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3. Maggie Haberman and Matt Flegenheimer, “Cruz, at Fund-Raiser, Is Said to Question If Trump Has ‘Judgment’ to Be President,” New York Times, December 11, 2015.
4. Eli Stokols, “Trump Takes on Cruz, but Lightly,” Politico, December 12, 2015, https://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/trump-cruz-returns-fire-216708.
5. “Trump in ‘FNS’ Exclusive: Cruz a ‘Maniac,’ Hillary’s ‘Stupidity Killed Hundreds of Thousands,’” Fox News, December 14, 2015, https://insider.foxnews.com/2015/12/13/trump-fns-calls-cruz-maniac-claims-hillary-killed-hundreds-thousands-people.
6. Jeremy Diamond, “Donald Trump: Hillary Clinton Got Schlonged in 2008,” CNNPolitics, December 22, 2015, https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/21/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-disgusting/index.html.
7. David Wright, “Ted Cruz: Donald Trump ‘Embodies New York Values,’” CNNPolitics, January 13, 2016, https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/13/politics/ted-cruz-donald-trump-new-york-values/index.html.
8. Ryan Teague Beckwith, “Republican Debate: Read the Full Transcript,” Time, January 15, 2016, http://time.com/4182096/republican-debate-charleston-transcript-full-text/.
9. Paul Bond, “Leslie Moonves on Donald Trump: “It May Not Be Good for America, but It’s Damn Good for CBS,” Hollywood Reporter, March 1, 2016, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/leslie-moonves-donald-trump-may-871464.
10. Mike McIntire, “Cruz Neglected to Report Loan from ‘12 Race,” New York Times, January 13, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/us/politics/ted-cruz-wall-street-loan-senate-bid-2012.html.
11. Mike Allen, “What Ted Cruz Said Behind Closed Doors,” Politico, December 23, 2015, https://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/ted-cruz-gay-marriage-secret-audio-217090.
12. Michael Barone, “Probing for Clues in the Iowa Caucus Numbers,” RealClearPolitics, February 5, 2016, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/02/05/probing_for_clues_in_the_iowa_caucus_numbers_129564.html.
13. Chad Merda, “So Many People Are Booing at the GOP Debate, It’s Trending on Google,” Sun-Times, February 13, 2016, https://web.archive.org/web/20160215060124/http://national.suntimes.com/national-world-news/7/72/2596882/many-people-booing-gop-debate-trending-google/.
14. Team Fix, “The CBS News Republican Debate Transcript, Annotated,” Washington Post, February 13, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/13/the-cbs-republican-debate-transcript-annotated/?utm_term=.1c89a3133504.
15. Michelle Hackman, “Donald Trump Called Ted Cruz a ‘Pussy’ and the Media Won’t Repeat It,” Vox, February 9, 2016, https://www.vox.com/2016/2/9/10950182/donald-trump-ted-cruz.
16. Amy Davidson Sorkin, “Donald Trump’s Scalia-Conspiracy Pillow Fight,” New Yorker, June 19, 2017, https://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/donald-trumps-scalia-conspiracy-pillow-fight.
17. Team Fix, “The CNN-Telemundo Republican Debate Transcript, Annotated,” Washington Post, February 25, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/25/the-cnntelemundo-republican-debate-transcript-annotated/?utm_term=.908e1062553e.
18. Jeremy Diamond, “Donald Trump on Protester: ‘I’d Like to Punch Him in the Face,’” CNNPolitics, February 23, 2016, https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/23/politics/donald-trump-nevada-rally-punch/index.html.
19. Daniel White, “Donald Trump Tells Crowd to ‘Knock the Crap Out of’ Hecklers,” Time, February 1, 2016, http://time.com/4203094/donald-trump-hecklers/.
20. Alexandra Jaffe, “Donald Trump Has ‘Small Hands,’ Marco Rubio Says,” NBCNews.com, February 29, 2016, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-has-small-hands-marco-rubio-says-n527791.
21. Ryan Teague Beckwith, “Read Mitt Romney’s Speech About Donald Trump,” Time, March 3, 2016, http://time.com/4246596/donald-trump-mitt-romney-utah-speech/.
22. Team Fix, “The Fox News GOP Debate Transcript, Annotated,” Washington Post, March 3, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/03/the-fox-news-gop-debate-transcript-annotated/?utm_term=.b20c8db42b69.
23. “Michigan Exit Polls,” CNN, March 8, 2016, https://www.cnn.com/election/2016/primaries/polls/mi/Rep.
24. “Michigan Exit Polls,” CNN, March 8, 2016, https://www.cnn.com/election/2016/primaries/polls/mi/dem.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: MARCH 2016
1. Evan Thomas, “The Slickest Shop in Town,” Time, March 3, 1986.
2. Kenneth P. Vogel, “Paul Manafort’s Wild and Lucrative Philippine Adventure,” Politico, June 10, 2016, https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/06/2016-donald-trump-paul-manafort-ferinand-marcos-philippines-1980s-213952.
