The three writers who could cost Trump the election
Opinion by Joe Lockhart
Updated 12:10 AM ET, Tue September 8, 2020
Editors Note: Joe Lockhart is a CNN political analyst. He was the White House press secretary from 1998-2000 in President Bill Clinton's administration. He co-hosts the podcast "Words Matter." The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN.
(CNN) From Jeffrey Goldberg's Atlantic article, which alleges that President Donald Trump referred to soldiers who died in battle as "suckers" and "losers" -- a claim Trump denies -- to Michael Cohen's book that paints the President as a bigot, a liar and a fraud, the avalanche of negative news for the President is coming at the worst possible time for him: less than 60 days before Election Day.
And let's not forget that Bob Woodward, the legendary Washington Post reporter, is due out with a book next week that is likely to add to the President's headache.
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Hispanics are likely to be a bigger and more discussed group coming out of the Cohen book, which alleges that Trump described Hispanics as "not my people." The book also claims that Trump believed that they were "too stupid" to vote for him.
Although Cohen claims that Trump made the same comment about Black voters, it's the Hispanic vote over the last four out of the last five Presidential elections that has been a decisive factor for Republicans. Prior to Trump's election, the previous four elections showed that if you're a Republican and get more than 35% of the Hispanic vote, you'll win the election. In 2016, Trump received 28% of the voting bloc. Imagine what could happen if it dropped lower than that in 2020, when it's clear that he needs all the help he can get.
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Fingers crossed! 🤞🤞🤞
But as early voting begins, this needs to be front & center in the news.
New sources would be nice, too!
And how stupid & repulsive he finds magats, you know, the slob factor he must surely despise.
If someone credible (to that crowd) spoke out about how stupid he thinks they are, that would fracture his base.
Come out with the real reason he "loves the uneducated."
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Yes they are incredibly stupid & many are beyond help, but we need to fracture his base support.
Southerners / rural tRupmers are SUPER sensitive to being perceived as, well, stupid.
If they begin to see him as a northern, urban New York guy who really sees them as stupid, many will sit out the election.
As for churches filling people's heads with bullshit, it just boggles my mind how women, especially, can buy into socio-political control mechanisms referred to as religion, with all of the major ones denegrating women. Didn't understand it as a very young child & it still boggles my mind. 
Chumputin & coconspirators are so brazenly committing felonies right in the open and admitting to it! Counting on Putin to rescue them by stealing another 4 year term.
We need a recall option. Citizens need to be empowered to hold elected officials accountable!
As for his base... 
on 600,000 vets. OMG this is frightening the extent he'll go - risking the lifes of vets to get reelected
