
In tweets posted a little after 5 a.m. on Friday, Trump brought up reports indicating that Machado was once accused of driving a getaway car from a murder scene in Venezuela. (Earlier this week, CNN’s Anderson Cooper asked Machado, who was never charged, about the allegation. She admitted to not being a “saint girl” but said the real issue at hand was Trump’s attempt to “destroy my self-esteem.”) Trump also suggested that the public “check out” Machado’s “sex tape and past.”
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Hopefully this will hit the mainstream news to counter the vile disgusting ad that Hillary is running using her.
Lots of people telling me yesterday here on FR that attacking this porn star would be a great idea. Well you got your wish,we will see if it helps or hurts
This is a stupid idea. Have your surrogates go after her. Trump is taking his focus off of the true enemy. All of his fire should be focused on Hillary and Obama....
“Hopefully this will hit the mainstream news”
Already has, CNN all morning, Trump attacks woman in twitter tirade
Arrrgh! Not again. He’s SO much being taken off message again.
Didn’t he learn his lesson with Kahn?
Her word and character are being challenged by her shady past. He has every right to defend himself against the charges of lying Hillary and this shady bimbo.
Oh yes, by all means, the REAL ISSUE here is the self esteem of one person from an alleged incident 20 years ago.
Nothing about economy, worldwide unrest, terrorism.
Thanks Trump for tackling the REAL ISSUE at 5 a.m.
I really appreciate it.
Apparently not.
He took the freakin bait!! What a stupid man!!! Ugh!
Varney on Fox Business is blabbering about it also.
He’s absolutely right.
Jui-Jitsu my friends I see it. Hillary trotted out this whore, now we can hang her with her own rope. But I expect this thread full of precious little snowflakes whose backbone is similar to the consistency of cold congealed chicken fat.
Tweeting it a 5am doesn’t help Trump. It makes him look like he’s obsessing over trivia all night. He needs to get back on message. Permanently.
More discipline and focus on key issues concerning Americans is the key to winning, not commenting on tabloid trivia. He needs to show he has a vision, is a strong leader, and has viable solutions to our problems.
Hillary got Trump into another death spiral chasing his own tail.
He needs to get off this topic and back on Hillary.
Trump himself needs to stay quiet on this, let surrogates lead the effort.
My tagline personified here in this fainting, concern troll comment.
VERY STUPID idea. Who is minding the effing store and his twitter account? He wants another mexican judge and/or gold star dad fight which got him off track, unfocused, and behind in the polls?
The problem is that the media has made it an issue he can’t ignore. When Megan Kelly spends half of her show talking about it he has to address it. It is an attempt to keep people from talking about Hillary’s record, lies, poor health and criminality. Unfortunately, he has to address it.
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