WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has demonstrated for years that when he is panicking about something bad happening to him — a court ruling against him, a key witness testifying against him, his campaign numbers sinking — he lashes out.
We are clearly in one of those moments.
As Vice President Kamala Harris is fast rising in the polls, now leading or tied with Trump in all seven swing states, Trump is resorting to vile sexually-themed attacks against her.
On Wednesday, Trump shared a screenshot on social media showing a photo of Harris with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Below the image, which went out to Trump’s 7.6 million followers, a person in the screenshot wrote, “Funny how blowjobs impacted both of their careers differently.”
The comment is a jab at the vice president’s 1990s-era relationship with Willie Brown, who went on to become the mayor of San Francisco — a relationship that Harris’ political opponents have been attempting to frame as a sexual quid-pro-quo — as well as a reference to former President Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Trump’s post came a day after Fox News host Jesse Watters, a loyal Trump ally, accused Harris of having no stated foreign policy plans and said she would be “paralyzed in the Situation Room while the generals have their way with her.”
Not even two weeks ago, the GOP presidential nominee shared another video on social media mocking Harris for having “spent her whole damn life down on her knees,” another suggestion that she has given sexual favors for political gain. The video, which parodied the Alanis Morissette song “Ironic,” flashed images of Brown and second gentleman Doug Emhoff as that line played.
It’s disgusting, and it’s entirely predictable, say leaders of prominent women’s advocacy groups.
“This is the Donald Trump playbook, in particular, when he’s on the defensive and feels he is not driving the conversation,” said Jessica Mackler, the president of…
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