3. Joe Palazzolo, Nicole Hong, Michael Rothfeld, Rebecca Davis O’Brien, and Rebecca Ballhaus, “Donald Trump Played Central Role in Hush Payoffs to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal,” Wall Street Journal, November 9, 2018, https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-played-central-role-in-hush-payoffs-to-stormy-daniels-and-karen-mcdougal-1541786601?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1.
4. “Homewrecker Carly Fiorina Lied About Druggie Daughter,” National Enquirer, September 23, 2015, https://www.nationalenquirer.com/real-life/homewrecker-carly-fiorina-lied-about-druggie-daughter/.
5. “Bungling Surgeon Ben Carson Left Sponge in Patient’s Brain!” National Enquirer, October 7, 2015, https://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/bungling-surgeon-ben-carson-left-sponge-patients-brain/.
6. “Senator Marco Rubio’s Cocaine Connection!” National Enquirer, December 31, 2015, https://www.nationalenquirer.com/true-crime/marc-rubio-cocaine-connection-drug-scandal/
7. “Ted Cruz Sex Scandal: 5 Secret Mistresses,” National Enquirer, March 30, 2016, https://www.nationalenquirer.com/photos/ted-cruz-sex-scandal-cheating-affairs-mistresses/.
8. L. V. Anderson, “In Which Donald Trump Mocks Ted Cruz for Not Having a Trophy Wife,” Slate, March 24, 2016, https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/03/trump-mocks-ted-cruz-for-not-having-a-trophy-wife.html.
9. “Cruz to Trump: ‘You’re a Sniveling Coward and Leave Heidi the Hell Alone,’” NBCNews.com, March 24, 2016, https://www.nbcnews.com/video/cruz-to-trump-you-re-a-sniveling-coward-and-leave-heidi-the-hell-alone-651661379665.
10. Andrew Kaczynski, “Mike Pence Argued in an Op-Ed That Disney’s “Mulan” Was Liberal Propaganda,” BuzzFeed News, July 17, 2016, https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/mister-ill-make-a-man-out-of-you.
11. “Pence (Finally) Endorses Cruz,” The Rush Limbaugh Show, April 29, 2016, https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2016/04/29/pence_finally_endorses_cruz/.
12. Sean Gregory, “Bob Knight Talks Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Border Wall,” Time, April 29, 2016, http://time.com/4312558/bob-knight-donald-trump-indiana/.
13. Tony Cook, Brian Eason, Stephanie Wang, and Chelsea Schneider, “Primary Blog: Cruz Will Be in Indy for Election Returns,” Indianapolis Star, May 3, 2016, https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/05/01/trump-cruz-sanders-make-final-push-indy-monday/83797800/.
14. Ian Schwartz, “Trump Ties Ted Cruz’s Father to Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK Assassination,” RealClearPolitics, May 3, 2016, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/05/03/trump_ties_ted_cruzs_father_to_lee_harvey_oswald_jfk_assassination.html.
15. David Wright, Tal Kopan, and Julia Manchester, “Cruz: Trump ‘Is a Pathological Liar,’” CNN, May 3, 2016, https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/03/politics/donald-trump-rafael-cruz-indiana/index.html.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: MAY 2016
1. Calvin Woodward, “Trump and Ryan Pledge Unity but Remain Divided on Policy,” AP News, May 12, 2016, https://apnews.com/f576403e7dfc49579f8e2865c25bbb31.
2. Benjy Sarlin, “Donald Trump Warns Supporters Could Riot If He Doesn’t Get GOP Nomination,” NBCNews.com, March 17, 2016, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-warns-supporters-may-riot-fears-violence-escalate-n540516.
3. Libby Nelson, “Donald Trump Says Women Don’t like Hillary Clinton. They Dislike Him Even More,” Vox, April 27, 2016, https://www.vox.com/2016/4/26/11514948/trump-clinton-women.
4. Rove, Karl
, “What Donald Trump Needs Now,” Wall Street Journal, May 4, 2016, https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-donald-trump-needs-now-1462399988.
5. Jenna Johnson, “In General Election, Donald Trump Plans to Focus on 15 States,” Washington Post, May 26, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/05/26/in-general-election-donald-trump-plans-to-focus-on-15-states/?utm_term=.a846c18fea19.
6. M. J. Lee, Dan Merica, and Jeff Zeleny, “Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton,” CNN, July 12, 2016, https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/11/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/index.html.
7. “Trump Wants a ‘Deportation Force,’” The Daily Beast, November 11, 2015, https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-wants-a-deportation-force.
