Hey I hate the NY Times and Washington Post, but do we want a president who makes personal attacks on issues such as looks or mental disabilities?
Who actually has payed attention to politics the last few days? Nobody but political junkies are following this story or cares about this story over Thanksgiving.
I don’t think the Muslim database or the reporter are the cause of any drop.
If anything, it was the 9/11 thousands of Muslims cheering in NJ thing that fed into the narrative that Trump is fast and loose with the truth. Even though, I’m sure everyone can agree there were some muslims in NJ cheering. Thousands was an exaggeration and the media is using it as a cudgel to beat Trump over the head.
Trump should have just referenced the Washington Post article and said his memory was wrong about the thousands part. It would have been a one day nothing burger of a story. Instead he quadrupled down and it became a big media frenzy. He will need to become more disciplined if he wants to go beyond his base of 30%.