Salon
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Amanda Marcotte: Donald Trump is not a man gifted with a sense of prudence.
She says he's always been possessed by a sociopath's impulsivity and a narcissist's inability to accept criticism with a modicum of grace.
Trump defamed journalist E. Jean Carroll, who won a $5 million defamation case, is taking her case back to court.
Marcotte says it will keep this story in the news, reminding voters that Trump sexually assaults women and then gloats about it later.
Amanda Marcotte: The media tends to focus on the MAGA voters, driven by a morbid fascination with their endless capacity to reject the overwhelming evidence of Trump's repugnant character.
But Marcotte says Trump needs swing voters to forget about the parts of him that they don't like.
She says he needs to persuade Joe Biden voters to stay home and/or convince reluctant swing voters he's not so bad. Continuing to defame a woman he's already sexually assaulted does the opposite.
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