8. Alexandra Jaffe, “Pence Meets with Trump, Says ‘Nothing Was Offered’ on VP Front,” NBCNews.com, July 4, 2016, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/mike-pence-meets-trump-nothing-was-offered-vp-front-n603271.
9. Theodore Schleifer, “Trump: Judge with Mexican Heritage Has an ‘Inherent Conflict of Interest,’” CNN, June 3, 2016, https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/02/politics/donald-trump-judge-mexican-heritage-conflict-of-interest/index.html.
10. Amanda, Terkel, “Sorry, Brown People, Donald Trump Doesn’t Believe You’re Real Americans,” Huffington Post, June 3, 2016, https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-mexicans_us_5751e972e4b0c3752dcda87f.
11. Mohammad Zargham and Richard Cowan, “Trump Should Stop Attacking Minority Groups: Senate’s McConnell,” Reuters, June 7, 2016, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-mcconnell-idUSKCN0YT2CK.
12. Manu Raju, Eugene Scott, and Deirdre Walsh, “Graham: Trump’s Judge Comments ‘Un-American,’” CNN, June 7, 2016, https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/07/politics/lindsey-graham-donald-trump/index.html.
13. Nick Gass, “Christie: Trump ‘Not Racist,’ Has ‘Right’ to Express Opinions on Judge,” Politico, June 7, 2016, https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/chris-christie-trump-not-racist-223994.
14. Aaron Blake, “Chris Christie’s Poll Numbers Are Absolutely Brutal,” Washington Post, May 24, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/05/19/this-poll-is-brutal-for-potential-trump-vice-presidential-candidate-chris-christie/.
15. Ryan Lovelace, “Pence: Electing Hillary Clinton Would Be ‘Extremely Careless.’” Washington Examiner, July 13, 2016, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pence-electing-hillary-clinton-would-be-extremely-careless.
16. Ashley Parker, Alexander Burns, and Maggie Haberman, “A Grounded Plane and Anti-Clinton Passion: How Mike Pence Swayed the Trumps,” New York Times, July 16, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/us/politics/donald-trump-mike-pence.html.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: JULY 2016
1. U.S. Census Bureau, Census, Raw data, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC.
2. Emily Jashinsky, “Rep. Massie’s Theory: Voters Who Voted for Libertarians and Then Trump Were Always Just Seeking the ‘Craziest Son of a Bitch in the Race,’” Washington Examiner, May 7, 2018, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rep-massies-theory-voters-who-voted-for-libertarians-and-then-trump-were-always-just-seeking-the-craziest-son-of-a-bitch-in-the-race.
3. Ryan Teague Beckwith, “Republican Convention: Read Ted Cruz Speech Transcript,” Time, July 21, 2016, http://time.com/4416396/republican-convention-ted-cruz-donald-trump-endorsement-speech-transcript-video/.
4. Dara Lind, “Ted Cruz Savors Victory in Iowa Caucus Speech,” Vox, February 2, 2016, https://www.vox.com/2016/2/2/10892740/ted-cruz-iowa-caucus-speech.
5. Isaac Arnsdorf, “Cruz Super PACs Spent $10 Million in January,” Politico, February 21, 2016, https://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/ted-cruz-super-pac-backers-january-spending-219575.
6. Haberman, Maggie, “Influential Donors Criticize Ted Cruz for His G.O.P. Convention Speech,” New York Times, July 23, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/24/us/politics/influential-donors-criticize-ted-cruz-for-his-gop-convention-speech.html.
7. Louis Nelson, “Trump Campaign: Kasich ‘Embarrassing His State’ by Skipping Convention,” Politico, July 18, 2016, https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/paul-manafort-john-kasich-convention-225692.
8. “Full Text: Donald Trump 2016 RNC Draft Speech Transcript,” Politico, July 21, 2016, https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/full-transcript-donald-trump-nomination-acceptance-speech-at-rnc-225974.
9. “FULL TEXT: Khizr Khan’s Speech to the 2016 Democratic National Convention,” ABC News, August 1, 2016, https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/full-text-khizr-khans-speech-2016-democratic-national/story?id=41043609.
10. Donna Brazile, “Inside Hillary Clinton’s Secret Takeover of the DNC,” Politico, November 2, 2017, https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/02/clinton-brazile-hacks-2016-215774.
11. Nick Corasaniti and Maggie Haberman, “Trump Suggests Gun Owners Act Against Clinton,” New York Times, August 10, 2016.
12. Andrew Kirell, “Trump Fan: ‘I Would’ve Taken Him to the Shed’ for Joking About Hillary’s Murder,” The Daily Beast, August 10, 2016, https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-fan-i-wouldve-taken-him-to-the-shed-for-joking-about-hillarys-murder.
13. Kopan Tal, “Donald Trump: I Meant that Obama Founded ISIS, Literally,” CNN, August 12, 2016, https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/11/politics/donald-trump-hugh-hewitt-obama-founder-isis/index.html.
