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‘There Is No Limit': Trump Resorts To Gross Sexual Slurs As Harris Rises In The Polls

Huffington Post · Jennifer Bendery · last updated
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.

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