While the rest of the country slept, the Republican candidate for President of the United States stayed up all night screaming at a former Miss Universe contestant who criticized him.
Oddly, Trump’s initial outburst was directed at reporters who used sources within his campaign to leak that many staffers are depressed, despondent and confused by the way he is running his campaign.
3:20 am
Anytime you see a story about me or my campaign saying "sources said," DO NOT believe it. There are no sources, they are just made up lies!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016
However, a mere two hours after that tweet lamenting unnamed sources, Trump himself went into conspiracy mode.
5:14 am
Wow, Crooked Hillary was duped and used by my worst Miss U. Hillary floated her as an "angel" without checking her past, which is terrible!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016
5:19 am
Using Alicia M in the debate as a paragon of virtue just shows that Crooked Hillary suffers from BAD JUDGEMENT! Hillary was set up by a con.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016
5:30 am
Did Crooked Hillary help disgusting (check out sex tape and past) Alicia M become a U.S. citizen so she could use her in the debate?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016
The last tweet, coming from a still angry but now more sleep deprived Trump, raised the most eyebrows. The Republican nominee for President of the United States. The man endorsed by the GOP and Christian evangelicals, was telling his supporters to track down a sex tape involving Alicia Machado, a former Miss Universe contestant. Making the situation even more insane, the sex tape doesn’t exist. It was a manufactured right-wing conspiracy that surfaced shortly after Machado’s name came up during the debate.
Take it away, Snopes:
It should come as no surprise that celebrity nude photographs and sex videos drive major traffic on the Internet. But when legitimate photographs or videos are not available, hoaxsters often resort to creating their own. In some cases, this involves Photoshopping a famous face onto a nude or near-nude body (as was done with Sarah Palin), or changing the title of a sex video if it features a porn actress who bears a resemblance to a celebrity
The latter is the case with Alicia Machado.
In a painfully ironic twist, one of the ways Trump’s fans are justifying labeling Machado a “porn star” is by citing the fact that she once posed topless in Playboy magazine. This might not be Trump’s best argument…
Meanwhile, running on fumes, by daybreak Trump went back to limply whining about the press.
8:50 am
Remember, don't believe "sources said" by the VERY dishonest media. If they don't name the sources, the sources don't exist.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016
This is the man conservatives want to arm with nuclear weapons. He can’t even control his thumbs.
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