14. Seth Masket and Jennifer Victor, “Clinton Has Vastly More Campaign Offices than Trump: How Much of an Advantage Is This?” Vox, October 5, 2016, https://www.vox.com/mischiefs-of-faction/2016/10/5/13174624/trump-field-offices.
15. Clare Foran, “The Curse of Hillary Clinton’s Ambition,” The Atlantic, September 19, 2016, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/09/clinton-trust-sexism/500489/.
16. “A Clear Lead for Clinton after the Conventions,” Washington Post, August 9, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2016/08/07/National-Politics/Polling/release_435.xml?tid=a_inl.
17. Abigail Tracy, “Clinton Accuses Trump of Supporting Racism in Scathing Campaign Speech,” Vanity Fair, August 25, 2016, https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/08/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-breitbart-alt-right.
18. Steve Wyche, “Colin Kaepernick Explains Why He Sat During National Anthem,” NFL.com, August 27, 2016, http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000691077/article/colin-kaepernick-explains-why-he-sat-during-national-anthem.
19. Nick Wagoner, “Transcript of Colin Kaepernick’s Comments About Sitting During National Anthem,” ESPN, August 28, 2016, http://www.espn.com/blog/san-francisco-49ers/post/_/id/18957/transcript-of-colin-kaepernicks-comments-about-sitting-during-national-anthem.
20. Sean Sullivan, “Trump Slams Colin Kaepernick: ‘Maybe He Should Find a Country That Works Better for Him,’” Washington Post, August 29, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/29/trump-slams-colin-kaepernick-maybe-he-should-find-a-country-that-works-better-for-him/.
21. Ashley Killough, “Trump: ‘You Can Get the Baby out of Here,’” CNN, August 3, 2016, https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/02/politics/donald-trump-ashburn-virginia-crying-baby/index.html.
22. National Review Staff, “Conservatives Against Trump,” National Review, January 28, 2016, https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2016/02/15/conservatives-against-trump/.
23. Editorial Board, “USA TODAY’s Editorial Board: Trump Is ‘Unfit for the Presidency,’” USA Today, September 30, 2016, https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/09/29/dont-vote-for-donald-trump-editorial-board-editorials-debates/91295020/.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: OCTOBER 2016
1. David A. Fahrenthold, “Trump Recorded Having Extremely Lewd Conversation About Women in 2005,” Washington Post, October 8, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005/2016/10/07/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html?noredirect=on.
2. Jake Sherman, “Ryan ‘Sickened’ by Trump, Joint Appearance Scrapped,” Politico, October 8, 2016, https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/paul-ryan-donald-trump-com
ments-women-wisconsin-229307.
3. Cristiano Lima, “‘I’m Out’: Rep. Chaffetz Withdraws His Endorsement of Trump,” Politico, October 8, 2016, https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/rep-chaffetz-withdraws-his-endorsement-of-trump-229335.
4. Aaron Blake, “Three Dozen Republicans Have Now Called for Donald Trump to Drop Out,” Washington Post, October 9, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/07/the-gops-brutal-responses-to-the-new-trump-video-broken-down/.
5. Matthew DeFour, “Paul Ryan Heckled on Home Turf after Donald Trump, Mike Pence Scratched from GOP Event,” Madison.com, October 9, 2016, https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/paul-ryan-heckled-on-home-turf-after-donald-trump-mike/article_8e0acf67-1f2f-56a4-b42d-e8ebcbd0bc67.html.
6. Matthew Boyle, “Exclusive-Audio Emerges of When Paul Ryan Abandoned Donald Trump: ‘I Am Not Going to Defend Donald Trump—Not Now, Not in the Future,’” Breitbart, March 14, 2017, https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2017/03/13/exclusive-audio-emerges-of-when-paul-ryan-abandoned-donald-trump-i-am-not-going-to-defend-donald-trump-not-now-not-in-the-future/.
7. Jim Rutenberg, Marilyn W. Thompson, David D. Kirkpatrick, and Stephen Labaton, “For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk,” New York Times, February 21, 2008.
8. Brandon Byron, “Mulvaney, Person Debate in York Just Days Before 5th Congressional District Election,” The State, November 2, 2016, https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article112195367.html.
9. Hugh Hewitt, “It’s the Supreme Court, Stupid,” Washington Examiner, August 1, 2016, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/its-the-supreme-court-stupid.
10. “Full Transcript: Third 2016 Presidential Debate,” Politico, October 20, 2016, https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/full-transcript-third-2016-presidential-debate-230063.
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: OCTOBER 2016
1. “2012 U.S. General Election,” CNN, http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/state/MI/president/.
2. “Official 2016 Presidential General Election Results,” Federal Election Commission, shttps://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2016/2016presgeresults.pdf