"...we have compiled a list of specific things that make Trump an unacceptable candidate for the presidency. Some are policy proposals that should be outside the bounds of debate, like punitive torture. Some are casual vulgarities, like his description of Rosie O’Donnell. You might not agree that each individual item on the list is disqualifying in isolation—you can vote those down, and vote up the ones you find especially egregious—but the list’s cumulative weight makes its own statement.
Update, Aug. 1, 2016: We originally listed 141 items here. But Trump doesn’t stop saying and doing unpresidential things, so we’ll continue to update the list through Election Day. New items will appear at the top of the list under “Recent Trump Moments” for a while, until they are replaced by fresher instances of self-disqualification.
Note: Here are the first 25. Rest at link.
Said he would force the military to commit war crimes
Said about women, “You have to treat ’em like shit”
Proposed to create a database system to track Muslims in the U.S.
Said a U.S.-born judge couldn't be impartial because of his “Mexican heritage”
Advocated assassinating terrorists’ families
Advocated waterboarding as punishment even if it doesn’t help gain information, because “they deserve it anyway”
Urged supporters to beat up protesters at his rallies
Made fun of a reporter’s physical disability
Promised to deport U.S. citizens whose parents immigrated illegally, in violation of the 14th Amendment
Advocated shutting down mosques
Called for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S.
Described global warming as a hoax perpetrated by “the Chinese” for competitive reasons
Suggested the U.S. should reduce its debts by partially defaulting on them
Fraternizes with avowed white supremacists on Twitter
Responded to the murder of 49 people at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub with “Appreciate the congrats for being right on Islamic terrorism”
Called Mexican immigrants rapists
Endorsed torture
Refuses to sell any of his more than 500 businesses if he’s elected, potentially creating unprecedented conflicts of interest
Disparaged Sen. John McCain's military service because he was captured by the North Vietnamese
Defended FDR’s internment of Japanese Americans
Refused to release his tax returns during the campaign
Retweeted bogus crime statistics that wildly inflated the rate at which blacks kill whites
Suggested that supporters who attacked a homeless Hispanic man were “very passionate” and “love their country”
Blamed sexual assault in the military on “put[ting] men and women together”
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_...to_be_president_here_are_141_reasons_why.html
Update, Aug. 1, 2016: We originally listed 141 items here. But Trump doesn’t stop saying and doing unpresidential things, so we’ll continue to update the list through Election Day. New items will appear at the top of the list under “Recent Trump Moments” for a while, until they are replaced by fresher instances of self-disqualification.
Note: Here are the first 25. Rest at link.
Said he would force the military to commit war crimes
Said about women, “You have to treat ’em like shit”
Proposed to create a database system to track Muslims in the U.S.
Said a U.S.-born judge couldn't be impartial because of his “Mexican heritage”
Advocated assassinating terrorists’ families
Advocated waterboarding as punishment even if it doesn’t help gain information, because “they deserve it anyway”
Urged supporters to beat up protesters at his rallies
Made fun of a reporter’s physical disability
Promised to deport U.S. citizens whose parents immigrated illegally, in violation of the 14th Amendment
Advocated shutting down mosques
Called for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S.
Described global warming as a hoax perpetrated by “the Chinese” for competitive reasons
Suggested the U.S. should reduce its debts by partially defaulting on them
Fraternizes with avowed white supremacists on Twitter
Responded to the murder of 49 people at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub with “Appreciate the congrats for being right on Islamic terrorism”
Called Mexican immigrants rapists
Endorsed torture
Refuses to sell any of his more than 500 businesses if he’s elected, potentially creating unprecedented conflicts of interest
Disparaged Sen. John McCain's military service because he was captured by the North Vietnamese
Defended FDR’s internment of Japanese Americans
Refused to release his tax returns during the campaign
Retweeted bogus crime statistics that wildly inflated the rate at which blacks kill whites
Suggested that supporters who attacked a homeless Hispanic man were “very passionate” and “love their country”
Blamed sexual assault in the military on “put[ting] men and women together”
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_...to_be_president_here_are_141_reasons_why.html
